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    RainTown replied to the thread Radiator Sludge.
    No, in fairness he meant roughly same price as power flush. He’d already dismissed the importance of flow/return possibly being wrong...
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    RainTown replied to the thread Radiator Sludge.
    Thank you. Yes in all cases lockshiekd is at the bottom. And in most (5/6) cases the TRV is at the top.and there is differing levels of...
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    RainTown replied to the thread Radiator Sludge.
    This is what I assumed. And that “gets hot first” connection is consistently at the lockshield. And without being able to say 100%, I...
  • RainTown
    RainTown replied to the thread Radiator Sludge.
    I hoped a Gas Safe registered installer, also on the approved list from Baxi , would be better. They actually were very tidy, and took...
  • RainTown
    RainTown replied to the thread Radiator Sludge.
    It’s a seek thermal attachment to my old iPhone. Seek Thermal Compact XR Extended Range Thermal Imaging Camera with Lightning...
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    RainTown replied to the thread Radiator Sludge.
    Sorry, practically, how to know? 95% of the piping is under tbe floor. Is that something the customer should be checking after a new...
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    RainTown replied to the thread Radiator Sludge.
    Ok, so if I am understanding correctly, there’s now a new theory, it’s just setup wrong? The old boiler certainly worked the radiators...
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    RainTown replied to the thread Radiator Sludge.
    That’s the actual radiator. Most (4 in total) of the others are the same, lock shield bottom left , TRV top right. One has it...
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    RainTown replied to the thread Radiator Sludge.
    Can you be more specific on what you mean by “wrong”. All, or almost all, are connected the same way ?
  • RainTown
    RainTown replied to the thread Radiator Sludge.
    That thermal foto was taken when TRV on one radiator, that one, was the only one open. Every other radiator was stone cold.
  • RainTown
    RainTown replied to the thread Radiator Sludge.
    Lock shield is bottom left. TRV is top right. That’s been same for 20 years.
  • RainTown
    RainTown replied to the thread Radiator Sludge.
    Old rectangular style. Above is thermal photo I took last night. I’ll post normal pic when back at home. Isolate is not meant in any...
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  • RainTown
    RainTown replied to the thread Radiator Sludge.
    I guess both can be true at same time, it’s a big issue but also abused a bit.
  • RainTown
    RainTown replied to the thread Radiator Sludge.
    Just looking at other threads, you get so many different views. Someone with similar symptoms as mine got this: “Claiming sludge in a...
  • RainTown
    RainTown replied to the thread Radiator Sludge.
    There’s been a lot of responses, thanks everyone, so I’ll try answer as much as I can. The Baxi boiler replaced an older combi boiler...
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