hi there i have a problem with my downstairs living room radiator......it is the only radiator in the house which is not working properly.
it is heating up at the top but not at the bottom and even the top part heating is intermittent.
i have one thermostat for the whole house......it is up at a reasonable temperature allowing all the other radiators in the house to be on and hot.
last night i tried to bleed the radiator but no air came out.......some black liquid came out and since then it has been running clear.
unfortuneately when i closed it though it hasn't stopped dripping.......my husband has tightened it and i think if it is tightened any further the whole thing would come off the wall.......this morning i got up to the floor being totally flooded.....and the radiator is still only heating up at the top and now it is lukewarm.
don't know quite what to do but really want to avoid having to get out a plumber or getting a new radiator.......any tips!!!!
Rose
it is heating up at the top but not at the bottom and even the top part heating is intermittent.
i have one thermostat for the whole house......it is up at a reasonable temperature allowing all the other radiators in the house to be on and hot.
last night i tried to bleed the radiator but no air came out.......some black liquid came out and since then it has been running clear.
unfortuneately when i closed it though it hasn't stopped dripping.......my husband has tightened it and i think if it is tightened any further the whole thing would come off the wall.......this morning i got up to the floor being totally flooded.....and the radiator is still only heating up at the top and now it is lukewarm.
don't know quite what to do but really want to avoid having to get out a plumber or getting a new radiator.......any tips!!!!
Rose