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Wrong Radiator Heating Up?

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LBOCS · 15/10/2014 15:14

We bought our house a couple of years ago and it has a very old Baxi back boiler and hot water cylinder in the airing cupboard - with no thermostatic valves on any of our radiators. We've slowly been installing valves as we've redecorated rooms but not all of them have them on yet.

Until recently whenever the hot water came on, the radiator in the bathroom heated up at the same time, making all of our towels toasty and warm. However recently the bathroom radiator hasn't been heating up but the rad in my DC's bedroom has been instead. If I turn that radiator off (manually, using a pair of pliers...) it goes back to heating the bathroom radiator, but obviously with the weather getting colder I don't want the radiator in the bedroom turned off. It's not such an issue over the winter as the heating and HW come on using the same timescales (we have a very old analogue timer too), but in the summer it's a problem as it makes the bedroom exceedingly hot.

Does anyone have any suggestions what it might be and how I can fix it? We haven't made any material changes to the system very recently except to install a TRV to our bedroom radiator. Could this have done it?

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PigletJohn · 15/10/2014 15:31

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PigletJohn · 15/10/2014 15:35

Also look for a three-port-valve which has three pipes going into it in a "T" shape. Probably next to your cylinder and/or pump and/or boiler. If your installation is very old it may not have one. If it is fairly old it may be worn out. 20 years is typical life.

PigletJohn · 15/10/2014 15:37

look for the valve first.

LBOCS · 15/10/2014 17:30

Hi Piglet John, I was hoping you'd respond!

I was very careful with the pliers, I promise. It didn't work with the knob from the old valves - they'd all become round with age and use, I think.

I've been having a nosy around my cylinder recently as I'm trying to get a new timer installed and they need to find the electrical controls, and I haven't seen a valve anywhere - although I will have another look. It really is very old.

(And I'm sure you're right about needing it cleaned, we just have to find the money from somewhere).

Will look at the radiator balancing, thank you.

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