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Hello,
I'm a total newbie looking for a little help so forgive the wall of text.
Woke up the other night to 1cm of water on the living room floor and water shooting from where the radiator is. In my panic I turned off the mains water supply and then turned on the taps to stop the leak.
After the pressure/water/fountain stopped and some mopping up, I then looked and saw some rust on the inside of the radiator. I've turned off valves on either side of the radiator hoping I could just turn that radiator off till the new year when I can get an expert and replacement.
I turned back on the mains water supply, no leaks now but there's also no hot water and the radiators are stone cold.
We have a woodstove with backboiler. Lit it and the pipe out of the fire got really hot for the first metre or so and heard gurgling from the backboiler of the woodstove, heard knocking in the pipes upstairs so let the fire out as not wanting to damage anything. That's where I am now.
I've bled the radiators and also the c/h pump. There was a fair bit of air in one of the radiators, but others had water in and water out the pump
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated for a bit of heat over xmas.
Cheers,
Jeff.
I'm a total newbie looking for a little help so forgive the wall of text.
Woke up the other night to 1cm of water on the living room floor and water shooting from where the radiator is. In my panic I turned off the mains water supply and then turned on the taps to stop the leak.
After the pressure/water/fountain stopped and some mopping up, I then looked and saw some rust on the inside of the radiator. I've turned off valves on either side of the radiator hoping I could just turn that radiator off till the new year when I can get an expert and replacement.
I turned back on the mains water supply, no leaks now but there's also no hot water and the radiators are stone cold.
We have a woodstove with backboiler. Lit it and the pipe out of the fire got really hot for the first metre or so and heard gurgling from the backboiler of the woodstove, heard knocking in the pipes upstairs so let the fire out as not wanting to damage anything. That's where I am now.
I've bled the radiators and also the c/h pump. There was a fair bit of air in one of the radiators, but others had water in and water out the pump
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated for a bit of heat over xmas.
Cheers,
Jeff.
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