There are two rooms at the front of my house - the bathroom and office. Both have always had luke warm radiators. The rest of the radiators upstairs and downstairs are good.
The bathroom radiator gets hot at the left side valve, but directly after it (the radiator itself) is cold. I suspected a faulty valve, radiator or blockage. I've replaced it with a bigger, high BTU radiator and bi-directional (not TRVs) valves, but the problem remains. The radiator is cold. I've bled it so there's definitely no air in there.
I've taken the radiator off and let the water run out of the copper pipes, looking for any blockage.
Now this is where my plumbing knowledge ends, so forgive me if my assumptions are incorrect here: Water flows from both left and right copper pipes. I was expecting water to flow from the left pipe, assuming it to be an inlet, and nothing to come from the right pipe, assuming it to be the outlet to feed the office radiator.
My guess is there isn't a flow, so water from both pipes is clashing / meeting in the middle?
Do you think I need a directional valve or something?
The bathroom radiator gets hot at the left side valve, but directly after it (the radiator itself) is cold. I suspected a faulty valve, radiator or blockage. I've replaced it with a bigger, high BTU radiator and bi-directional (not TRVs) valves, but the problem remains. The radiator is cold. I've bled it so there's definitely no air in there.
I've taken the radiator off and let the water run out of the copper pipes, looking for any blockage.
Now this is where my plumbing knowledge ends, so forgive me if my assumptions are incorrect here: Water flows from both left and right copper pipes. I was expecting water to flow from the left pipe, assuming it to be an inlet, and nothing to come from the right pipe, assuming it to be the outlet to feed the office radiator.
My guess is there isn't a flow, so water from both pipes is clashing / meeting in the middle?
Do you think I need a directional valve or something?