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17-11-08, 12:23 PM | #1 |
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central heating woes............
got cold radiators.............. bleed screws at bottom(???????)
any ideas? ta in advance Terry |
17-11-08, 12:32 PM | #2 |
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Re: central heating woes............
Bleed them at the top to allow the air out, your need a radiator key to do it though.
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17-11-08, 12:38 PM | #3 |
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Re: central heating woes............
no repeat no bleed screws at top............
they are fitted at bottom of radiators on the valves......... |
17-11-08, 12:39 PM | #4 |
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Re: central heating woes............
Air generally finds it's way to the top of a Rad. Seems strange that the bleed screw is at the bottom. Are the radiators hot or warm at the bottom. If they're not it's unlikely to be caused by air in the rad.
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17-11-08, 12:40 PM | #5 |
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Re: central heating woes............
rads are hot at the bottom
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17-11-08, 12:46 PM | #6 |
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Re: central heating woes............
Definately air at top of rad, there should be a air bleed valve at the top of the rad at either end. If not then the radiator has been installed up side down!!!!
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17-11-08, 01:06 PM | #7 |
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Re: central heating woes............
Should look like this -
Its going to be impossible to get the air out otherwise, but sometimes they're on the back, covered (or not) with a plastic dome. Some newer models even have a automatic bleed valve, but even if you do it sounds like its not working. Last edited by Grinch; 17-11-08 at 01:12 PM. |
17-11-08, 01:16 PM | #8 | |
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Re: central heating woes............
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17-11-08, 03:27 PM | #9 |
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Re: central heating woes............
If for future you get heat at the top and none at the bottom, then the radiators if full of cr4p and needs to be flushed out, which could be quite cumbersome if you don't know what your doing, Brittish Gas I think would charge about £50.00 or so to carry this out.
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