radiators

Hello, I’m after some advice. I swapped 5 radiators in our home, 3 upstairs to new single panel ones and 2 downstairs to double panel ones. The rads upstairs and downstairs get very hot except the 2 new double panel rads. The flow pipe gets very hot but the return pipes are just cold. The...

How accurate are the online guides for sizing a radiator and are there any which are more accurate. I've moved into an ex-rental house which has a relatively new Main boiler but the rads are older than God and take up so much wall space, I want to replace them with new more efficient radiators...

Hi, just a quick question from me today. I don't have the tools or the know-how to solder and I don't have the tools to bend copper I want to change a couple of radiators which means shorter pipes than what is currently there for the current radiators. Al the pipework is surface mounted and...

Hello all, I plan to move my radiator to the other side of the room and existing piping is in speedfit under the floor. When looking to buy additional pipe I am presented with two options. Which one would the better choice and why? The Polybutylene is the layflat version is that easier to...

I had a quick look at the FAQ but could not see anything related to this. I have not used the central heating in my house for about three years. The immersion heater provides hot water and that is it. The boiler is switched off, the pump that services the radiators is switched off and the...

Could someone please take a look at my Boiler/Hive set up and let me know what I need to do to install: 1 x HIVE single channel Receiver I have; 1 x heating valve installed and ready to go (black wire in red box), which will feed my garage conversion consisting of 3 radiators (heating only...

Hi all, Speccing some rads for a flat renovation and need to order rads ASAP as plumber just become available. On a budget but will pay where needed. I want to buy white column rads that are good value from somewhere I can easily return if needs be. Gathered quotes for the specs I need and I'm...

we've got quite an old central heating system (regular boiler) with a tank in the loft. i could have sworn the water in this tank used to be hot, but i assume i'm mistaken and that it's a cold water tank? anyway, recently the heating has been making lots of creaking noises and the pump it's...

Hi, My ideal Logic+ boiler keeps displaying pump overrun while it is meant to be heating. I've read in other places this is a normal function when the heating has been on and has just stopped. However, for me it keeps appearing during the time the boiler is meant to be on. The radiators...

No really apparent close to the boier, but the noise comes from the pipes and rads all over the house. Is it possible to alter the speed of the pump and get rid of the noise that way? Or is it just what they do? I remember other pumps making a noise but they were a low, deeper hum, this noise...

I have an old boiler which had been working fine. But Over past few days I’ve noticed the radiators are not heating up, the boiler will switch off after 5-10 mins. I am getting a blue flame in the boiler. I am getting hot water in the hot water tank, in fact it’s very hot. Just wondering if...

I wonder if someone could please help. I fitted a digital thermostat to my Avanta Remeha Plus combi boiler and now the radiators are becoming extremely hot. I've tried turning down the water temperature to 45 but to no avail. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Kind regards

All radiators are cold, pump is ok, boiler is firing, hot water works, bi directional valve working. Pipes leading from the pump are good and hot but absolutely nothing at the radiators. Struggling as to what to do next

I have recently moved into a new home and replaced some of the radiators. A couple of them are larger double panels compared to what they originally were. In total, 3 large type 21's, 2 large type 22's and 2 small ones. It is a regular vented system with a cylinder and tank in loft. Now it...

I've had some new smaller radiators fitted leaving patches behind where the plasterer before we moved in didn't remove the radiators. As the patches are so small I was going to scrape off the woodchip wallpaper as it's falling off anyway and then skim the patches with thistle mutli-finish. My...

Hi I live in a 2bed first floor flat with 8 rads, I have a 5yr old Vailant Combi boiler. The radiators in my kitchen, spare bedroom & storage cupboard are stone cold and recently the radiator in the bathroom cooled and stopped working. I've not had an urgent need to rectify this until...

hi all, I've just noticed I had a couple of radiators that needed bleed upstairs tonight in our new home. I started to bleed the radiators and noticed that while I was able to let alone ir out, it was not followed by water. After doing this a few times I noticed the radiators where getting...

Hi all, We've just moved house from a small place with a combi, to a place with a cylinder system. This type of system is all new to me, so apologies for asking any obvious questions! Firstly, does anyone by chance know the approximate age of an Ideal Classic RS Room Sealed boiler? Corgi Home...

Hi, any help appreciated. In Nov 2015 we had 8 new rads put in and piping replaced to rads, and buried in walls. 3 old rads were kept in kitchen and utility room). The water then never got round the system properly (50% ish of rads worked at a time, including the old rads consistently. Which...

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)...