Help! I think my bathroom radiator has either rusted through or has a leak.
For a start, it was fitted in 2003-4 (According to date stamp), and it has always been upside down (the top decor grill is on the bottom).
Just recently I noticed brown rust stains on the floor under the rad. I dismissed it as condensation on the cold radiator seeping through the grill on the bottom. I have just looked and the decor grill is covered in rust, and even though the radiator is red hot, and has been for a few hours, the bottom of the rad is wet.
This is a bog standard radiator. Are leaky rads common of this age? Or could it have rusted through?
I'm having it replaced with a towel rail anyway.
On a similar note, I bled the radiators recently, and the water came out nearly clear. Last year when I drained the system to add new rads, the water was black. I expected the water to be black again, given its been a year since I filled it. Does this mean water is leaking and refilling? Or am I worrying about nowt?
For a start, it was fitted in 2003-4 (According to date stamp), and it has always been upside down (the top decor grill is on the bottom).
Just recently I noticed brown rust stains on the floor under the rad. I dismissed it as condensation on the cold radiator seeping through the grill on the bottom. I have just looked and the decor grill is covered in rust, and even though the radiator is red hot, and has been for a few hours, the bottom of the rad is wet.
This is a bog standard radiator. Are leaky rads common of this age? Or could it have rusted through?
I'm having it replaced with a towel rail anyway.
On a similar note, I bled the radiators recently, and the water came out nearly clear. Last year when I drained the system to add new rads, the water was black. I expected the water to be black again, given its been a year since I filled it. Does this mean water is leaking and refilling? Or am I worrying about nowt?