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Cold Radiators
Hi
Our dining room is always cold dispite having the radiators swapped for 2 bigger ones.
The other radiators in the house get hot but not these, they get warm at the top only, we have repeatedly bleed them and no improvement.
We have checked the thermostat and they are set right.
Also i have noticed the feed pipes aren't hot either.
Any suggestion before have to pay for a plumber.
Thanks folks
Our dining room is always cold dispite having the radiators swapped for 2 bigger ones.
The other radiators in the house get hot but not these, they get warm at the top only, we have repeatedly bleed them and no improvement.
We have checked the thermostat and they are set right.
Also i have noticed the feed pipes aren't hot either.
Any suggestion before have to pay for a plumber.
Thanks folks
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.If the rads are getting warm at the top, it suggests that the TRVs are opening Ok.
Several possibilities...
All the rads need balancing. The others are possibly taking too big a share of the flow, thus these are being starved.
The layout of the pipework is such that there is not enough flow (volume of water) available to these rads... perhaps the pipework is branched off a circuit that has too small a bore (diameter.) This would be likely if minibore or microbore have been used.
The circulation pump may well need speeding up. There are usually several speeds available.
To test all this further ... turn ALL other rads in the house down to zero on their TRVs This will give all available flow exclusively to the dining room.
Several possibilities...
All the rads need balancing. The others are possibly taking too big a share of the flow, thus these are being starved.
The layout of the pipework is such that there is not enough flow (volume of water) available to these rads... perhaps the pipework is branched off a circuit that has too small a bore (diameter.) This would be likely if minibore or microbore have been used.
The circulation pump may well need speeding up. There are usually several speeds available.
To test all this further ... turn ALL other rads in the house down to zero on their TRVs This will give all available flow exclusively to the dining room.