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Plumbkinobi
No probs 👍 would love to know the outcome 😊
Radiator on CH system not heating up
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Plumbkinobi
I've made that cok up on a micro bore system in the past so that's how I came up with that suggestion 😁
Shut the valves, drain the rad
If you got a wet vac, much quicker
Spin the valves, top pressure up to 2 bar
Make up connection to valve for hose or ready with wet vac
Open valve and see what you get out
Re top up pressure and repeat for other valve.
It will either clear the blockage or tell you which pipe the problem is on.
Re try a few times if not successful at first.
If you got a wet vac, much quicker
Spin the valves, top pressure up to 2 bar
Make up connection to valve for hose or ready with wet vac
Open valve and see what you get out
Re top up pressure and repeat for other valve.
It will either clear the blockage or tell you which pipe the problem is on.
Re try a few times if not successful at first.
If you have a 1/2 inch plug on top of rad
Shut valves, remove plug, put in 1/2 male iron to compression with a bit of copper
Attach hose and into bucket
Top up pressure
Open one valve, shut, top up pressure and then repeat with other
Shut valves, remove plug, put in 1/2 male iron to compression with a bit of copper
Attach hose and into bucket
Top up pressure
Open one valve, shut, top up pressure and then repeat with other
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Plumbkinobi
Draw water through the rad is what you're getting at?
Yes
The topping up the pressure then opening into a 1/2 inch connection each pipe in turn is normally enough to shift a lot of carp
The topping up the pressure then opening into a 1/2 inch connection each pipe in turn is normally enough to shift a lot of carp
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Plumbkinobi
Agree it my usual go to solution, but I think the problem may be more endemic, may be wrong tho 😁
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Plumbkinobi
What I can read is that he's flushed the rad, changed the trv with little or no result, the rad has always struggled, he's tried the old "turn off all the rads except that one" to no avail.
Oh come on where's the confidence
You may be right
You may be right
Turning off the other rads won't clear a blockage, the method ive described normally will
In the pipe work
In the pipe work
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Plumbkinobi
Had the confidence beaten out of me many years ago 😂
Ha!
Attaching a foot pump attachment to the rad valve and pumping can also work
Failing that it could be a kinked pipe or gotta find that manifold
Attaching a foot pump attachment to the rad valve and pumping can also work
Failing that it could be a kinked pipe or gotta find that manifold
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Plumbkinobi
Agree with everything you suggest, could be an annoying airlock on the return or carp. The usual frustrating stuff that rears its head at 4.30 on a Friday when you want to go home!
I've started trying to plan my Friday's to finish at 12 that way I'm sure to get home by seven
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