plumber stress

bongandleroy

<He's taking you for a ride. Get another, (recommended), plumber in asap and take his advice re plumber 1.>

Good idea to ask the next plumber what to do about him. Thanks

bongandleroy

<Sounds to me like the 'plumber' is talking a right load of cr*p.
Are you quite sure the valves are not just turned off ??
Are the pipes below the valves hot when the heating is turned on ??
HTH>
yes, they are hot when the heating is on

Al_Ross

Okay I'm not a plumber maybe one reading this could give his opinion

I have picked up some plumbing knowledge over the years. If the rest of the radiators in the house are heating you will have a faulty valve, or perhaps stuck in the off position, this can be easily freed.

No amount of flushing in my opinion would get the radiator working!

pinkshoes

BorisThomson wrote: »

The plumber recommended the valves needed changing. You, despite knowing nothing about plumbing, ignored his advice. You paid him to flush the radiator, he has done this. You now need to pay for the valve replacement.

Any chance of goodwill from the plumber was lost when you yelled at him. A very silly thing to do.

Utter tripe!

The OP employed the plumber to FIX the towel heater.

The plumber said he could also change the valve, but the OP made it clear this was not wanted unless necessary.

I mean, if the old valve still works, why would you change it???

The plumber has not carried out the job he has been asked to do.

I would question why it would need flushing and why that would fix it!? Or did you mean bleeding it? (Which is a five minute job and would fix it...) Did you see this plumber's qualifications?

Most radiators do not work because the valves are stuck or broken.

I'm not a plumber but do most my own DIY. If a radiator isn't working I bleed it, and if that doesn't work I would change the valve.

bongandleroy

pinkshoes wrote: »

Utter tripe!

The OP employed the plumber to FIX the towel heater.

The plumber said he could also change the valve, but the OP made it clear this was not wanted unless necessary.

I mean, if the old valve still works, why would you change it???

The plumber has not carried out the job he has been asked to do.

Thanks for agreeing

pinkshoes wrote: »

I would question why it would need flushing and why that would fix it!? Or did you mean bleeding it? (Which is a five minute job and would fix it...) Did you see this plumber's qualifications?

Most radiators do not work because the valves are stuck or broken.

I'm not a plumber but do most my own DIY. If a radiator isn't working I bleed it, and if that doesn't work I would change the valve.

We tried bleeding the radiator, that didn't help. Is changing the valves relatively easy to do? We'll need to drain the system, won't we? I'll also look at some youtube videos on it

bongandleroy

Al_Ross wrote: »

Okay I'm not a plumber maybe one reading this could give his opinion

I have picked up some plumbing knowledge over the years. If the rest of the radiators in the house are heating you will have a faulty valve, or perhaps stuck in the off position, this can be easily freed.

No amount of flushing in my opinion would get the radiator working!

This ties in with what other people are saying too. Thanks:)

JJ_Egan

Sometimes just opening and closing the valves with a spanner works .

firefox1956

The pipes below the valves are hot.
You have bled the radiator until all the air has come out & water comes out ??
If the valves are turned on the water coming out of the bleed valve should be hot & the radiator hot.
Are you turning the brass head of the valve or just the plastic knobs ??
The plastic knobs may not be turning the actual valve.

Al_Ross

bongandleroy wrote: »

Thanks for agreeing



We tried bleeding the radiator, that didn't help. Is changing the valves relatively easy to do? We'll need to drain the system, won't we? I'll also look at some youtube videos on it

As far as I am aware you do not need to flush or drain the whole system. The faulty radiator should have a shut off valve at the opposite side from the control valve, it shuts off the water getting to the radiator and you can then replace the valve if required.

lincroft1710

If you bled the radiator and you have a combi condensing boiler, you may need to re-pressurise your boiler