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So my upstairs radiators used to always get hot even when the central heating was turned off.
We called a plumber who said this was the case as we have a very old boiler / system.
His solution was to turn all the upstairs radiators off at the valves and then turn them back on in the winter.
This worked and the upstairs radiators no longer turn on by themselves. I guess they can't as it not possible for water to enter anymore.
He said if we wanted a longer term solution we will need a new boiler system (current system has a hot water tank in the loft)
However now the downstairs radiators are getting hot instead! Something that never used to happen before.
I guess the hot water that's flowing through the pipes used to get washed through upstairs before however as those are shut it now flows through the downstairs?
Not ideal!
I am thinking now that I should turn off the downstairs radiators as well so water doesn't get into them either.
Two questions:
1) should I turn both valves off on each radiator? The right and the left sides?
2) will turning the downstairs radiators off (in addition to the upstairs - so the entire system is shut off) cause any other issues? I'm worried that if the hot water can't flow through the radiators (as it's doing now) where else will it go?
Thanks!
So my upstairs radiators used to always get hot even when the central heating was turned off.
We called a plumber who said this was the case as we have a very old boiler / system.
His solution was to turn all the upstairs radiators off at the valves and then turn them back on in the winter.
This worked and the upstairs radiators no longer turn on by themselves. I guess they can't as it not possible for water to enter anymore.
He said if we wanted a longer term solution we will need a new boiler system (current system has a hot water tank in the loft)
However now the downstairs radiators are getting hot instead! Something that never used to happen before.
I guess the hot water that's flowing through the pipes used to get washed through upstairs before however as those are shut it now flows through the downstairs?
Not ideal!
I am thinking now that I should turn off the downstairs radiators as well so water doesn't get into them either.
Two questions:
1) should I turn both valves off on each radiator? The right and the left sides?
2) will turning the downstairs radiators off (in addition to the upstairs - so the entire system is shut off) cause any other issues? I'm worried that if the hot water can't flow through the radiators (as it's doing now) where else will it go?
Thanks!