radiator

Hello. I have fitted smart TRVs to nearly all my rads. However, when only 1 or 2 rads calling for heat then system noise is quite loud. I've been advised bypass valve will sort out noise and avoid me having to leave one rad without a TRV. The easiest place for me to access is directly above...

I have a faulty TRV. When the pin is fully open, it's fine. But I notice it leaks when the pin is depressed and the TRV is off. I've tried giving it a tap, wiggle, and some WD40. I'm looking to replace the TRV and re-use the nut/olive - so I can swap the TRV over without having to cut any pipe...

Hi everyone, Hope you can help. I have some sludge in a radiator that needs flushed, so I'm trying to remove the radiator. We just moved into the house, and I'm not familiar with this type of valve (H Block I think?) Basically, I'm not sure whether there is a lockshield valve, which I'm...

Hi, We had our approximately 7 year old logic combi 30 boiler moved earlier this week. It was only along the wall about 6 foot so no major pipe changes and this was done by a registered gas safe engineer. The following night we tried to turn our central heating on. The first two in the chain...

I'm planning to replace all my old and broken TRVs, 5 in total. I then wondered if I should be replacing my radiators? See the photo, these must be 20 years old I imagine, are there more efficient ones these days? If so, any reccomendations? Advice would be great thanks

Hi all, I understand that a CH system requires that at least one radiator have no TRV to prevent the user from closing all valves, and overheating the system, but I have also read on this forum that the radiator lacking a TRV is typically placed near the thermostat...

Hey all, I am aware that Stelrad is a more renowned radiator brand than the own brand SF ones, Kudox. However, when I look at the spec for the same typology and size of radiator, I see that: Kudox has more BTU Kudox has a 15y guarantee, Stelrad 10y only Kudox has a greater max working...

Hey all, Ok so we have a Vokera Compact A 25kw boiler and 5 radiators (plus two towel rails) in the 3 bed house we’ve bought. We wanted to change one of the downstairs rads to be one of these designer tall radiators. Plumber has installed it and then when we’ve turned the heating on, all...

Hi, our boiler packed in and we're having a new one installed in a couple of weeks, along with new radiators. One of the walls with an existing radiator needs replastering, and more replastering will need to be done around the old back boiler site once it's been removed. I'd far rather get the...

Hi, I’ve recently bought a new build house. I’m looking to change a standard double panel 600mm x 600mm radiator to a vertical radiator which is 1800mm x 480 mm. The vertical radiator weighs around 45-50kg before water. I think the current one is probably only 20kg before water. The current...

Hi all, I had a bathroom installed a few years ago which included a towel rail/radiator. When you turn the valve to increase/decrease the heat a small amount of water will spill out quickly and then it will drip consistently. In order to stop it dripping there are a few 'sweet spots' on the...

Hi, Is it possible (and how?) to dismantle the push fit connection on this elbow? Or is it easier to just cut the pipe?))) Kind regards,

A big thank-you to all that have advice over the past couple of weeks on my radiator install especially but in no particular order @polesapart, @ianmcd, @Lower, @Madrab, @Nige F and @JimCrow. So far...so good: I'm glad I persevered with the bends as I think it made the runs cleaner in the...

I`m on the process to chase some wall to hide radiator pipe. taking as sample a 600x1200mm radiator and I believe setting it out at 150mm height from floor. How far the pipe will be from the radiator considering valve width ect etc? is there any standard measure for it? Many Thanks

Hi all I’m hoping somebody can help? We have a towel radiator in the bathroom (pictured) which is leaking from the top right valve. Obviously with current COVID restrictions we thought we would have a go ourselves. Can you please advise the steps we would need to take ie what do we need to turn...

Hi All. I have recently had an extension done and we have UFH on just the new extension, and radiators upstairs etc, in the house we have a nest thermostat and a heatmiser stat for the UFH area. The issue I am having right now is that the nest is the only control for heating the radiators and...

So here is some context of my issue. We recently started renovating a new flat that we moved into in Berlin and this involved stripping down all of the old wallpaper and putting on plaster. So far everything is going well, the only issue we have is the radiators. Unfortunately removing the...

Hello I need to replace a radiator on plasterboard that has been fixed to a block wall using dot & dab. I presume its not a good idea to fix the radiator to just the plasterboard, using something like spring toggles, in case the dot & dab comes loose. So was planning to drill through into the...

I’m having trouble removing a pretty old trv (picture attached). It just turns continuously making me think something’s broken underneath. Can I just snap it off?!

We have a Bathroom Radiator Towel Rail that gets scalding hot, but cannot see the best way to turn it down? There are two twisty knobs either side at the bottom, and worked out that the left hand one, (clockwise) seems to turn off the water going to the radiator, as the noise stops, but even...