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hannah180_123
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Post by hannah180_123 » Thu Feb 05, 2009 1:44 pm

why would the upstairs raddiators be on. and down stairs ice cold :roll:
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Post by stoneyboy » Thu Feb 05, 2009 9:56 pm

hannah180_123,
Pump has stopped working and hot water if being fed around upstairs by thermal gravity flow.
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Steve the gas
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Post by Steve the gas » Fri Feb 06, 2009 6:39 am

Oh dear - more info please - boiler make/model and system

But the pump would be a first check.

Thats my one liner. :shock:
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Post by htg engineer » Fri Feb 06, 2009 10:20 am

Gravity system - CH off, upstairs radiators can get warm as heat rises.

CH on - upstairs hot, downstairs cold - pump not working.


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Post by rosebery » Sat Feb 07, 2009 1:29 pm

or an airlock.
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