@Allen Hart so I bled my radiators the other week, did the thing underneath the boiler to get pressure back up to one. Now my heating only comes on once per day for about an hour. Hot water will come on no bother. The little light that says the heating's on doesn't come on. The boiler sounds a bit 'chuggy' when first switched on. Any suggestions please?
Allen Hart what do you do if only the top of the radiator is warn and the bottom is cold heating is on full and you should be able toch the radiator please help
Thank you , young man. I know nothing about the pressure meter. But when i saw you remove the thermo'#valve i knew that i could do the job. Bleed the air. Being an old a***se motor mech (92+) always aware that i could mess up,saw your instruction & immediately understood THANKS Had a new boiler fitted 12 months back ,i thought over expensive (personal recommendation) cant complain £2656.0 for boiler ,fitting +small radiator (Ideal) Just a bill for the total ,no individual price --parts 1 man & his son 1.1/2 days. again thanjk you GH
Being one who records whilst they work and edits in the twilight hours. I know the difficulties and how much effort goes into making these videos. Material like this is undervalued. Education has changed so much with UA-cam. Society are gaining the equivalent of a UA-cam plumbing degree. It's good when it's used for something positive like making individuals better engineers. Onsite experience is vital as well as real qualifications. Yet this media stream and experience passed on is helping nations strive to better engineering standards. It would have been a game changer if I had some of these videos when initially qualified as a plumber 13 years ago. There was hardly anything like this to watch. It's great that the information is there for those that are thirsty to grow in their knowledge of the trade.
Half the people watching actually want to know how to do this The other half are plumbers (like myself) checking you gave all the right information lol, I was glad you even mentioned that the nut can come loose (I hate that) One thing you could've said as well is if you have a low pressure heating system, don't take the pin right out to try and bleed it quicker...I did this many years ago as an apprentice and struggled to get the pin back in with all this black water shooting everywhere lol. Good video well informed Don't worry, all those dislikes are from cowboys who would callout charge just to do this for a customer
This tutorial was more than useful; it was inspirational. From yesterday morning, I had no hot water or heating. I watched Allen's film and cleared the clutter from around my boiler. I found a little button and, well, I'm a sucker for a little button so I pressed it. Hey pressed-o! Hot water and heating returned as though by magic. Now I feel empowered to bleed. All I need is a bleed screw and I'm away. Thanks, Allen!
After hours of trying to bleed the radiator i did it your way and wish i had seen your demo first ,within a minute the rad was working full time ,wish you lived closer and we would certainly be one of your customers.INSPIRATIONAL MANY THANKS FOR SHOWING HOW.
I worked as a plumber in a general hospital full time, started in the early 70's, there was an older part, the original hospital, with had cast iron radiators, they had " automatic air vents " which had a small wooden tapered dowel in them, when there was any air in the rad' it let it seep out, the the wooden tapered dowel expanded when they got wet, and stop the water coming out, they never need replacing, and were over a hundred years old, and no water on the floor, wish I had taken a photo.
I’m disabled and also have crippling anxiety and I live with my elderly granny who’s 84 this year in her big old drafty house and have been pulling our hair out over the heating not working. That ended today after watching your clear and concise tutorial on how to fix our system without the need of paying for a call out. We really appreciate your help and wish you all the best, thank you ❤
I would have thought the advise would be to listen for a hissing or spluttering sound as the bleed valve was opened which would indicate air was present in the radiator. When the hissing/spluttering sound stopped and only water was coming out then close the valve 🤷♂️
Allen, Brilliant mate, you’ve helped me get the bathroom radiator fully working and the bathroom nice and warm for when me dear old mum comes up for Christmas and all it cost me was a bit of time watching your vid, very grateful, thank you Allen. 👍
Fantastic tutorial & so easy to follow. I couldn't get my boys radiator to work but with these simple checks it's now fully working. Thanks Allen your a lifesaver
Wow that wallpaper. I twiddled one of those lock sides once ,thought it might have been turned down a bit, and black water pissed out all up the wall and wouldn't stop regardless of what way I turned it.
Black water may suggest the system inhibitor fluid is non existent or past its best. Could use a magnaflow system to assist with cleaning your water but nothing will keep it perfect
Left to open and right to tight is a good mantra but BATTING a valve just to free a pin??? Learn a bit more and isolate the system before you flood the place. We're in a bungalow and all I have to do is tie up a float valve in the loft and I can beat the crap out of our system. As for the stem of the bleed valve that rotated when the bleed key was applied - SHOOT THE ORIGINAL PLUMBER (never tight enough). PTFE tape helps to close joints/connections like these (PTFE = Polytetraflourethylene). PTFE is for mechanical/physical/compression joints NOT solder/heat/welded joints. Where appropriate, solder leaded/unleaded should be used.
better than most, but you should be firstly helping them ascertain what system they have, gravity or pressurised, some viewers will not see a gauge and give up right there.. a lot are digital now, point them to a google search for that...
Thanks Allen, maybe mention that, when there is air in the radiator, water won’t be coming out immediately when the bleed screw is first opened. Instead, we’ll hear the air hiss out of the bleed screw until the air is expelled, then the water comes out. Also, sometimes the hissing sound might reduce and stop before the air is fully expelled from the radiator. This is a sign that there is an excessive amount of air build up in that radiator and the system pressure has been lost during the bleed process, so the system needs to be re-pressurised to continue with the bleed process. Another way of telling if there is air in a radiator is that you might hear water inside gurgling or trickling through the radiator galleries. A full radiator tends to be quiet in operation. Cheers mate... keep ‘em coming...
We've never bled our radiators in 35 years and we've never had a problem with them. Why would you have lock shields on both sides of a radiator? I think we have one like that and it seems to be switched off. I'm not sure how to switch it on.
@@nickpearsonuk Thanks that's very useful to know. Open at all times means 'on at all times' when the heating system is on, doesn't it? What if that radiator has been left individually switched off. (Both locks in the off position). We'd need to 'fiddle with it' then to switch it on, wouldn't we?
@@mikestapley5697 It might make you smile, or even chuckle (assuming that you have a sense of humour?). Does every comment have to be scrutinised for 'value' before being posted?! Although I've just realised that you may actually be referring to your own comment, which is certainly devoid of value?!
Great video. One of my radiators just isnt heating up (downstairs) Lock Shield is fully open and have taken thermostat off other side to check pin. The pipes going up to radiator are hot but noting going into it. Any ideas ?
thanks Allen, could you do a video on the feed tanks. I don't think mine is feeding correctly as the system won't fill. also I've got two tanks in loft so which is which
You Tube....one of THE great inventions! You get guys like this sharing their knowledge for nothing, just to help others out...Allen, thanks for your efforts and long may folk such as yourself continue to help us all wade through the intricacies of plumbing!
A couple of points, never use gland pliers to tighten or loosen valves they will round off the shafts, new valves then. The white portion of the bleed valve will spin round even when the valve is closed, this is to direct the water coming out. Again do not use gland pliers, use a proper spanner or adjustable. Do not hit the pin of the TRV valve too hard otherwise the top portion will not locate properly again..if the rad is cold at the bottom, the rad is loaded with sludge, needs draining and inhibitor added..
Best not to bash a valve like that or grab it with pipe wrenches. You could burr the pin so that it won’t press down and operate the poppet valve inside. Bleeding the radiators allows pressure out of the system, so you need to make sure the boiler pressure doesn’t drop too much and refill it a bit if necessary. Nuff said.
"Just tap 'em down" SMASHBANGBANGBANGSMASHBANGBANG 😂😂😂 Personally I've press the pin down, but have seen plumbers tap the side of the TRV and pins that were stuck have popped back up.
Why is there 3 points of adjusting the water temperature in a central heating system? the boiler has a heating water temperature, the radiators have a thermostat each and the house also has a thermostat (which I use to switch the heating on/off in winter) how do I balance the 2 in the system to get to the house temp required using the least gas? also I wondered lately with such high bills why I need to heat the entire house if I just want one room warmed up? presumably a controllable system would only need radiator bypass valves and a control panel, do such things exist? it could be done manually using the radiator thermostats turned to cold and leaving one on hot but isn't practical. I now use an oil filled electric radiator for a few hours in the bedroom before going to bed as I'm not sure if it's just British Gas price increases or normal winter use of my heating that's cleaned me out financially.
You should have added that sometimes the pressure will drop too low before the water comes out. In which case they need to close the valve, top up the pressure and do it again
Great video. I used to live in a house that honestly must have just had a completely broken system, as literally every few months you could bleed a radiator, and so much air would gush out. Then afterwards, most of the radiators still wouldn't work. Or some would, but then others would stop working.
It`s 3:30am and I`m watching this video, How did I get here? I`m not even interested in radiators. However I`m going to bleed my radiators just so I never watched this for no reason.
Thank you SO much for this! I decided to replace a manual bleed valve with an automatic one yesterday. (What can I say... I'm lazy!) So much air came out, which was replaced with water when I turned the valves back on. Then the boiler was showing F1 which means low pressure fault. The pressure meter was showing 1.8 Bar which should have been OK (though a little on the high side). I found the manual and found out how to add water to the system, so I added a little. The meter didn't move, so I wondered if the needle was stuck. I tapped the meter a few times; nothing happened. The boiler was still showing the fault indication so I added a bit more water and then the pressure gauge sprung into life and started reading 0.4 Bar! It was then functioning, and rising. I added water to take it up to 1.0 Bar as specified in the instructions (should be in range 1.0-1.5 Bar ideally) and the fault indication went away. The radiator that I had worked on started working so much better than I think it ever has! I'm glad I watched this video first!
My big radiator kitchen is cold at the bottom and hot at the top, plumber checked the thermostate ans the valve onnthe other side but within 20 mins of going it was cold again! so started to bleed it each day and but better
My radiators don't even have those things on the sides!! And the system is already banging, humming and rattling! Plus my radiators are cold more than they are warm.
No hate at all here but worth mentioning the lockshield bit again to people doing this for the first time, he mentions the balancing briefly. The downstairs ones can be fully open but the upstairs ones need to be open about a quarter turn roughly as a guide to balance the system. If you have messed about with these you need to balance the system so watch his vid on how to do it 👍🏼
Great advice Allen, many thanks 😊.... quick question, ..if one of your radiators is hot at the top, but cold at the bottom, what would be causing that, and is it simple to fix?
This guys videos are priceless.👍 #justsayin A quick question for anybody that's wants to answer. My boiler has no controls on it. Possibly an old system. Gravity fed system I think with big copper tank. Is this a system which corrects the pressure itself?? I have a big water tank in the loft, a copper tank upstairs in a cupboard, and a boiler in the kitchen Cheers.
My old system was similar to yours plus a small water tank to feed to the boiler circuit. I still had to bleed the radiators but it tops up itself from the small tank.
@@ericmcrae7758 cheers mate these systems seem like rocket science to me. I literally have NO clue. A hole popped in the bottom of a radiator a few weeks ago too. Been told the system needs flushing. Do you have any idea on a fair price for flushing a system?? Some of these plumbers are dodgey. Not our Allen tho! Haha.
@@DICKTURPIN1976 the rad needs removing and throwing away. You'll prob need new rad valves too (because the old ones will leak) and more inhibitor. You might want to consider a new system if its all quite old? If one rad has gone, the others might be on the way out as well.
10 mins on how to bleed a rad. Come on and you do not need to turn the boiler off just make sure your thermostatic control panel is not demanding any heat i.e turn temp down to something like 15 degrees.
Thanks for posting all this tips....you will nothelivehow many times I paid houdredsof pounds for nothing. I live now in London in shared privet accomodation and I constantly point what is make wrong in house .... I laughing each time when on the end I am right what was wrong . In UK people dont care for anything .... and think some foreigner come and will fix it for penny. I have foltyelecteic on boiler ...dangerous staff ....they keep me with it for a year with little baby infant ....moved to council flat ones ..boiler was not even connected to wall vent and they come and test it and write all is fine and leave all house full of gas fumes ....dangerous ,disrespectful and in most cases lazy and criminals . THANKS TO POST PROPER USE AND WARNING NOTICES ....ITSRESTORE OUR FAITH IN DIEING HUMANITY AND RESPONSIBLE TRADE. P.S. HAPPY VALENTINES FOR ALL TRADERS.
This video is great... thank you! I'm always afraid to bleed the radiator in case I mess it up 😮 Can you please come around to my house and do it for me 😁
Had some work done in March (x4 new zone valves plus inhibitor), bled and left until Winter. Now heating is on, I'm bleeding 5secs of air every other day out of the attic x4 radiators but losing no pressure? Explain that one. 🤣
First of all, that wallpaper is. Hideous. ( my opinion ). Don’t try until you watch this? Why? For anyone who can help. I am in a 1 bed council flat. Boiler works fine when. Hot, then losses all pressure on cooling and never restarts. Green star 25 i I think (Worcester )
Why am I watching this, I don't even have a radiator 😂
Thank you for watching it anyway and more importantly thanks for the comments 😂
How do you not have a radiator? What am I missing here
Knowledge is power mate
One day you might have one, and need to bleed it. 👍
😂😂😂🤪
Allen, thank for you clear and calm explanation. I found it very helpful.
Thank you.
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Very good explanation and very good job I tried it and worked😀 thank you for sharing
Thank you so much.
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I couldn’t get past the wallpaper. Was this something about radiators?
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Lol me too,I was thinking id like curtains in this pattern for one of the bedrooms or kids den.
How many times can you say the word “radiator” in 9 minutes?
Michael Porter Perhaps he’s on radiator commission.
He doesn’t say radiator he says Ray-de-Ater!!
That’s a great idea 😂
At least he doesn’t call them rads
Rebecca A so! You have a aversion to aberrations!
easiest way to remove a radiator off the wall @7.10
nice one bud
Happy to help, Thank you very much for watching.
Stand on it like my daughter did and it'll come off the wall lol.
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Great video saved my life watched ur man from big brother Craig what’s his face showed none of this !
David McCurtáin Thanks for watching and Merry Christmas
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So do you bleed the radiator with the heating switched off or on?
Normally off. Thanks.
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Can't I just bleed first, then top up the water, to save doing it twice,or wouldn't that work?
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Nice video thank you
Thank You
You didn't mention if the TRV should be open when bleening?
Doesn’t really matter. Thanks for the comment. Happy New Year.
@@AllenHart999 Thank you Allen.
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It's was very helpful, thanks a lot🙏👌
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You're exactly what makes youtube so great. Thank you.
One of the most informative videos I've seen, thank you.
@Allen Hart so I bled my radiators the other week, did the thing underneath the boiler to get pressure back up to one. Now my heating only comes on once per day for about an hour. Hot water will come on no bother. The little light that says the heating's on doesn't come on. The boiler sounds a bit 'chuggy' when first switched on.
Any suggestions please?
Allen Hart what do you do if only the top of the radiator is warn and the bottom is cold heating is on full and you should be able toch the radiator please help
Thank you , young man. I know nothing about the pressure meter. But when i saw you remove the thermo'#valve i knew that i could do the job. Bleed the air. Being an old a***se motor mech (92+) always aware that i could mess up,saw your instruction & immediately understood THANKS
Had a new boiler fitted 12 months back ,i thought over expensive (personal recommendation) cant complain £2656.0 for boiler ,fitting +small radiator (Ideal) Just a bill for the total ,no individual price --parts 1 man & his son 1.1/2 days.
again thanjk you GH
Being one who records whilst they work and edits in the twilight hours. I know the difficulties and how much effort goes into making these videos. Material like this is undervalued. Education has changed so much with UA-cam. Society are gaining the equivalent of a UA-cam plumbing degree. It's good when it's used for something positive like making individuals better engineers. Onsite experience is vital as well as real qualifications. Yet this media stream and experience passed on is helping nations strive to better engineering standards. It would have been a game changer if I had some of these videos when initially qualified as a plumber 13 years ago. There was hardly anything like this to watch. It's great that the information is there for those that are thirsty to grow in their knowledge of the trade.
Thank You
There must be plenty of young apprentices willing to learn at the job and gain experience in videography.
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The wallpaper should have its own Facebook page.
Thank you for taking the time to watch my video.
hahahaaa :D :P
@@AllenHart999 thanks
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You're hilarious !!!
Half the people watching actually want to know how to do this
The other half are plumbers (like myself) checking you gave all the right information lol, I was glad you even mentioned that the nut can come loose (I hate that)
One thing you could've said as well is if you have a low pressure heating system, don't take the pin right out to try and bleed it quicker...I did this many years ago as an apprentice and struggled to get the pin back in with all this black water shooting everywhere lol. Good video well informed
Don't worry, all those dislikes are from cowboys who would callout charge just to do this for a customer
Thanks 👍
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This tutorial was more than useful; it was inspirational. From yesterday morning, I had no hot water or heating. I watched Allen's film and cleared the clutter from around my boiler. I found a little button and, well, I'm a sucker for a little button so I pressed it. Hey pressed-o! Hot water and heating returned as though by magic. Now I feel empowered to bleed. All I need is a bleed screw and I'm away. Thanks, Allen!
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After hours of trying to bleed the radiator i did it your way and wish i had seen your demo first ,within a minute the rad was working full time ,wish you lived closer and we would certainly be one of your customers.INSPIRATIONAL MANY THANKS FOR SHOWING HOW.
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Whoever designs them with a bleed on the back just enjoys torture.
You are the only person who talks about the boiler when bleeding the radiator. Makes me think this is the most compete video on this subject. Thanks.
Thank you.
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I worked as a plumber in a general hospital full time, started in the early 70's, there was an older part, the original hospital, with had cast iron radiators, they had " automatic air vents " which had a small wooden tapered dowel in them, when there was any air in the rad' it let it seep out, the the wooden tapered dowel expanded when they got wet, and stop the water coming out, they never need replacing, and were over a hundred years old, and no water on the floor, wish I had taken a photo.
Thank You
I’m disabled and also have crippling anxiety and I live with my elderly granny who’s 84 this year in her big old drafty house and have been pulling our hair out over the heating not working.
That ended today after watching your clear and concise tutorial on how to fix our system without the need of paying for a call out.
We really appreciate your help and wish you all the best, thank you ❤
I would have thought the advise would be to listen for a hissing or spluttering sound as the bleed valve was opened which would indicate air was present in the radiator. When the hissing/spluttering sound stopped and only water was coming out then close the valve 🤷♂️
Thank You
I bled my radiator with out watching this and everything was fine
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Basic stuff really but helpful for people who don’t know.
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Some boy
Allen, Brilliant mate, you’ve helped me get the bathroom radiator fully working and the bathroom nice and warm for when me dear old mum comes up for Christmas and all it cost me was a bit of time watching your vid, very grateful, thank you Allen. 👍
Happy New Year
I never knew people could bleed a radiator wrong. If you can get that wrong then you shouldn't ever do anything.
Hahahahahahahaha
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I found this to be quite helpful and added to my central heating system knowledge, as I am just a diy person. So thanks.
Thank you for the kind words and thank you for watching.
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Fantastic tutorial & so easy to follow. I couldn't get my boys radiator to work but with these simple checks it's now fully working. Thanks Allen your a lifesaver
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Wow that wallpaper. I twiddled one of those lock sides once ,thought it might have been turned down a bit, and black water pissed out all up the wall and wouldn't stop regardless of what way I turned it.
My wallpaper is ace lol
Black water may suggest the system inhibitor fluid is non existent or past its best. Could use a magnaflow system to assist with cleaning your water but nothing will keep it perfect
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thanks forthe advice al , but that wallpaper has got to GO !!! thanks mate
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Take a drink for every time he says 'radiator'. Leathered in less than 6min.
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Big fan of your videos Allen , especially when you do jobs whilst looking at the camera, pure gold.
Thank you Tom. 👍
Thank you so much.
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@@AllenHart999 i subbed many moons ago Allen. Keep up the quality videos
T D I am just trying to answer all my old questions and beg for subs 😂😂😂
Great video, covered everything you need to know for basic maintenance. Nice one mate 👍
Glad it was helpful!
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Left to open and right to tight is a good mantra but BATTING a valve just to free a pin??? Learn a bit more and isolate the system before you flood the place. We're in a bungalow and all I have to do is tie up a float valve in the loft and I can beat the crap out of our system. As for the stem of the bleed valve that rotated when the bleed key was applied - SHOOT THE ORIGINAL PLUMBER (never tight enough). PTFE tape helps to close joints/connections like these (PTFE = Polytetraflourethylene). PTFE is for mechanical/physical/compression joints NOT solder/heat/welded joints. Where appropriate, solder leaded/unleaded should be used.
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Brilliant video, so much more detailed than most on UA-cam. Cheers Allen.
Thank you so much.
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better than most, but you should be firstly helping them ascertain what system they have, gravity or pressurised, some viewers will not see a gauge and give up right there.. a lot are digital now, point them to a google search for that...
I have done other videos on that. Thanks. ua-cam.com/video/bD_qHtq6KFg/v-deo.html
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Thanks Allen, maybe mention that, when there is air in the radiator, water won’t be coming out immediately when the bleed screw is first opened. Instead, we’ll hear the air hiss out of the bleed screw until the air is expelled, then the water comes out. Also, sometimes the hissing sound might reduce and stop before the air is fully expelled from the radiator. This is a sign that there is an excessive amount of air build up in that radiator and the system pressure has been lost during the bleed process, so the system needs to be re-pressurised to continue with the bleed process. Another way of telling if there is air in a radiator is that you might hear water inside gurgling or trickling through the radiator galleries. A full radiator tends to be quiet in operation. Cheers mate... keep ‘em coming...
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I did think that while watching the video, excellent contribution - thank you!
We've never bled our radiators in 35 years and we've never had a problem with them. Why would you have lock shields on both sides of a radiator? I think we have one like that and it seems to be switched off. I'm not sure how to switch it on.
Interesting
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One radiator in the system needs to be open at all times so never has a TRV on it and usually has two capped valves to deter people from fiddling.
@@nickpearsonuk Thanks that's very useful to know. Open at all times means 'on at all times' when the heating system is on, doesn't it? What if that radiator has been left individually switched off. (Both locks in the off position). We'd need to 'fiddle with it' then to switch it on, wouldn't we?
Absolutely spot on mate. Never had to do it before, straight to the point and very informative. 👍
Happy New Year
Plumbing with Johnny Vegas!
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sounds like a prime time show
How does this comment add value ?
@@mikestapley5697 It might make you smile, or even chuckle (assuming that you have a sense of humour?). Does every comment have to be scrutinised for 'value' before being posted?! Although I've just realised that you may actually be referring to your own comment, which is certainly devoid of value?!
mike stapley , it inspired a prime time show!
What happens if the pin comes out? Can you push it back in?
Sometimes,
Great video.
One of my radiators just isnt heating up (downstairs)
Lock Shield is fully open and have taken thermostat off other side to check pin. The pipes going up to radiator are hot but noting going into it. Any ideas ?
I'm in Australia & its 40 degrees yet this was recommended to me
Thank you for watching.
Didn’t think you had radiators over there
Yes they do
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That was informative.. Cheers 👍
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Never have I heard more iconic words than “me name’s Allen Hart”
Thanks
When a jobs getting to much I hear this in my mind and I carry on
drinking game!
@C D hahaha me names Alan haaaattt
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Ooh I see. I bled mine and my boiler packed in, the pressure was low I've found out. Ok, noted.
Thank you.
thanks Allen, could you do a video on the feed tanks. I don't think mine is feeding correctly as the system won't fill. also I've got two tanks in loft so which is which
A want a fiver for every time he says radiator 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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The 1950s called, they want their wall paper back
Ooft! Hammering on the TRV is novel, I just depress with the side of a flat screwsriver
That wallpaper looks like something out of the magic roundabout
Thanks for watching.
It’s retro
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You Tube....one of THE great inventions! You get guys like this sharing their knowledge for nothing, just to help others out...Allen, thanks for your efforts and long may folk such as yourself continue to help us all wade through the intricacies of plumbing!
Thanks 👍
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A couple of points, never use gland pliers to tighten or loosen valves they will round off the shafts, new valves then. The white portion of the bleed valve will spin round even when the valve is closed, this is to direct the water coming out. Again do not use gland pliers, use a proper spanner or adjustable. Do not hit the pin of the TRV valve too hard otherwise the top portion will not locate properly again..if the rad is cold at the bottom, the rad is loaded with sludge, needs draining and inhibitor added..
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1'st thing to do is to fix the leak so you don't have to keep topping up. this way you can afford to run antifreeze in the system.
What does turquoise/green colour crystal residue on lockshield valve mean and do i need to replace the lockshield valve due to this.
Best not to bash a valve like that or grab it with pipe wrenches. You could burr the pin so that it won’t press down and operate the poppet valve inside. Bleeding the radiators allows pressure out of the system, so you need to make sure the boiler pressure doesn’t drop too much and refill it a bit if necessary. Nuff said.
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"Just tap 'em down"
SMASHBANGBANGBANGSMASHBANGBANG
😂😂😂
Personally I've press the pin down, but have seen plumbers tap the side of the TRV and pins that were stuck have popped back up.
I was thinking the exact same thing🤣🤣🤣
Thank you so much.
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Thank you, nice clear steady and comprehensive instructions. Love your Leeds accent, just like mine.
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Why is there 3 points of adjusting the water temperature in a central heating system? the boiler has a heating water temperature, the radiators have a thermostat each and the house also has a thermostat (which I use to switch the heating on/off in winter) how do I balance the 2 in the system to get to the house temp required using the least gas?
also I wondered lately with such high bills why I need to heat the entire house if I just want one room warmed up? presumably a controllable system would only need radiator bypass valves and a control panel, do such things exist? it could be done manually using the radiator thermostats turned to cold and leaving one on hot but isn't practical. I now use an oil filled electric radiator for a few hours in the bedroom before going to bed as I'm not sure if it's just British Gas price increases or normal winter use of my heating that's cleaned me out financially.
Thankyou so much, your
video was very informative.
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You should have added that sometimes the pressure will drop too low before the water comes out. In which case they need to close the valve, top up the pressure and do it again
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You mentioned that incorrect radiator bleeding can cause the boiler to bang and clang but can you explain what causes that and what you must not do?
No water in boiler could be one reason, Air locks, etc.
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Great video. I used to live in a house that honestly must have just had a completely broken system, as literally every few months you could bleed a radiator, and so much air would gush out. Then afterwards, most of the radiators still wouldn't work. Or some would, but then others would stop working.
It`s 3:30am and I`m watching this video, How did I get here? I`m not even interested in radiators.
However I`m going to bleed my radiators just so I never watched this for no reason.
I hope you have subscribed 😂 Thanks
Hi@@AllenHart999 I have now, 👍
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Do you know what size nut, is in metric size as i cant get adjustable spanner on mine as too far in so need open ended spanner.
my boiler has no pressure sensor just a electrical switch on the wall that leaks water from it when i turn it on
your channel's a blessing! just bled my radiators for the first time in years! thank you! :)
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Thank you SO much for this! I decided to replace a manual bleed valve with an automatic one yesterday. (What can I say... I'm lazy!) So much air came out, which was replaced with water when I turned the valves back on. Then the boiler was showing F1 which means low pressure fault. The pressure meter was showing 1.8 Bar which should have been OK (though a little on the high side). I found the manual and found out how to add water to the system, so I added a little. The meter didn't move, so I wondered if the needle was stuck. I tapped the meter a few times; nothing happened. The boiler was still showing the fault indication so I added a bit more water and then the pressure gauge sprung into life and started reading 0.4 Bar! It was then functioning, and rising. I added water to take it up to 1.0 Bar as specified in the instructions (should be in range 1.0-1.5 Bar ideally) and the fault indication went away. The radiator that I had worked on started working so much better than I think it ever has! I'm glad I watched this video first!
Alan you have totally solved my issues I have followed every step and I am so thankful for your fantastic easy to follow, informative vid, thank you!!
Great to hear!
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What should i do if my radiator have the air trapped to the opposite side of the bleeding valve?
My big radiator kitchen is cold at the bottom and hot at the top, plumber checked the thermostate ans the valve onnthe other side but within 20 mins of going it was cold again! so started to bleed it each day and but better
Maybe the system needs cleaning?
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Pull it out,pulls radiator out 😂
Would of been funny if radiator had come off the wall. 😂😂😂
@@AllenHart999 Must have had 3 shredded wheat that day! 😂
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My radiators don't even have those things on the sides!! And the system is already banging, humming and rattling! Plus my radiators are cold more than they are warm.
sounds like a flush is req.Try draining and refilling you may be lucky
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On the TRV pin could you periodically put WD40 to prevent any sticking problems.. Great video, very informative.
Yes thats a great idea. Thanks.
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Subscribed !
Hi Allen it was a good Video I will like to see more videos .Thank you
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No hate at all here but worth mentioning the lockshield bit again to people doing this for the first time, he mentions the balancing briefly. The downstairs ones can be fully open but the upstairs ones need to be open about a quarter turn roughly as a guide to balance the system. If you have messed about with these you need to balance the system so watch his vid on how to do it 👍🏼
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The RAIDEEEATER ,can you say it any more times.
Radiator 😂
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Great advice Allen, many thanks 😊.... quick question, ..if one of your radiators is hot at the top, but cold at the bottom, what would be causing that, and is it simple to fix?
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Brilliant!
THANK YOU! 👏👏👏🖐
Moira
From England.
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Parvez Aslam good thanks so much love u miss you so much love u 🇵🇰 very good thanks thanks 🤔 thanks 🤔 thanks
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This guys videos are priceless.👍 #justsayin
A quick question for anybody that's wants to answer. My boiler has no controls on it. Possibly an old system. Gravity fed system I think with big copper tank. Is this a system which corrects the pressure itself?? I have a big water tank in the loft, a copper tank upstairs in a cupboard, and a boiler in the kitchen Cheers.
Yes that will fill itself. Thanks.
@@AllenHart999 cheers. Thanks for the quick reply too. Love your videos mate!👌
My old system was similar to yours plus a small water tank to feed to the boiler circuit. I still had to bleed the radiators but it tops up itself from the small tank.
@@ericmcrae7758 cheers mate these systems seem like rocket science to me. I literally have NO clue. A hole popped in the bottom of a radiator a few weeks ago too. Been told the system needs flushing. Do you have any idea on a fair price for flushing a system?? Some of these plumbers are dodgey. Not our Allen tho! Haha.
@@DICKTURPIN1976 the rad needs removing and throwing away. You'll prob need new rad valves too (because the old ones will leak) and more inhibitor. You might want to consider a new system if its all quite old? If one rad has gone, the others might be on the way out as well.
10 mins on how to bleed a rad. Come on and you do not need to turn the boiler off just make sure your thermostatic control panel is not demanding any heat i.e turn temp down to something like 15 degrees.
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This is one of the best videos on this subject Ive ever seen period. Thanks for your time and effort. Excellent stuff!
Happy New Year
If you took a shot every time he said "raydee- ate-her", you'd be pissed as fuck in about 4 minutes.
I liked it reddy ate er..
Cutely annoying
Made me chuckle. .
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Very useful video, learned several things from it even though I've fitted radiators before.
Thanks for the clear guidance.
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why turn the boiler off just turn the heating off with the thermostat
Thanks for posting all this tips....you will nothelivehow many times I paid houdredsof pounds for nothing. I live now in London in shared privet accomodation and I constantly point what is make wrong in house .... I laughing each time when on the end I am right what was wrong .
In UK people dont care for anything .... and think some foreigner come and will fix it for penny. I have foltyelecteic on boiler ...dangerous staff ....they keep me with it for a year with little baby infant ....moved to council flat ones ..boiler was not even connected to wall vent and they come and test it and write all is fine and leave all house full of gas fumes ....dangerous ,disrespectful and in most cases lazy and criminals .
THANKS TO POST PROPER USE AND WARNING NOTICES ....ITSRESTORE OUR FAITH IN DIEING HUMANITY AND RESPONSIBLE TRADE.
P.S. HAPPY VALENTINES FOR ALL TRADERS.
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Managed to fix my radiator by watching this. Looked like a hero, maybe I'll get some!
What you're likely to get... is more jobs 😅
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Light a match on that so called "air" in the rad 😉
Some of it is hydrogen
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This video is great... thank you! I'm always afraid to bleed the radiator in case I mess it up 😮 Can you please come around to my house and do it for me 😁
Thank you so much.
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It's 2020 and modern boilers can't maintain their own pressure.
Cars cannot add it’s own oil either😂😂😂👍
@@AllenHart999 ha ha. Yeah, but that's something out of nothing. This is a pressure sensor and a value.
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Had some work done in March (x4 new zone valves plus inhibitor), bled and left until Winter. Now heating is on, I'm bleeding 5secs of air every other day out of the attic x4 radiators but losing no pressure? Explain that one. 🤣
Happy New Year
Can you do a video on that wallpaper...lovin it
Thank you so much.
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Cheers Allen, this was just what I needed.
Happy to help
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so I will just try and pull this out que nearly tearing the pipework through the floor boards and flooding the house
That would of been so funny 😂😂😂😂Thanks for watching.
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First of all, that wallpaper is. Hideous. ( my opinion ). Don’t try until you watch this? Why? For anyone who can help. I am in a 1 bed council flat. Boiler works fine when. Hot, then losses all pressure on cooling and never restarts. Green star 25 i I think (Worcester )
Happy New Year
Only use this one if your radiator and boiler look like these guys. ..Ireland??
Why? What system do you have? Happy to help you more if needed. Thanks.
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What was it he was checking, oh I know the RADIATOR 🤣🤣
George Webb 😂😂😂 Thanks for the comment 👍
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Me name’s Allen Hart.... top bloke
Happy new year buddy. 👍
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