Worzel Gummidge#9
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Yeah that's it..
It’s looking like it is this now as I’ve bled the radiators and the ones upstairs are red hot whereas the downstairs ones are stone cold
Yeah that's it..
If it’s diverter valve mate they’d all be off does sound like airlock sometimes if you turn all upstairs ones off it will force out to ground floor rads make sure you open TRVs fully if you have them then open upstairs ones and bleed highest radiator. Good luckI phoned a plumber last night and he said an airlock could be the cause of it and told me to bleed the downstairs radiators when the upstairs ones are turned ON, He also said it could be the diverter valve (wouldn’t be surprised as it’s probably the original one when the house was built). I’ll bleed the radiators first though and see if that does the trick
If it’s diverter valve mate they’d all be off does sound like airlock sometimes if you turn all upstairs ones off it will force out to ground floor rads make sure you open TRVs fully if you have them then open upstairs ones and bleed highest radiator. Good luck
Don't worry too much, plenty of time to sort it.....another couple of months till you need heating ;)I’ve just tried that, still no luck, set the Hive thermostat to 30 degrees too and can hear the boiler working etc and the piping around the pump is hot so the hot water is there but just not circulating through to the downstairs radiators, frustrating
Weird that gotta be honest, if you've shut upstairs rads off its gotta go somewhere. You haven't turned the bypass rad off have you.I’ve just tried that, still no luck, set the Hive thermostat to 30 degrees too and can hear the boiler working etc and the piping around the pump is hot so the hot water is there but just not circulating through to the downstairs radiators, frustrating
Think it may be the pump according to my other half he’s not a plumberI’ve just tried that, still no luck, set the Hive thermostat to 30 degrees too and can hear the boiler working etc and the piping around the pump is hot so the hot water is there but just not circulating through to the downstairs radiators, frustrating
are you a Geordie?I’ve not even started wearing a jacket during the day outside yet, never mind put the heating on indoors.
I’ve not even started wearing a jacket during the day outside yet, never mind put the heating on indoors.
So I had one plumber who came and looked at it and he was literally looking on YouTube to find out what the problem was (absolutely clueless) but I’d paid for someone to come and sort it as I was eager to get it fixed asap, anyway I told him to just leave it and go, then got someone else round who was recommended and he identified what the problem was in about 5 minutes which turned out to be the pump (it has lasted pretty well though so can’t complain). All sorted now anywayIf it’s diverter valve mate they’d all be off does sound like airlock sometimes if you turn all upstairs ones off it will force out to ground floor rads make sure you open TRVs fully if you have them then open upstairs ones and bleed highest radiator. Good luck
Going to make the move to jeans mid October, I'll be coming back from a week in Crete which will probably be a 10 degree drop added to coastal winds....I may feel a tad cool.Me neither, and don't intend to any time soon.
Didn't feel out of place in my budgie smugglers when I went for my outdoor swim earlier either.
Brilliant mate all set for winter. :-)So I had one plumber who came and looked at it and he was literally looking on YouTube to find out what the problem was (absolutely clueless) but I’d paid for someone to come and sort it as I was eager to get it fixed asap, anyway I told him to just leave it and go, then got someone else round who was recommended and he identified what the problem was in about 5 minutes which turned out to be the pump (it has lasted pretty well though so can’t complain). All sorted now anyway
This is true , being cold is good for you , went out in my summer dress this morning , i wear it throughout the winter , hate the heatReading an article in one of todays supplements which recommends if you turn your thermostat lower than 18 degrees C this encourages our bodies to grow more ‘brown fat’, a form of tissue found around the chest and neck that burns energy to produce body heat, keeps your weight down and your energy bills………
enough for me to keep heating off this winter