Why is my radiator not heating up all of a sudden?
Most radiators around your house now have thermostatic radiator valves on them. Over the course of their existence a lot of homeowners won't touch the valves and the temperature will never be altered. If this is the case and your extremely reliable radiator suddenly is not heating up as well as the other radiators in your house there could be a very simple solution.
In some cases the cause could be sludge or other debris in the heating system or the pump is struggling to pump water round your radiators. We have already wrote a blog explaining the need for Powerflushing a radiator system.
https://tdpheating.co.uk/blog/post/what-is-a-powerflush
But in some cases the solution could be a lot loss complex than flushing the entire heating system especially if the majority of the system is working well and one or two radiators are struggling to heat up.
First off what is a TRV?
A thermostatic radiator valve (TRV) is a device installed to a radiator to control the temperature in a room by adjusting the flow of hot water into the radiator. The TRV senses the air temperature in the room and regulates the flow of hot water accordingly.
The reason we are explaining how a TRV works is because we are explaining why a TRV might go wrong. As mentioned, when the head of a TRV is not altered for some time the pin that goes through the valve can sometimes become stuck in the closed position. This can affect the temperature of the radiator and mean that the affected radiator does not heat up as well as the others.
The solution for this is to free the stuck pin.....
Now there will be lots of information about how to do this on Youtube and other platforms but if you have any concerns about doing this yourself please don't hesitate to contact the team at,
info@tdpheating.co.uk
or 07989570441