Central Heating

[Lancashire lad]

All three of our stoves made in the UK and built to last, One from Yorkshire, One from Shropshire and One from the Isle of Wight.

[Angleseyite]

I have Broseley evolution 26 in my UK house 26 kw output, 16 to water and 10 to the room it's linked to my combi but uses a safety cold water system, thermal disharge valve, expansion vessel and safety blow off with back end protection provided by an Esbe valve!
Honest it is a monster but really easy to use and all my rads are hot! in Spain just got 2 wood burners

I had a Charnwood  DX50, 14kw , 12 to the water 2 to the room, it was in 24/7 in the winter, burned smokeless, never a problem in 25 yrs ish,  house always warm and as much hot water as you could use. :08:

[Lancashire lad]

I have Broseley evolution 26 in my UK house 26 kw output, 16 to water and 10 to the room it's linked to my combi but uses a safety cold water system, thermal disharge valve, expansion vessel and safety blow off with back end protection provided by an Esbe valve!
Honest it is a monster but really easy to use and all my rads are hot! in Spain just got 2 wood burners

[Tetley]

its certainly a good peice of kit,i think i fitted it in 1986 lol

[Lancashire lad]

Dunsley made in Holmfirth Yorkshire, built like a tank! I had customers who had used it for 40 years, they still make the open fire range today but bloody expensive

Can't beat coal both house and smokeless burns  hotter and longer than wood and is far more cost effective, but as you know it doesn't look pretty stacked on your fireplace!

[Tetley]

no Matt it was a 16" wrapp round open fire Dunsley,it use to run 5 double rads  & Plus an indirect coil for the water with ease and was as cheap as chips to run.

(i went to the power statio here,trying to buy coal as i fancied a coal round in the early days....but they looked at mi...daft    )

[Lancashire lad]

Was that a Parkray Tets?

[Tetley]

i had a coal fire system in the uk,with auto bleed valves on the top of the rads,the bottom of the rads always warmed first,then when the coal fire was at full temp after abought 2 hours all the rads would be fully hot over the full rad.

if you have solid fuel,ie logs

i also made an electric emersion heater tube that i put in line that would warm the water using two  3kw emersion heater tubes,this would help pre heat the water for a faster warm up.

[bluetopaz]

Thanks for every ones help.

Not sure if I have done the right thing but I upped the bar pressure a bit and all the radiators seem to be working now.

[Angleseyite]

So does that mean the water has been plumbed the wrong way round?

It is normal for the top of a pumped water system radiator to warm from the top first due to convection, so I would say it is connected correctly.  :08:

[bluetopaz]

So does that mean the water has been plumbed the wrong way round?

[Angleseyite]

The system was flushed out when we had the new boiler installed. The radiators do get hot at the bottom but my question is should they get hot from the top down or the bottom up.

As the hot water enters the bottom of the radiator, it will rise to the top as it is less dense than cold water .  :08:

[bluetopaz]

The system was flushed out when we had the new boiler installed. The radiators do get hot at the bottom but my question is should they get hot from the top down or the bottom up.

[peacie]

See if this fixes your problem

https://www.homeserveheating.co.uk/boiler-and-heating-guides/boiler-and-heating-problems/cold-patches-on-radiators

[bluetopaz]

Yes and only get water out of them. What about them getting hot from the top down? I have been told they should get hot from the bottom up as hot water like air, rises.

[Trucker]

may sound as if telling grandmother to suck eggs but have you bled them..let all the air out of radiators..

[bluetopaz]

Had a new central heating boiler installed and have had nothing but problems with getting all the radiators to work. They have been balanced but every time the heating comes on one or more are still cold. I have re-balanced them and all but one will now come on. It has also been put to me that it is plumbed the wrong way round as the radiators get hot from the top down and not the bottom up. Any ideas.