Recent content by littlewren52

Yes, nothing wrong with the radiator. I wish it was a heated towel rail but that's all :)

Ah right, I see, thank you.

Thank you, I'll be back to square one then though, because the radiator valve seems like it's seized.

Thank you, it's a bit off and on at the moment, depending on the weather.

Oh I don't know then whether it is or not :(

No, it's never been solid fuel, it's been gas central heating since I moved here in the early 80s.

Hmm, I did mentioned when I booked the boiler service about the radiator valve being stuck and was told the engineer would be able to look at that at the same time. Not sure how I'm going to find out what has been done though, getting through to B Gas is difficult at the best of times.

Oh that's worrying then as the radiator is off and on depending on the weather.

There's just a white cap on the lockshield valve with no markings and plus & minus markings on the radiator valve, but of course now they're swapped round anyway.

I've got a cold water tank in the loft and a tank in the airing cupboard, so I think that means it's gravity hot water system doesn't it? I've never been told to leave the bathroom radiator on all year and couldn't anyway, because as I say, that radiator comes on when I've just got the control...

Hi, Could somebody plse help with this query? A British Gas engineer came out a few days ago to service my boiler. (Actually it may have been a contractor as he didn't wear a B Gas uniform & had parked his van away from the house so I couldn't tell from that either). I had mentioned when...