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    Coal fire not heating radiators properly

    All 4 of the pipes coming out of the chimney breast are cold, not freezing cold, but nothing warm either. The fire is on and the chimney breast is still nice and warm, but now all the radiators are cold or going cold! Stupid thing! :|
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    Coal fire not heating radiators properly

    Just been upstairs and got air out of all the radiators, quite a bit too. Is this a sign of an airlock somewhere. Been able to get air out every day since the new radiators were fitted :?
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    Coal fire not heating radiators properly

    Also, ive got a grundfos 15-50 pump at the minute, and was wondering, with putting the extra radiators in the conservatory, would upgrading the pump to a 15-60 be beneficial? Was thinking the extra pumping head might help with circulation
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    Coal fire not heating radiators properly

    Dont have gas in our village, so its solid fuel, heating oil or propane tank. I am getting air out of the radiator in the bathroom, first on the loop upstairs, so potentially, could the pump push the airlock out by itself?
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    Coal fire not heating radiators properly

    How do I actually check to see if there is water in the back boiler? As the fire heats up to a nice temperature, the radiators do actually heat up, but not like they used to, and then they cool down quicker too!! tOtally confusing me now
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    Coal fire not heating radiators properly

    Could the blockage have been caused when they drained the system down? They added a cleaner when they did it. The system was only drained down about a year ago with no problems. Could the blockage have been moved now? The house was built in 1954, so the pipes are obviously quite old, so...
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    Coal fire not heating radiators properly

    We have only added about an extra 40 litres to the system, as the new double core radiators are smaller than the old single core ones, and the radiator in the bathroom is still a single core one, with one extra radiator being added. the fire is a Parkray, I think, and the fire bars are 275 mm...
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    Coal fire not heating radiators properly

    Hello everybody, I am hoping you can help me. I have a house with a coal fire, that heats the water and central heating. The hot water is kept in a copper tank upstairs and there is a small plastic tank in the attic for the central heating water, both are fed from a water tank in the attic...
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