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What should the pressure be?

Squaredude · 2018-11-28 01:05:46

I got my boiler fixed this morning and when I checked the radiators the downstairs rads were all hot but the upstairs ones were lukewarm at best. I tried bleeding them but just got a little air and that was it. I opened the valve in the picture below and allowed the pressure to increase and was then able to bleed the…

28-11-2018 1:05am

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Squaredude

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I got my boiler fixed this morning and when I checked the radiators the downstairs rads were all hot but the upstairs ones were lukewarm at best. I tried bleeding them but just got a little air and that was it. I opened the valve in the picture below and allowed the pressure to increase and was then able to bleed the upstairs rads. Just wondering what pressure should this actually be at? It was at zero this morning

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#2 28-11-2018 8:17am

Wearb

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Try 1 bar

Note if you often need to top up the pressure, it will damage your heating system over time.

Please follow site and charter rules. "Resistance is futile"

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