Recent content by Coxey

The cover on the valve in my first post just turns and turns without loosening or tightening anything up. I wonder if the plastic has perished inside so it’s not gripping anything

Thanks so much for responding. There is a locksheild valve but it’s firmly stuck open. I’ll try some wd40 on it, but my attempts so far are just mangling the spindle. I’m not afraid to change the valves but that means draining the system which I only did at the weekend when I fitted a new rad...

Sorry - realised I’d posted this in the wrong forum but I’m not sure if/how I can move it

Hello, I did try a search before posting but couldn’t quite find what I was after. Since bleeding all of my radiators my bedroom radiator gets far too hot. It doesn’t have a TRV. The cap on the manual valve just rotates freely in either direction without making a difference. I can’t remove it...

Thanks John for a quick response. I’ll try to get the photos tomorrow when it’s light again. The flooring is the floorboards, so definitely no laminate down. There doesn’t seem to be any damp smell coming up from the bay window cavity - it just smells like earth if that makes sense. I’ll be...

Hello - I’m hoping for some advice on my recently purchased Victorian end terrace. The living room at the front of the house starts to smell fusty quite quickly unless the door to the hallway and a window are left open. The survey didn’t suggest any damp issues so I assume it is an air flow...