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Dodgy radiator

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  • 29-11-2008 6:18pm
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    janmc
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    Sorry to hijack this thread, but there seem to be some knowledgeable central heating people around ;)

    We've a heater that doesn't heat at all, though you can feel the pipe going to it is hot. We tried bleeding it, as that's what we thought was the initial problem, but it sounds from reading this thread that there is a problem with the inlet valve.

    The plastic handle (at the side) just turns without 'gripping' the metal - is it just a matter of taking off the handle and using a wrench to turn it? The other half suggests that it must have been turned off for a reason and not to mess with it, but our kitchen is arctic :(


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    Victor
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    Split and moved from Accommodation & Property to DIY (where are plumbing threads meant to go?)

    Poster, did you check the other end of the radiator?


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    janmc
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    Victor wrote: »
    Poster, did you check the other end of the radiator?

    I should have mentioned that, but yes - the other end is the one that would never have worked, if you know what I mean. Why do they have 2 anyway? :confused:


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    muffler
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    I'll move this from C & P over to DIY


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    copper12
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    The plastic handles do tend to turn without griping the valve.
    Remove both plastic valve covers’ preferable with the heating off’ turn both valves off with a pliers
    Don’t horse it; just turn until it stops
    The one with the + and- Singh; open this fully’ turn your heating on feel the pipe work’ going to other rads you will feel a difference’ in the temperature of the pipe work’ one should be hot’ and the top of the rads will get hot’ before the other pipe gets hot’ one will be the flow the other the return
    When this happens you can then turn on the kitchen rad’ by turning on the valve you left off; depending on the type of valve’ turn it on fully counting the amount of turns it takes to fully open the valve’ then retighten the valve ¾ of the way closed’ give the rad time to heat’ up you should feel a difference straight away’ if it doesn’t get hot; then continue opening this valve one turn at a time; until you feel the rad getting hot,
    Don’t open this valve fully’ if you do’ then there’s a possibility that other rads wont get hot .
    Simple isn’t it :P:confused:


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