Hello
A couple of weeks ago my partner and I removed the radiator in the bedroom so that I could wallpaper the wall behind.
I looked up the steps for rehanging the radiator and 'thought' it was going to be straightforward (ha!). We had a bit of difficulty getting the radiator onto the brackets so we could align the pipes coming up from the floor to meet.
Eventually I manipulated them so that we could tighten the nuts at either end. Then we switched the thermostatic valve on fully, heard a bit of a whooshing noise which stopped after a few seconds and then opened up the bleed valves (it's a double radiator so has two of them at the top).
However, after a few seconds water started leaking from beneath the thermostatic valve area (so I mustn't have tightened the securing nuts enough?) so we shut off the bleed valves again and switched the thermostatic valve back to 'off'.
Once we'd tightened up the nuts again I switched the thermostatic valve back up to 5 (but heard no gurgling noises as described) and opened up one of the bleed valves. It started hissing for a few seconds, but then nothing.
I was under the impression that once the radiator had filled with water you would have to quickly shut off the bleed valves because water would come out of them?
Now I don't know what to do. It doesn't seem as if the radiator has filled with water but I don't know what to do (short of calling a plumber out).
Can I still put our central heating on (which I'd switched off as I knew I'd be attempting to rehang the radiator) as long as the lockshield valve is tight and the thermostatic valve is switched to 'off'?
Our boiler is a Baxi Combi Instant.
Ironically my partner's sister is a plumber but they had a blazing row yesterday and so he won't call her to ask for advice.
A couple of weeks ago my partner and I removed the radiator in the bedroom so that I could wallpaper the wall behind.
I looked up the steps for rehanging the radiator and 'thought' it was going to be straightforward (ha!). We had a bit of difficulty getting the radiator onto the brackets so we could align the pipes coming up from the floor to meet.
Eventually I manipulated them so that we could tighten the nuts at either end. Then we switched the thermostatic valve on fully, heard a bit of a whooshing noise which stopped after a few seconds and then opened up the bleed valves (it's a double radiator so has two of them at the top).
However, after a few seconds water started leaking from beneath the thermostatic valve area (so I mustn't have tightened the securing nuts enough?) so we shut off the bleed valves again and switched the thermostatic valve back to 'off'.
Once we'd tightened up the nuts again I switched the thermostatic valve back up to 5 (but heard no gurgling noises as described) and opened up one of the bleed valves. It started hissing for a few seconds, but then nothing.
I was under the impression that once the radiator had filled with water you would have to quickly shut off the bleed valves because water would come out of them?
Now I don't know what to do. It doesn't seem as if the radiator has filled with water but I don't know what to do (short of calling a plumber out).
Can I still put our central heating on (which I'd switched off as I knew I'd be attempting to rehang the radiator) as long as the lockshield valve is tight and the thermostatic valve is switched to 'off'?
Our boiler is a Baxi Combi Instant.
Ironically my partner's sister is a plumber but they had a blazing row yesterday and so he won't call her to ask for advice.
