Afternoon all.
I've recently moved in to a rental property, and I have radiators that only get partially hot. Most of the radiators get hot at the sides, and the top, but the middle third doesn't get hot. Reading what I have on here and various other forums, I understand that I can flush the system and get all the crud out, using Fernox? or similar.
Is this an easy job??
Where can I get the correct chemicals from, are they expensive??
Is it the sort of job that I can do myself, as I'd rather do that than trouble my landlord????
Is it the kinda job that can be accomplished on a saturday afternoon??
I also have a radiator in the bedroom that is permanently hot, I'm assuming this is prolly a knackered non-return valve, as this is the closest radiator to the hot water tank. Correct??
The system in this house is as old as the hills, but looks fairly standard as far as I can tell, with the (non Combi) boiler installed in the loft, and the associated tanks and pipework up there. The main hot water tank is in the airing cupboard in the bedroom, so I guess this is what's known as a gravity fed system??
Thanks for any help you may be able to give!!!
Rich
I've recently moved in to a rental property, and I have radiators that only get partially hot. Most of the radiators get hot at the sides, and the top, but the middle third doesn't get hot. Reading what I have on here and various other forums, I understand that I can flush the system and get all the crud out, using Fernox? or similar.
Is this an easy job??
Where can I get the correct chemicals from, are they expensive??
Is it the sort of job that I can do myself, as I'd rather do that than trouble my landlord????
Is it the kinda job that can be accomplished on a saturday afternoon??
I also have a radiator in the bedroom that is permanently hot, I'm assuming this is prolly a knackered non-return valve, as this is the closest radiator to the hot water tank. Correct??
The system in this house is as old as the hills, but looks fairly standard as far as I can tell, with the (non Combi) boiler installed in the loft, and the associated tanks and pipework up there. The main hot water tank is in the airing cupboard in the bedroom, so I guess this is what's known as a gravity fed system??
Thanks for any help you may be able to give!!!
Rich