Not all my heaters are coming on
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I have come into work this morning (its a small gym) and although 6 of our radiators are working fine, two are ice cold. I had a small leak in one fixed last friday and I bled the system yesterday. Is there something obvious I have missed or should I re-bleed them all, not just the ones that do not come on?
Our showers are nice and warm so it sis just the two rads that are not working?
Our showers are nice and warm so it sis just the two rads that are not working?
Are the pipes going to it cold? When my house radiator stopped working the pipes were cold and bleeding didn't make it warm. It turned out the needle valve in the thermostatic valve had seized. Unscrew the thermostat bit and use some needle nose to gently push down and break free the needle.
If the pipes are cold I think it should be the thermostatic valve then. A bleeding issue would have warm pipes and the radiator would be only half hot. It could still be the lockshield valve. Try opeining that up fully first just to test. All my knowledge came from here though when trying to fix mine....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqku_Rc_YuI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqku_Rc_YuI
Have the rads got thermostatic valves on them? They might not.
If turning off the working ones didn't force the hot water to the cold ones, then it could be a valve issue. If they're thermostatic valves, try removing the thermostatic head and see if the pin is stuck down, they should protrude out of the valve body by ~8 or so.
If turning off the working ones didn't force the hot water to the cold ones, then it could be a valve issue. If they're thermostatic valves, try removing the thermostatic head and see if the pin is stuck down, they should protrude out of the valve body by ~8 or so.
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