Hello,
First of all I have 0% experience with anything plumbing or radiator related, never even bled one, so be gentle with me
We've just bought my first house (yay!) and we moved in yesterday, although we have noticed that none of the radiators seem to be working... The central heating system is set to be on "constant" and "central heating & water".
We have one main boiler in the kitchen (can provide details if needed), and there is one back-boiler in the front room behind the fireplace. I was told in the survey that it was an old central heating system but appeared to be working.
There is a radiator in pretty much every room in the house, and each one seems identical, and none of them are working upstairs or down... Although one weird thing is that there is a heated tower rack in the bathroom that is working fine and is roasting.
I've checked all radiators and there are 2 pipes on the left hand side (pictures provided below), these pipes are cold on all radiators, so it seems like the hot water isnt even getting to there... There is a "Yorkshire Imperial" valve on the left side of each one, and ive tried moving it round towards what seems to be "off" and back on and still nothing has changed...
Left side of radiator
Right side of radiator
I've seen the term Microbore dotted around the internet when searching around this stuff, and they appear to be problematic but they all seem to be in good nick and the upstairs heating rack is working which makes me think there needs to be something turned on somewhere...
I am more than happy to bleed them all (if someone could tell me what valve to loosen) but if anyone can give me any advice as its pretty cold and I dont want to wear 3 layers for another few months
Thanks in advance!
First of all I have 0% experience with anything plumbing or radiator related, never even bled one, so be gentle with me
We've just bought my first house (yay!) and we moved in yesterday, although we have noticed that none of the radiators seem to be working... The central heating system is set to be on "constant" and "central heating & water".
We have one main boiler in the kitchen (can provide details if needed), and there is one back-boiler in the front room behind the fireplace. I was told in the survey that it was an old central heating system but appeared to be working.
There is a radiator in pretty much every room in the house, and each one seems identical, and none of them are working upstairs or down... Although one weird thing is that there is a heated tower rack in the bathroom that is working fine and is roasting.
I've checked all radiators and there are 2 pipes on the left hand side (pictures provided below), these pipes are cold on all radiators, so it seems like the hot water isnt even getting to there... There is a "Yorkshire Imperial" valve on the left side of each one, and ive tried moving it round towards what seems to be "off" and back on and still nothing has changed...
Left side of radiator
Right side of radiator
I've seen the term Microbore dotted around the internet when searching around this stuff, and they appear to be problematic but they all seem to be in good nick and the upstairs heating rack is working which makes me think there needs to be something turned on somewhere...
I am more than happy to bleed them all (if someone could tell me what valve to loosen) but if anyone can give me any advice as its pretty cold and I dont want to wear 3 layers for another few months
Thanks in advance!