Self-induced blockage in radiator pipe

[Drofidnas]

I removed the lounge radiator to decorate. Once the feed pipes had stopped gurgling and slurping out the majority of the water I put a large blob of blu tak over each. This maybe stupid (in hindsight) but I've done it plenty of other times!

Anyway, a piece of the blu tak has dropped into the pipe and the radiator (although full of water and bled) is now cold.
I know where it is, I can feel the pipe going from hot to cold, and when I open the bleed valve the blockage travels as the pressure escapes. But when the bleed valve is closed, it subsides to under the rad again.

What's the quickest and easist way to flush this blockage out?

Thanks in advance.

Chris

 

[seco services]

i've heard it all now.

disconnect the pipe from the rad and flush the pipework over a bucket.

 

[Drofidnas]

Haha.
Cheers.

Not sure where the other end of the pipe comes from though that's the problem.

 

[seco services]

you won't need the other end of the pipe.
just the end where the rad valve is.

 

[Drofidnas]

OK so how do I flush it?
Just start the system with an open circuit open and a hose on the pipe

Scuse my ignorance..

 

[tamz]

Lift it of the wall and bin it. Then go buy a replacement. You could spend a week trying to get it out and get nowhere. Btw the blockage is not where you think it is. That i can guarantee you.
Sometimes it costs you dear to learn by your mistakes