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Have I Been Conned by Plumber?
Dodge78
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Just wondering people's thoughts.....
2 radiators stopped working and posted it on a job site.
Chap came and said he believes there is a sludge problem and that by replacing just either 2 valves in these radiators or complete new radiators for these 2, then may make the other 4 in efficient.
The advice was replace all radiators and flush and treat system.
Did this and the same problem persists.
Since had boiler engineer out who believes the issue could be pump on the boiler after trying to balance the system.
My question is should the first chap not have been able to spot the issue being the pump on the boiler rather than changing all rads?
Thanks.
2 radiators stopped working and posted it on a job site.
Chap came and said he believes there is a sludge problem and that by replacing just either 2 valves in these radiators or complete new radiators for these 2, then may make the other 4 in efficient.
The advice was replace all radiators and flush and treat system.
Did this and the same problem persists.
Since had boiler engineer out who believes the issue could be pump on the boiler after trying to balance the system.
My question is should the first chap not have been able to spot the issue being the pump on the boiler rather than changing all rads?
Thanks.
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The second chap doesn't sound very sure himself...0
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Apologies I seem to have double posted if admin could delete this post please.0
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Just wondering people's thoughts.....
2 radiators stopped working and posted it on a job site.
Chap came and said he believes there is a sludge problem and that by replacing just either 2 valves in these radiators or complete new radiators for these 2, then may make the other 4 in efficient.
The advice was replace all radiators and flush and treat system.
Did this and the same problem persists.
Since had boiler engineer out who believes the issue could be pump on the boiler after trying to balance the system.
My question is should the first chap not have been able to spot the issue being the pump on the boiler rather than changing all rads?
Thanks.
And his response is going to be "prove it", and even the second engineer, as already pointed out, doesn't seem sure that this is the underlying issue. Welcome to the world of home ownership!0 -
If your pump had failed you would have no working radiators and no heating.
Are your other radiators working okay?0
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