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Hi all,
I have a radiator on our ground floor that never gets beyond luke warm. I live in a three storey Victorian end terrace and the problem radiator is on the front outside wall. The boiler is outside at the back in a boiler house. All of the other radiators in the house are on an inside wall.
There is a radiator in each of the two rooms on the top attic floor, which get roasting hot, even when only opened a quarter. The first floor radiators get good and hot too. on the ground floor there is only one radiator in the dining room (which is at the back of the house) and two in the living room (the front of the house) and one outside the living room in the hall.
Neither of the two radiators in the living room get overly hot, especially the one on the outside wall. The only time i have ever felt it roasting is when we removed the dining room one during decorating. The bizarre things is that i cant touch the lockshield valve for more than a second as its very hot, but the radiator isnt. The pump is set to about 1.5 bars (a plumber friend said that usually you set 0.5 bars per floor of house).
I have also tried to balance the radiators on each floor using the rule of top floor open a quarter, first floor open half, and ground fully open, but this doesn't change this particular radiator. I'm hesitant to increase the pressure anymore in case something blows.
I have a radiator on our ground floor that never gets beyond luke warm. I live in a three storey Victorian end terrace and the problem radiator is on the front outside wall. The boiler is outside at the back in a boiler house. All of the other radiators in the house are on an inside wall.
There is a radiator in each of the two rooms on the top attic floor, which get roasting hot, even when only opened a quarter. The first floor radiators get good and hot too. on the ground floor there is only one radiator in the dining room (which is at the back of the house) and two in the living room (the front of the house) and one outside the living room in the hall.
Neither of the two radiators in the living room get overly hot, especially the one on the outside wall. The only time i have ever felt it roasting is when we removed the dining room one during decorating. The bizarre things is that i cant touch the lockshield valve for more than a second as its very hot, but the radiator isnt. The pump is set to about 1.5 bars (a plumber friend said that usually you set 0.5 bars per floor of house).
I have also tried to balance the radiators on each floor using the rule of top floor open a quarter, first floor open half, and ground fully open, but this doesn't change this particular radiator. I'm hesitant to increase the pressure anymore in case something blows.