acevo flat panel vertical radiator

[Rms1]

Hi,
The radiator is 44cm wide by 180cm
length.
3 out of 6 panels are not heating up.
From left to right, the panels remaining cold are panels 2,3 and 6.
I am presuming that the holes are blocked or rusted over (have bled radiator etc and nothing has worked).
Is the easiest solution a new radiator?
Thanks for any advice
Rachel

 

[ianmcd]

The radiator is 44cm wide by 180cm
length.

No it isnt, how old is the radiator ? I guess you mean 180cm Height and not length, has it ever worked properly ?

 

[Rms1]

Hi, thanks yes sorry I meant height. I believe it was installed in 2009/2010, we moved into the house in 2014. I am not sure if it worked when we moved in.
Rachel

 

[Bodd]

Balance the system if you know how and with the rubber end of a hammer tap the flow ways (where the vertical meets the horizontal.)

This could even work without balancing

 

[Bodd]

Ive had this a lot with Vertical radiators. I think they are poorly manufactured I suspect.

A dirty system won't help matters

 

[Rms1]

Thanks for this idea, will try it tomorrow

 

[Rms1]

Can I just check, I think there are flow ways at the top and bottom of each panel? Do I tap both? Thanks

 

[Bodd]

Tap each vertical top and bottom as they attach to the horizontal. If that does not work then you may need to do the same while balancing the system.

 

[Rms1]

Thanks very much

 

[ianmcd]

Hi, thanks yes sorry I meant height. I believe it was installed in 2009/2010, we moved into the house in 2014. I am not sure if it worked when we moved in.
Rachel

Hi rachel wasn being cheecky , but vertical colum rads like you have are flow sensitive , some not all have a baffle on the flow and if piped wrong they will eventually heat up but will never work properly
edited as @Bodd correctly says not all have a baffle fitted, but I have seen some that partially heat when wrongly piped

 

[Bodd]

Not all Vertical rads have Baffles.
From my experience if the baffled kind are piped up wrong they won't work at all.