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Rad cold at bottom

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  • 03-01-2021 11:01pm
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    guil
    Registered Users Posts: 10,487 ✭✭✭✭


    Recently the rad in one bedroom is only getting warm on top and the towel rack in the bathroom beside it is not heating up at all. I'm lead to believe that the cold on the bottom is sludge or a blockage. Could that be stopping the bathroom rad heating at all?

    I was thinking of taking off the radiator and try washing it out with the hose?


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    guil
    Registered Users Posts: 10,487 ✭✭✭✭guil


    Around the time I noticed the problem I had got an engineer out because the boiler wouldn't fire all the time and has never been serviced in the 7 years I'm living here.

    Photocell was gone and he said the boiler is leaking and needs to be replaced. I asked about the stat setting and he turned it down. Could that be the cause of the bedroom rad not heating fully?


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    RebelButtMunch
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    If the system is leaking water then your cold rads are full or half full of air. You'll need identify how to top up your system with water and then bleed the air from the rads. Good luck.


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    guil
    Registered Users Posts: 10,487 ✭✭✭✭guil


    Sorry when I said leak, I meant the door on the boiler as opposed to a water leak. I've tried bleeding all the rads and nothing but water comes out.


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