Radiator hot but heating switched off?!

[Lippitt]

Yesterday I noticed that the radiator in our bathroom was hot, even though the heating is switched off. None of the other radiators in the house were on.
I did google it but frankly I'm a DIY dunce and most of the answers were too technical for me!
Can anyone give me a simple answer?!

[Lippitt]

Its being heated by the boiler, as the immersion has gone kaput! So has the shower pump.
Not having much luck really!!
Do you think thats what is then?

[Lippitt]

Ah! Ok! Brilliant, thank you - I won't worry then. Although it does make it annoyingly hot in the bathroom...

See, I knew this place wouldn't let me down

[Lippitt]

davido140 said:

my fridge is apparently the solution!

Seriously though, I did have exactly the same symptoms, was my 3-way or "mid position" valve that was broken.

was about £200 for a plumber to do it for me as I couldnt be arsed, had a new hot water tank at the time too so cant remember exactly what the cost was..

ETA thinking back, is it only hot when you've got the hot water turned on? that's the sure fire test, it's your hot water... erm.. water going to the rad rather than the coil in your hotwater tank. you may find a little lever on it to manually open and close the vale too for a temporary fix, but once the heating kicks in again and the valve opens it'll likely stay open.

Good luck.

Edited by davido140 on Friday 3rd June 14:47

Yeah, see I didn't understand any of that last bit.

I'm going to ignore it and hope it goes away.

Like the broken shower pump.

[Lippitt]

Arthur Jackson said:

Only ever 'normally' on gravity systems from pre-1975ish. 'Occassional' on fully pumped systems later on. And not really legal now.

It's definitely pre-1975. You ought to see the boiler.