What sort of radiator/heating system? Electric storage heater? Plumbed central heating? Something else?One of the radiators in the dining room is only lukewarm when all the others are piping hot.
Well since you don't know what the problem is it might be best left to the experts.Do I need aplumber or is there something I can do myself to sort this out?
Try this. Close all radiators (preferably without disturbing the balancing valve if you know for definite which side it is on)
Fully open the 2 valves (do not worry about the balancing for now) of the non working rad and turn on your boiler.
Double check for air by bleeding/
Does it get hot?
If yes, system balancing seems to be the problem.
If no, then it is more serious. You will need professional help,
I have the same problem too. I recently got a gas conversion in the house ( it was oil previously ). the gas fitter blanked off the pipes to the back boiler when fitting the gas fire. I am told that this might affect the heating of the offending rad? the rad has just been fitted in the garage conversion, the pipes were just laying there before the conversion so i just connected them up to the new ( offending ) rad. A plumber told me that this rad is the last one on the system, whereas before the gas conversion it was the first one on the system! even with the heating on for hours it never heats up fully. I have tried bleeding and balancing for hours on end with no affect whatsoever!If it was a simple balancing problem, i do not think that i would work for 3 days and not after. it would simply do not heat up properly from day1.
It seems like a strange problem...
Could it be an air lock in the system?
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