3 broken radiators in house.

nixe

no heat comes out of them in the bedrooms.
never had them fixed been like this for 4 years+,
my gas has to stay on cause of medical conditions.
but is this costing more to run cause of the problem.
or is it cheaper to run cause they dont work

have 4 bedroom house, gas in winter cost about £40
a week.
the rooms stay warm cause of the pipes under the floorboards. thanx.

victor2

Have they ever been bled?
Could be something as simple as air in the system, or a blockage somewhere. Has the system ever been flushed?
Probably something simple a local plumber could figure out in no time.

liam8282

May be stating the obvious but have you ever tried....

http://www.uswitch.com/energy-saving/guides/how-to-bleed-a-radiator/

HappyMJ

nixe wrote: »

no heat comes out of them in the bedrooms.
never had them fixed been like this for 4 years+,
my gas has to stay on cause of medical conditions.
but is this costing more to run cause of the problem.
or is it cheaper to run cause they dont work

have 4 bedroom house, gas in winter cost about £40
a week.
the rooms stay warm cause of the pipes under the floorboards. thanx.

Pin under TRV stuck down. Seems to happend to me every year. Remove TRV and agitate the pin until the pin rises. Wait a few minutes see if radiator is hot then replace TRV head.

macman

Why wait four years to do anything about it? Bleeding a rad takes a few seconds.
If you don't need to heat 4 bedrooms, switch off the rads as required.

nixe

thanx tried to bleed them when the problem started completly jammed,
got different peeps to try and do them.
one did move but the base were the white turny thing is, wont move either.
none of the white turny things move.
have not bothered cause the rooms are warm,
thing is reading another thread about weather to leave heating on all day gave me a lighbulb moment always get there in the end.
just wondering if its cheaper to run the house as heating is not going in there or cause of the fault its costing more.

victor2

Cheapest thing to do is not have the heating on at all. But assuming you do need some warmth, it'll be far more effective (and cost efficient) to get the radiators working properly. A reasonable plumber will be able to advise if the bleed valve can be turned or, at worse, you will need a new radiator(s). They're not expensive, but it could cost more to get them fitted and the system drained/refilled.

macman

So the valves or TRV's (not white turny things) are seized-a plumber will unseize or replace them. And fix the bleed valves too.

nixe

will get them sorted out, and the name of the white turny things
trvs.
love this site as gonna ask about 10 people now what they are called
and i will know the answer.
thanx everyone.

macman

We don't know whether they are TRV's or ordinary radiator valves. TRV's have numbers on them.