radiators

Hi folks, I'm weighing up the cost of relocating 5 radiators in a 3 bed semi-detached house. Presently, for each room, the radiators are on walls that are either adjacent or opposite to the window. The house does have double-glazing, but even so, conventional placement would have these...

We have a megaflow cylinder and boiler on the ground floor and have recently had new thermostatic valves fitted on all radiators (apart from the towel rail), radiators balanced, system drained and inhibitor put through. For the first couple of days all was well but we've noticed a bubbling...

We have a system/conventional boiler (Viessmann Vitedens 100W) with a feeder tank in the loft. A leaking radiator valve upstairs was changed, which involved draining quite a bit of water from the system. After fitting the valve, the engineer refilled the system and mentioned we may need to...

We're having a kitchen extension and our plumber has fitted 2 x vertical radiators. They don't have any cold spots but they aren't getting hot. After doing a bit of research on here, I think the system needs balancing (as some of our radiators are incredibly hot!) The issue is, none of our old...

Edit: apologies, think this should be in the plumbing thread, have reposted - mods please delete this

Hello I have a Worcester condensing boiler and recently changed the towel rail in the bathroom. I filled up the new towel rail and then topped up the boiler a little to return the pressure to normal. However, now when I run the boiler the pressure goes up high to 3 bar. So I bled the...

Finally decided to get a new boiler fitted - going for an external combi boiler. Old boiler/pipework was fitted in 2005. Plumber attended today to power flush prior to fitting the boiler tomorrow. He said the water wasn't too bad, a greyish color. He was here for around 90 mins and as far as I...

Hi there, we're hoping to install oil-fired central heating in our house but just needing a bit of help/advice with the pipework. We want to open the floors and get the worst of the runs in ourselves as our budget is limited with a baby on the way!! We have the boiler, oil tank and radiators...

Hi, I think we have had this issue since we moved into our house about 6 years ago. I've adapted how we heat our hot water (set to short periods and times of day) so it hasn't effected us much but after looking into this further I think there is seriously something wrong with our system. Basic...

Hi folks, Basic set up no timer or external components. No issues whatsoever with hot water which got a new thermistor from me recently due to its having failed. Previous owner had boiler regularly serviced and seems otherwise in good shape. Switch on boiler at mains for heat, burner runs for...

Hi All, Just been going round in circles with Screwfix. We bought a column radiator from them, but it didn't come with the screws and wall plugs. They are telling me they can't advise on what size the bolts/screws should be because of insurance and we need to consult an expert (slightly...

Hello, I’m after some advice. I swapped 5 radiators in our home, 3 upstairs to new single panel ones and 2 downstairs to double panel ones. The rads upstairs and downstairs get very hot except the 2 new double panel rads. The flow pipe gets very hot but the return pipes are just cold. The...

How accurate are the online guides for sizing a radiator and are there any which are more accurate. I've moved into an ex-rental house which has a relatively new Main boiler but the rads are older than God and take up so much wall space, I want to replace them with new more efficient radiators...

Hi, just a quick question from me today. I don't have the tools or the know-how to solder and I don't have the tools to bend copper I want to change a couple of radiators which means shorter pipes than what is currently there for the current radiators. Al the pipework is surface mounted and...

Hello all, I plan to move my radiator to the other side of the room and existing piping is in speedfit under the floor. When looking to buy additional pipe I am presented with two options. Which one would the better choice and why? The Polybutylene is the layflat version is that easier to...

I had a quick look at the FAQ but could not see anything related to this. I have not used the central heating in my house for about three years. The immersion heater provides hot water and that is it. The boiler is switched off, the pump that services the radiators is switched off and the...

Could someone please take a look at my Boiler/Hive set up and let me know what I need to do to install: 1 x HIVE single channel Receiver I have; 1 x heating valve installed and ready to go (black wire in red box), which will feed my garage conversion consisting of 3 radiators (heating only...

Hi all, Speccing some rads for a flat renovation and need to order rads ASAP as plumber just become available. On a budget but will pay where needed. I want to buy white column rads that are good value from somewhere I can easily return if needs be. Gathered quotes for the specs I need and I'm...

we've got quite an old central heating system (regular boiler) with a tank in the loft. i could have sworn the water in this tank used to be hot, but i assume i'm mistaken and that it's a cold water tank? anyway, recently the heating has been making lots of creaking noises and the pump it's...

Hi, My ideal Logic+ boiler keeps displaying pump overrun while it is meant to be heating. I've read in other places this is a normal function when the heating has been on and has just stopped. However, for me it keeps appearing during the time the boiler is meant to be on. The radiators...