Recent content by rik12

eureka!! moved the switch on the valve and hey presto.. must have been moved accidentally.. many thanks.. my radiators are piping hot..

nope, no air vent there.. ive bled all rads and theres no air left. im beginning to think there is no option other than to get help.. can you explain why water isnt circulating even though when i bled and drained the system slightly some heat entered through the no return side of the rads...

thanks.. the boiler fires up and heats the water, it turns off every now and then.. so all i get is a tank of hot water.. i cant see a vent in the airing cupboard.. what would it look like? im very grateful for any ideas.. when i tried to drain the system using the drain outside, i...

dont know if they are opening or not.. ive never touched them and the system was working before the builders were in.. would there be a valve which would normally send water around the central heating system and if so could this have malfunctioned?? how can i have buckets of piping hot...

thanks for the reply.. yes, the tank in the loft has water.. and it fills up when water is drained from the system.. my gut feeling is that there must be an obstruction to water flow through the radiator circuit... i can't find where though

hi all, i am in need of advice re ch system. My house has a simple gravity feed ch system with gloworm fuelsaver f boiler. I reckon its about 20 years old. I had some building work done in the summer and a radiator was removed temporarily and then replaced. I turned the system on last...