I moved in to a new bungalow a few weeks ago.
I put my heating on for the first time at the weekend I noticed that two radiators were not getting hot.
My first thought the TRV’s must be sticking as the system is not even a year old.
I removed the head of the Thermostatic Radiator Valves and pressed down on the pin with the flat part of a screwdriver hoping to un-stick them.
After a few hours of trying a few things, turning all other rads off and isolating those two rads so all water flowing to them.
Nothing seemed to happen.
I called a plumber who told me actually it was the TRV’s stuck and came round.
He got a hammer and ‘bounced’ it up and down on the pin and after about 30mins he got them all to work.
The day after when the heating came on, these two radiators were again cold… to my obvious frustration.
As an interested party I watched how he did this and had a go myself
When I tried to do this I have had no luck in getting them to release, last thing I want is to have to pay a plumber every time the heating needs to come on!
Does anyone have any tips on how to release particularly sticky TRV’s?
I put my heating on for the first time at the weekend I noticed that two radiators were not getting hot.
My first thought the TRV’s must be sticking as the system is not even a year old.
I removed the head of the Thermostatic Radiator Valves and pressed down on the pin with the flat part of a screwdriver hoping to un-stick them.
After a few hours of trying a few things, turning all other rads off and isolating those two rads so all water flowing to them.
Nothing seemed to happen.
I called a plumber who told me actually it was the TRV’s stuck and came round.
He got a hammer and ‘bounced’ it up and down on the pin and after about 30mins he got them all to work.
The day after when the heating came on, these two radiators were again cold… to my obvious frustration.
As an interested party I watched how he did this and had a go myself
When I tried to do this I have had no luck in getting them to release, last thing I want is to have to pay a plumber every time the heating needs to come on!
Does anyone have any tips on how to release particularly sticky TRV’s?