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Radiators not working in new house
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I can just second advice given before - check the valves at the radiator. Take the plastic caps off; take some tweezers and see if you can turn them anti-clockwise. Simples....
(And the checklist posted above).
Of course you can keep trying to get somewhere with the builder but, really - if you can check basic things to sort it yourself, which won’t take more than 10 minutes and cost nothing, why wouldn’t you rather than sitting in the cold?0 -
As I said I reported the radiator issue on the completion date a month ago and the staff also confirmed the next day that the radiators were really out of order and needed to be fixed which they would put it as an emergency case.
If this is something easy like simply switching the pressure bar, I don't see the reason why they would say to put this case as emergency and will get a technician to fix it.
I think the point here is not whether I can do it myself but why the builder can't keep the promise while this case is critical in winter.
Your going to find home ownership extremely expensive if you refuse to do even basic checks to see if you can fix problems yourself.
I really don't understand why you would rather sit in the cold than see if you can sort it yourself?0
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