Hi all,
Have recently bought my first home
so am in the process of doing all sorts to get it how I want (You will no doubt see me on this forum quite a lot from now on!). Have just had the living room skimmed and removed the rad myself so would be a proper job (Having seen behind the rad this had clearly not been done for a while). Since this has happened I have been losing pressure from the boiler rather quickly (approx 1bar a week). Since I moved in it has been dropping slowly but not this fast so thought I would use some leak sealer in the system.
I do also fancy giving the whole system a clean as a few of the rads have cold spots. They have also been full of black sludge when I have removed them so have read and understood the Wiki on mains flushing the system. Two question I still have though are;
1. Is it worth doing this now? I will more than likely be removing other rads as the decorating continues (Not necessarily all of them though) or should I wait until I have finished removing / refitting the rads?
...and...
2. Can I use the leak sealer before flushing the system? Will the cleaning chemicals have any adverse effects on the sealer?
Thanks for reading!
Have recently bought my first home
so am in the process of doing all sorts to get it how I want (You will no doubt see me on this forum quite a lot from now on!). Have just had the living room skimmed and removed the rad myself so would be a proper job (Having seen behind the rad this had clearly not been done for a while). Since this has happened I have been losing pressure from the boiler rather quickly (approx 1bar a week). Since I moved in it has been dropping slowly but not this fast so thought I would use some leak sealer in the system.I do also fancy giving the whole system a clean as a few of the rads have cold spots. They have also been full of black sludge when I have removed them so have read and understood the Wiki on mains flushing the system. Two question I still have though are;
1. Is it worth doing this now? I will more than likely be removing other rads as the decorating continues (Not necessarily all of them though) or should I wait until I have finished removing / refitting the rads?
...and...
2. Can I use the leak sealer before flushing the system? Will the cleaning chemicals have any adverse effects on the sealer?
Thanks for reading!
