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Thanks for the help. I didn't do anything to the system this weekend. Now it is vaguely working I am a bit happier. I think I will replace the pump at the next available time. For the moment I will leave it at that then in Spring when we aren't too worried about having the heating on I may drain...

Just got home tonight. All the downstairs rads are warm. They are nowhere near as hot as upstairs but at least they are warm. Sounds like a blockage that keeps getting cleared. Any ideas? Thanks, Fraz.

If I try that something tells me that the heating will be the least of my worries. :P

Thanks for the advice. Looks like I will be pretty busy. I will let you know how I get on with my problems. Ta. Fraz.

No idea how old the pump is. We moved into the house 2 years ago and it hasn't been changed in that time. The hot water gets plenty hot although something I will mention is that during the summer when the central heating is off the rads get hot. We have been switching them off using the taps...

I have one of these pumps: http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?cId=102027&ts=03094&id=46018 Last night I took the screw out of the centre and looked inside. I could see what looked like another screw. It just turned when I used my screwdriver on it. I then turned the heating on and...

Sorry I forgot to mention that I have tried shutting off all the upstairs rads and leaving the downstairs ones on. It made no difference but I will try what you suggest and just leave one radiator on. May as well make it the one nearest the boiler downstairs. Will try that tonight.

Hi, I have three downstairs radiators in my house and they are all stone cold. Up until last week they were luke warm but now they seem to have totally given up. The upstairs radiators are pumping out loads of heat but I can't seem to get the downstairs ones to work at all. My central...