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More likely to be a blocked plate heat exchanger with those symptoms .

we have them in some council flats built in the 50`s/60s along with copper window sills

your not the first and you wont be the last ;)

turn both the valves off and open the air release valve the water should stop within a second or two . Leave it open then just turn the lockshield valve on slightly , water should come out the air release if not then their is a valve problem or a blockage in the pipe turn valve back off and...

yep they are both made by honeywell and it will probably fit on the existing backplate

Your ad hom comment has been deleted, You did earlier give incorrect gas advice. Some mods are GSR as I am currently. Please be more careful and not abusive. Thread ban.

it pushes any air locks in the rad or pipework out of the way

As above turn every rad off apart from one playing up and have lockshield fully open

:unsure: :sneaky::LOL:

Sounds like they were after a boiler change out of you or highly inexperienced, adjusting a gas valve is as basic as it comes glad you have been sorted. Without spending ££££

What are classing as a contemporary vertical rad ?

Confirms he has not got a clue

Hey childish mod you forgot to remove my comment and ban me from this thread are you slipping or been on holiday ?

lol yep . Too be honest by time we had turned up usually within the hour the majority of custs had calmed down and would speak to us politely instead of how they had blown up at the person wanting to cut them off .

amazing how quickly they gave permission when we turned up and said sorry cutting you off in the street now and its going to cost you at least 1k to get turned back on .

touch it and it is gas then your leaving yourself open for prosecution

i have got column designer rads in 5 rooms and properly sized they heat the room the same as normal rads but back to the OP is it an oval tubed vertical rad ? usually easiest way is to put the top 2 bracket on first making sure they are perfect level then hang the rad then offer up the bottom...

if it is gas and its out in the path /street then you should not be touching it at all in anyway

HW light flashing is pre heat so yep certainly sounds like a passing divertor valve to turn the preheat off turn the HW thermostat knob fully anti clock wise so little pip is at the top

did he use his x ray eyes to see through the boiler casing . if you are ID ing something because you think its not right you need the figures and readings to confirm it. Meter governor knackered takes less than 30 seconds to confirm with a working pressure test and if you found that you would be...