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Bought 3 rads from Screwfix December 2015. Last night we noticed one of them had developed a paint bubble within the previous 24 hours and when pressed it leaked water.
Since turned valves off both sides of the rad.
What likely caused this?
https://www.screwfix.com/p/kudox-pr...tor-white-600-x-900mm/68129?_requestid=458671 <--- that's the radiator. 15 year warranty it states.
Are these rads seen as being crap or is this just a freak occurrence?
What'd you do from here on? Does it 100% need to be replaced?
And rather than create a new thread just for this question (as i've a few plumbing problems happened all at once) how much inhibitor is needed for this central heating system? The rads i've got in place....
Upstairs:
boiler = Worcester Greenstar 30si
Bathroom: 480mm-x-1700mm towel radiator (nothing fancy, just 2 uprights with horizontal bars)
Bedroom 1: 1270mm-x-610mm (single panel single convector)
Bedroom 2: 1600mm-x-600mm (S.P / S.C)
Bedroom 3: 800mm-x-760mm (S.P / S.C)
Downstairs:
Hall: 600mm-x-700mm (Double panel double convector)
Living Room: 1800mm-x-600mm (Double panel single convector) & 900mm-x-600mm (D.P / D.C)
Diner: 900mm-x-600mm (D.P / D.C)
Kitchen: 600mm-x-700mm (D.P / D.C)
Obviously D.P / D.C just a short way of writing double panel double convector S.P / S.C = single panel single convector.
Thanks.
Since turned valves off both sides of the rad.
What likely caused this?
https://www.screwfix.com/p/kudox-pr...tor-white-600-x-900mm/68129?_requestid=458671 <--- that's the radiator. 15 year warranty it states.
Are these rads seen as being crap or is this just a freak occurrence?
What'd you do from here on? Does it 100% need to be replaced?
And rather than create a new thread just for this question (as i've a few plumbing problems happened all at once) how much inhibitor is needed for this central heating system? The rads i've got in place....
Upstairs:
boiler = Worcester Greenstar 30si
Bathroom: 480mm-x-1700mm towel radiator (nothing fancy, just 2 uprights with horizontal bars)
Bedroom 1: 1270mm-x-610mm (single panel single convector)
Bedroom 2: 1600mm-x-600mm (S.P / S.C)
Bedroom 3: 800mm-x-760mm (S.P / S.C)
Downstairs:
Hall: 600mm-x-700mm (Double panel double convector)
Living Room: 1800mm-x-600mm (Double panel single convector) & 900mm-x-600mm (D.P / D.C)
Diner: 900mm-x-600mm (D.P / D.C)
Kitchen: 600mm-x-700mm (D.P / D.C)
Obviously D.P / D.C just a short way of writing double panel double convector S.P / S.C = single panel single convector.
Thanks.