radiator

Hello all. I am trying to box in some pipes left by the previous tennant after they moved a radiator. There are some pretty big holes left in the wall, far bigger then I have filled before so unsure how to tackle them. Any tips, I dnt think my normal filler will do the job! Also any tips on...

Hi All, am new here, was wondering if I could seek your advise and expertise on painting some radiators?? We are doing up our first place and managed to recover some freestanding cast iron rads. These have a dark / copper-edged finish to them, and we have wire bushed off minor surface rust...

Hi Lot of dust collected in the radiator.I understand you can remove the side panels and then the top to clean it inside. How do you do that? Slide it out and up ? I read somewhere that a clip on the side can break when you remove the side panels! :( All i want to do is give a thorough...

Hi All I recently just had a full new central heating system installed, all pipes have been replaced and new hot and cold pipes have been replaced to cater to my new home extention and home. I also have a combi boiler. I paid British gas £8795 for the job. This was yesterday. However today I...

Hi all, We have a Worcester Bosch Greenstar 30CDi Combi boiler, and are installing the Honeywell Evohome system with HR92 wirelessly controlled TRVs. My plan had been to have a TRValve fitted to the radiator in our hallway, where there currently isn't one as the thermostat is based there. In...

Ok, I moved into house seven weeks ago and after the oil delivery chap had bled the system from the external boiler, all was working fine. As not all the rooms needed to be heated, plus oil being a bit expensive, I thought I'd turn off some of the radiators. I now need one of them back on, but...

Hi all, About to start some major renovations of the bathroom. This will require the removal of the boiler and likely not be a new one installed for about 6 months. (new extension) If i drain down the system and just leave all the rads empty will they it be ok when the new boiler goes on? I...

Hi. I have a 1960s house with a combi boiler fitted in 2009. Heating working well except for one rad which won't heat adequately. Patchy heat - along the top, some at one side. No air coming out when I bleed it. Am thinking sludge. I thought I'd loosen the hex blank at the other end to see what...

As a part of my renovation project, I will replace/relocate some radiators and put plastic pipes (current pipework is kinky 8mm copper microbore). While things are relatively easy with upstairs, I am not sure how to approach downstairs. On top of the solid floor, I will have 25mm Celotex...

Our kitchen, where the family spend most of their time, has two radiators but they are not generating enough heat to make the room warm enough in cold weather. Can anyone please recommend a website, or programme, which will help me calculate what size radiators we actually need? (Our boiler has...

So I have this on one of the rads Is this picture suggestive of an imminent leak from the radiator? It has been like this for a couple of years now with no visible change, unless vvvery slow.. A plumber did point it out a couple of years back and said he'd consider replacing, but I never got...

Hi, Just a general educational question: When one turns the control knob on a TRV to a higher or lower setting, what is it connected to within the valve? I assume it's adjusting spring tension or something similar? (Assuming it's using a wax-based actuator.) Thanks in advance.

Hi all, When my kitchen was decorated quite sometime ago the radiator was removed to make space for much needed extra storage space. There were electric plinth heaters installed naively thinking they would be up to the job of keeping the kitchen at a decent temperature. Now I find that the...

Hi, I recently bought two new identical oil filled radiators off ebay. Both of them dont seem to work correctly. They have three heat settings 850w, 1750w and 2600w ( 850w and 1750w combined). On the 850w setting the unit works fine, it heats up and responds to the dial thermostat and...

How do I connect a 15mm pipe to a 1" diameter male "O" ring type fitting? See photo. I am replacing an Imperial radiator in a single pipe system with a metric one which is quite a bit shorter. I have bought a 1/2" Danfoss Randall RA-G Single Pipe TRV Body which comes with a chrome fitting...

Hello everybody, I have a very urgent problem and would be incredibly grateful for help! My wife and I are expecting our first baby on the Jan 19, and moved house on Dec 29. We had three radiators replaced: In our bedroom, the “first” baby’s room, and the “second” baby’s room (all upstairs)...

Hi, Can anyone help me with what types of spray paint I can use on radiators as I want a larger variety of colours to use, my project is ombre painting for my little girls bedroom. Can any type of enamel paint work the same as radiator paint? The radiator is already painted, no rust, I just...

Hi all. New poster. Hope this is in the right place. I have an issue in that a radiator in my flat is completely cold. I have bled it (there was very little air in there) but think it might be a pressure issue. Our boiler drops pressure regularly, sometimes down to close to zero. Using the...

Hi, Is it OK to turn off radiators in the bedrooms located in my converted loft as it gets too warm up there? The radiators do not have TRVs fitted and are above the Vaillant combi-boiler. Regards JT

Hi everyone - hope someone can help or point me in the right direction! I have two column radiators that I am looking to replace with double convection radiators. One of the radiators I currently have has pipes coming from the skirting board and the other has pipes coming from the wall (this...