Basic Qs about radiators

Tim Streater · 2009-12-26T12:08:28+00:00

We've just moved into a '30s house that has been recently (last few years) extended and a new boiler. Some of the radiators appear to be off but don't have a nice hand-rotatable jobby with marking from 0-9. How safe is it to carefully try to rotate the spindle (where such a jobby would be) with pliers?At the other end of the rad there is another valve that typically one does not appear to need to touch. These have a small white plastic cap on, that can be removed or turned. What is this valve for? Can/should it be turned and if so, does it have a stop or will it continue turning until it comes off (as is, I assume, the case with the air-bleed screw at the top of the rad)?Thanks,

Dec 26, 2009 22 Replies

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Owain 16 years ago

Hey everyone, let's get drunk, go round to Roger's, and de-balance all his radiators for a fun night out!!!

Owain

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Usenet Nutter 16 years ago

I've often wondered what everyone who comes to my flat has been doing hanging around my rads ...they are fiddling with my valves ...

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Roger Mills 16 years ago

Well there you go - that's why you need lockshields!

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