Recent content by ElizabethR

@WabbitPoo & Tony. Many thanks for the information, Just to keep you posted, we changed the valves on all but 2 of our Rads this weekend although we had to turn off the water for all of Saturday due to there only being 1 tank visible in the loft and we couldn't get to that without laying out...

@WabbitPoo Apologies if that isn't a combi boiler. To be honest not sure but that model I typed is what is on the instructions. As you can tell I'm not a plumber or ch expert and came to the house already filled with the system, so until things aren't working don't tend to take much notice of...

@JohnD Many thanks for the reply. I read on posts to other questions that balancing you only change the lockshield side until 11degree difference so wasn't sure about having to change the wheelhead side which is why we thought we had balanced it. If there was a problem with the balancing would...

@WabbitPoo The valves are brandnew on either end due to the new rad. The rad itself is new so no sediment. We have just tried to bleed the radiator again with the lockshield turned of and the wheelhead valve pipe became hot but as soon as we turned of the bleed and reopened the lockshield it...

Hoping you can help. We have replaced the radiator in our upstairs bedroom due to previous one being cold. The new one was toasty for a month but now the wheelhead valve side pipe is cold but the lockshield valve side pipe is hot. This water seems to be backfilling into the radiator and it can...