radiator

Hi. I have a 1960s house with a combi boiler fitted in 2009. Heating working well except for one rad which won't heat adequately. Patchy heat - along the top, some at one side. No air coming out when I bleed it. Am thinking sludge. I thought I'd loosen the hex blank at the other end to see what...

As a part of my renovation project, I will replace/relocate some radiators and put plastic pipes (current pipework is kinky 8mm copper microbore). While things are relatively easy with upstairs, I am not sure how to approach downstairs. On top of the solid floor, I will have 25mm Celotex...

Our kitchen, where the family spend most of their time, has two radiators but they are not generating enough heat to make the room warm enough in cold weather. Can anyone please recommend a website, or programme, which will help me calculate what size radiators we actually need? (Our boiler has...

So I have this on one of the rads Is this picture suggestive of an imminent leak from the radiator? It has been like this for a couple of years now with no visible change, unless vvvery slow.. A plumber did point it out a couple of years back and said he'd consider replacing, but I never got...

Hi, Just a general educational question: When one turns the control knob on a TRV to a higher or lower setting, what is it connected to within the valve? I assume it's adjusting spring tension or something similar? (Assuming it's using a wax-based actuator.) Thanks in advance.

Hi all, When my kitchen was decorated quite sometime ago the radiator was removed to make space for much needed extra storage space. There were electric plinth heaters installed naively thinking they would be up to the job of keeping the kitchen at a decent temperature. Now I find that the...

Hi, I recently bought two new identical oil filled radiators off ebay. Both of them dont seem to work correctly. They have three heat settings 850w, 1750w and 2600w ( 850w and 1750w combined). On the 850w setting the unit works fine, it heats up and responds to the dial thermostat and...

How do I connect a 15mm pipe to a 1" diameter male "O" ring type fitting? See photo. I am replacing an Imperial radiator in a single pipe system with a metric one which is quite a bit shorter. I have bought a 1/2" Danfoss Randall RA-G Single Pipe TRV Body which comes with a chrome fitting...

Hello everybody, I have a very urgent problem and would be incredibly grateful for help! My wife and I are expecting our first baby on the Jan 19, and moved house on Dec 29. We had three radiators replaced: In our bedroom, the “first” baby’s room, and the “second” baby’s room (all upstairs)...

Hi, Can anyone help me with what types of spray paint I can use on radiators as I want a larger variety of colours to use, my project is ombre painting for my little girls bedroom. Can any type of enamel paint work the same as radiator paint? The radiator is already painted, no rust, I just...

Hi all. New poster. Hope this is in the right place. I have an issue in that a radiator in my flat is completely cold. I have bled it (there was very little air in there) but think it might be a pressure issue. Our boiler drops pressure regularly, sometimes down to close to zero. Using the...

Hi, Is it OK to turn off radiators in the bedrooms located in my converted loft as it gets too warm up there? The radiators do not have TRVs fitted and are above the Vaillant combi-boiler. Regards JT

Hi everyone - hope someone can help or point me in the right direction! I have two column radiators that I am looking to replace with double convection radiators. One of the radiators I currently have has pipes coming from the skirting board and the other has pipes coming from the wall (this...

Hi All, I made a post a few days ago about how to wire my Nest 3rd Gen Heat Link. User jackthom kindly replied and everything seemed great. However I've noticed that the Heat Link isn't turning on the hot water. The central heating work fine. The original wiring of the programmer was...

we have just moved into a bungalow built in the 70's which has twin valve rads. the boiler works fine so son't want the expense of changing the whole system but we do want to remove the radiator in the kitchen so we can get more cupboards in. can we remove a twin valve radiator without...

Hiya, Is there a way for me to turn off the valve off due to the nut (as arrow shown on pic) disfigured? I've tried with spanner, it seem that the metal is soft and it disfigure it rather then turning the whole nut.

My partner has gone and painted a brand new chrome radiator with special radiator paint, without talking to me and I want it back to its original chrome finish. Is there any way of stripping off the radiator paint without damaging the finish underneath? Cheers!

I need to add water into the boiler to pressurise after removing a radiator. Can anyone tell me which valves I need to open from the picture below? (flexible looping pipe is internal and can be seen in the top left of the photo attached) Any help appreciated.

Hiya, I like to remove both side of the pipe elbows, which covered with paint - as the pictures below. I would like to replace it with a new one for the tower rail. Should just blow torch on it or remove the paint first? How can i avoid the wallpaper from getting burn from the heat? THanks,

Hi, I have a several radiators stop working and so therefore I was advised by British Gas for a Powerflush, but this actually increased the number of raditators that have stopped working. BG have effectively washed their hands of it, saying there's nothing we can do. I have tried balancing...