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Hi. My house has thermostatic valves fitted on some of my rads. Already fitted when I moved in. I thought I'd see if balancing could help with little or no heat getting to an upstairs radiator. 1) On one of my ground floor radiators the valve at the opposite end to the TRV has all the...

Hi. I'm trying for the first time to stop a tap from dripping and I can't even dismantle the tap. It's ok I loath myself. I removed the only screw I could find which was in the side of the handle. There is no screw under the plastic handle cover, just smooth metal. I've tried pulling hard...

The water shoots out forcefully. It looks pretty clean. No air. The coldish radiator is the floor below the feed and expansion tank. On balancing. I haven't learnt how to reduce the flow on those of my radiators that have thermostat valves. More studying required. I should have said though...

If the pipe going in and out of the coolish radiator is hot why should the system need balancing? It's not as if the hot water has failed to get up to this top floor radiator. It just isn't getting into the radiator. Is that a dumb observation on my part? If so, please can you tell me why?

I've tried not to waste people's time by reading the FAQs on radiators etc but here I am starting a thread anyway. I have a nearly cold radiator at the top of the house. Bleeding makes no difference. From archived threads on this forum it is suggested that you turn all the other radiators off...