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OK thanks for the tip.

Quick question. Just swapped out old rad Valve that has gland nut and I was wondering if the new one is as good, as it doesn't have a gland but. Are are all modern valves glandless I wonder? If ones that have glands are better I might invest in one if they are worth having. Any thoughts? Cheers

Hi all I was wondering if anyone knows what I have to do to be able to use the submit button here in forums on the above tablet? Thanks M. Amended to add the following: That's weird, I swear the submit button was not working before.....False alarm; - )

Impatient, huh kiljoy. I thought I might get away with half an hour or something. But seriously, thanks mate, I needed you to pull me up. Yup, no heating or hot water tonight then... My wife will say it's OK we'll boil up some water and have a bath that way, but I know what she'll really...

Hello mate, I'll probably get shot down by the infinitely more expert here but I had some trouble recently and a plumber said it was most likely a bloccked pipe from my F&E tank to the primary flow (as alluded to above). The plumber said, try blowing down the vent to see if water shoots into...

Hi All I've just gone to swap out an old rad valve for a new one, and found a problem with the rad's thread (tail's thread looks in bad nick). So, I tried to, ah hrm, re-cut it/reform it with a thing I found made of black steel and now I've tried the new tail in the rad's thread and it's...

Thanks JohnD Oh yeah, hadn't thought of sediment in them as they are so close to the boiler, thanks for the tip. I was also wondering about what cleaner to use - and that sounds good to me. The water I've had out so far has generally been various shades of wee colour (whilst not eating...

OK, thanks very much for your help Pete. I made sure both the drain cock and the manual air vent was closed, got the system up again with valves open only on two rads and have been bleeding them, getting a good result. What baffles me though, is that when the drain cock and vent were open...

Thanks Pete So are you saying that because they have been open there might have been air going into the system (incorrectly) for ages and that I'm safe to stop this by turning both of these off? I don't know if I successfully uploaded the photo. Did you see the photo? Thanks Chris...

Hi all, I'm new to the forum and to fixing CH problems as well. I've got a couple of questions and was wondering if anyone could shed some light. The set up is a follows: The installation is 30 years old and has a hotchpotch of Stelrad radiators. It's in a flat and is an open vented...

Central Heating Issue