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strapping young lad:
the rad in our lounge has gone titsup

no heat whatsoever but ive bled it and there is no air (only a wet floor :) )

each rad has its own thermostat (twisty thing) and my old man reckons ours has given up the ghost.

anyone here know if this is right and if so how much of a pain to replace  (i know i have to drain the system)

should i shut off all other thermostats before i empty the rad out so i dont lose too much water or should i drain the whole lot out....

ive tried to ring the plumber who installed it but hes away until 10th jan

HELP!

anyone here who is handy with waterworks in the north west ;)

d

rollazuki:
The thermostatic bit usually unscrews from the top of the valve, revealling an ickle valve which should be sprung upwards(ie, will push down)
it may be the thermostat bit(the top) or the valve bit(the bottom) that has failed. If youre lucky, itll be the top bit, just buy another valve, leave the plumbing fitting in the box, and just screw the new top on.
Rolla.

Mudlark:
Take the radiator off the wall, if you're lucky you should be able to do this without draining the system just by turning off the valves.

Once you have the rad off drain it out then flush it with a hose to get all the shi....... black stuff out. Once the water runs clean replace it and bleed it and with luck you'll have a nice warm working radiator again.



Alternately you can buy new valves and replace them on both ends before resorting to the above (bit more expensive and time consuming)


HTH

landyman37:

--- Quote from: "strapping young lad" ---the rad in our lounge has gone titsup

no heat whatsoever but ive bled it and there is no air (only a wet floor :) )

each rad has its own thermostat (twisty thing) and my old man reckons ours has given up the ghost.

anyone here know if this is right and if so how much of a pain to replace  (i know i have to drain the system)

should i shut off all other thermostats before i empty the rad out so i dont lose too much water or should i drain the whole lot out....

ive tried to ring the plumber who installed it but hes away until 10th jan

HELP!

anyone here who is handy with waterworks in the north west ;)

d
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when we had the gas out to check ours the valve had stuck remove the top half  of the thermo valve there is a small tit sticking up thin nose pliers give it a tug and should work had to flush our system and put some inhibiter in full of black gunge local diy store for the flush and inhibiter.

phil

waveydavey:
Move the valves; one end is easy, the other is as described take off the thermostat bit and look how to move it.
If you do them seperatly and feel that part of the Rad you may nail where where the problem is. With the thermostat end you may need to gag it for a bit.

If that moves hot water into the rad then you need to flush the, X300 if I remember right, B&Q was the cheapest I found.

If moving the valves doesn't work then try closing off a couple of other rads for a while to force the water that way. If that works then it may still need a flush, possibly look at the pump, possibly both.

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