Funny noise from radiator, Help Please.

alvynmcq

Things seem to have gone from bad to very very bad. None of the radiators are heating now and we are getting no hot water. Maybe we should get a plumber in to look at it? Or is there something blindingly obvious wrong?

alvynmcq

The Pilot light has gone out, tried starting it again but it isnt starting.

alvynmcq

Wont spark at all, we have a new type boiler were we just push a button to start it up, but hitting the button is doing nothing.

Doonhamer

Switch it off and wait ten minutes, sometimes the pump runs on for a little while to stop the boiler from overheating. Bleed it then try running the heating with all the other radiatrs closed for a few minutes to give it a good clear out.

alvynmcq

The pump came on temporarily again, but seems to have died again.

Thanks everyone for your help.

kenshaz

The pump is the heart of the heating system ,it circulates the water,when you switch your heating off,you will in a normal system switch the PUMP off

kenshaz

alvynmcq wrote:

The pump came on temporarily again, but seems to have died again.

Thanks everyone for your help.

keep it simply the pump might be going on and off according to the room thermostat,or the radiator thermostic valves,do not worry

Doonhamer

All of them except the one that is not working very well. If it was totally blocked you are right it would not be a good idea. I was assuming that at least some flow of water was going into the dodgy one.

alvynmcq

There dosent seem to be any water getting to any of the upstairs heaters, the downstairs ones were fine this morning, but still nothing heating upstairs. Plus when we try to heat the water it isnt heating now.

robnye

the upstairs radiators wouldnt get hot if the pump isnt working.
whne you have switched on the heating, does

1) the boiler fire up? can you see it/hear
2) does the pump start? can you hear it? touch it... does it get hot?

if the boiler does start up, but the pump does, the pump will still push water around the heating pipes, hence, upstairs cold.
if the bolier is newish, check the manual out, sometimes (As already mentioned) switch the bolier to off and wait 10/15 minutes then try restarting (check what the manual says)

if you still have no luck, then you have no choice but to contact a plumber. possibly the same one that put the boiler in......