please desperate

[debbie]

Hi please help if you can, very worried have a baby, will try & keep it brief..

moved into property 3 months ago, had plumber round from landlady least 5 times (its her friend)

problem is all the radiators keep messing about, couple will get hot, when i say hot you can easily touch them (my mums radiators feel a lot hotter), theyre hot at top but halfway down theyre cooler/cold to heading to the bottom (the plumber says therye the best theyre ever going to get) so weve got them all on full blast & boiler on full blast to get house some warmth
sick of getting told by landlady to bleed them or balance them etc, its not our job to do that were not plumbers but she said she cant afford to keep sending plumber round or she might sell the house, she only bought it 6 months ago, we pay our rent on time etc

plumber took of rads downstairs not upstairs ones, flushed them through in the garden with water, put a solution in prior left for 2 weeks.. no blackness came out so minimal you would need glasses to see it.. (ive seen black gunk come out in rads before) so i dont think its blocked by gunk?
he was going to put new pump on then changed his mind saying didnt need one
combi boiler, pressure gage set at 1 1/2 never moves

please were cold, having to slog everything to keep warm, can anyone help?

 

[Best]

What sort of pipes are to rads? Are they very small bore?
If you only turn a couple of rads on, do they work well? If they do then you might have something wrong with the boiler or circulating pump.

 

[MrMeek]

as above, and how many rads roughly do you have?

 

[debbie]

as above, and how many rads roughly do you have?

3 bed house/ 6 rads 1 towel rail
yes rads get hot if turn others off
small pipes/ not the plastic ones

hope this helps.

 

[Barry98]

Small as in the width of a pen or your finger ?

 

[debbie]

hubby said 10mm pipes?

 

[debbie]

finger

 

[Guest123]

If you post your location (not your full address!) Debbie, perhaps someone on the forum might offer to help by at the very least going round to have a look and then giving you a written report to give your landlord.

 

[debbie]

Lincoln hun, i am appreciating all of your replies, i made myself so poorly over christmas worrying like crazy about it.

 

[diamondgas]

Honest advice would be to look for another place to live long term debbie Short term would be to buy some alternative heat coz it sounds like your heating system isn't going to be repaired soon? Not unusual unfortunatly! Not meaning to sound harsh! Alternative heat is your best and quickest form of heat in my opinion! ASK YOUR LANDLORD TO SUPPLY AS IT IS THEIR DUTY! see part (1c) here Section 11, Landlord and Tenant Act 1985