Jamz3k

my house doesnt have central heating unfortunitely and lately i've noticed the fire doesnt heat up the radiators that much, compared to maybe a week ago, any idea what could cause my lack of heat thru the house?

any suggests would be greatful cus i know i'll get an earful from the housemate (never sharing a house with a woman ever again) if she notices:P

Loost

is it a parkray / similar....back boiler..?

thorough cleaning out riddling,
are all the vents clear and chimmney,
is the pump working as well as it did

chris's scooby

Have you got air in the radiators?

Jamz3k

i noticed a while back that the pipes where making a bubbling noise, could that be the problem, which leads to the how do u bleed them?

dunno what time of fire it is

Loost

echo ^^

Jamz3k

its a back boiler, and was cleaned out about 2 weeks ago at least,

Loost

should be square shaped protrusion at top/bottom one side or tother radiator -turn anticlockwise until water comes out slightly then do up clockwise 1/2 turn (when pump is on and system is hot)

Jamz3k

thanks dude, seriously am the most unlucky person when it has came to this house,
i put my coat on the coathanger and it fell off the wall, flooded the kitchen broke the wardrobe and continuelly break the computer lol, i feel sorry for my wee housemate

Loost

.........can only get better...

Jamz3k

i got a black and Decker Hammer Action Drill and a tool kit, it can only get WORSE lmfao

chris's scooby

Bleed the rads. Should sort it out.

fast bloke

did your coat flood the kitchen or was it the coathanger that flooded the kitchen. what was your wardrobe and computer doing in the kitchen anyway - have you no bedrooms?

Spoon

It's fairly obvious that his coat pockets were either full of water in bags maybe, and on impact with the floor, they exploded flooding the kitchen.

Or, when the coat hanger fell onto the ground, it bounced into a water pipe, piercing a hole in it and flooding the kitchen.

Why the wardrobe or the pc were in the kitchen I don't know but as they most obviously were, then I can imagine the water level rising, which lifted the wardrobe until it toppled forward smashing into the pc.

Why it should continually do this is what is the biggest mystery though.

I think if you moved the wardrobe away from the pc, maybe into another room, then this wouldn't continue to happen. It's clear the 2 items cannot be trusted to get on together.

Do let us know how you get on if you go down this route.

PIXIEDUST

Call me stupid but if you've got radiators and pipes have'nt you got central heating.If you burn coal have you bought different coal because it's like petrol for the cars it's diffrent grades some will give off more heat than others.Bleed your radiators,check the bars under the fire and clean all the ash and slag out.

Spoon

Thinking about it more, she could well be the trouble!!

chris's scooby

PMSL

Nick

Just a note about when you bleed (let the air out) the radiators. Ensure that the heating is not on & the boiler is cool or cold. Bleeding the rads when the boiler is hot will cause cold water to go straight into the boiler & possibly crack it.