How To Bleed A Radiator - Don’t try it until you watch this
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- čas přidán 3. 06. 2024
- #Plumber #Plumbing How to repair a radiator that is not working. Bleed air from a radiator using a bleed key. Using a screwdriver to bleed a radiator. Plumber in Leeds showing how to make the heating work again. Removing air from a rad. Bleeding a radiator. Cold radiator. If you have a cold radiator this video will definitely help you. Plumbing video showing the correct way to remove air from a radiator.
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Why am I watching this, I don't even have a radiator 😂
Thank you for watching it anyway and more importantly thanks for the comments 😂
How do you not have a radiator? What am I missing here
Knowledge is power mate
One day you might have one, and need to bleed it. 👍
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Being one who records whilst they work and edits in the twilight hours. I know the difficulties and how much effort goes into making these videos. Material like this is undervalued. Education has changed so much with CZcams. Society are gaining the equivalent of a CZcams plumbing degree. It's good when it's used for something positive like making individuals better engineers. Onsite experience is vital as well as real qualifications. Yet this media stream and experience passed on is helping nations strive to better engineering standards. It would have been a game changer if I had some of these videos when initially qualified as a plumber 13 years ago. There was hardly anything like this to watch. It's great that the information is there for those that are thirsty to grow in their knowledge of the trade.
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There must be plenty of young apprentices willing to learn at the job and gain experience in videography.
You are the only person who talks about the boiler when bleeding the radiator. Makes me think this is the most compete video on this subject. Thanks.
Thank you.
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I’m disabled and also have crippling anxiety and I live with my elderly granny who’s 84 this year in her big old drafty house and have been pulling our hair out over the heating not working.
That ended today after watching your clear and concise tutorial on how to fix our system without the need of paying for a call out.
We really appreciate your help and wish you all the best, thank you ❤
I worked as a plumber in a general hospital full time, started in the early 70's, there was an older part, the original hospital, with had cast iron radiators, they had " automatic air vents " which had a small wooden tapered dowel in them, when there was any air in the rad' it let it seep out, the the wooden tapered dowel expanded when they got wet, and stop the water coming out, they never need replacing, and were over a hundred years old, and no water on the floor, wish I had taken a photo.
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Allen, Brilliant mate, you’ve helped me get the bathroom radiator fully working and the bathroom nice and warm for when me dear old mum comes up for Christmas and all it cost me was a bit of time watching your vid, very grateful, thank you Allen. 👍
Happy New Year
Well this is what CZcams was made for! Instant education!
Thank you so much for this advice. Fixed my radiator through your fault finding process! 👍🏻
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Thank you very much you just helped my fix my radiator. Your instructions are clear and very easy to follow even for a novice.
After hours of trying to bleed the radiator i did it your way and wish i had seen your demo first ,within a minute the rad was working full time ,wish you lived closer and we would certainly be one of your customers.INSPIRATIONAL MANY THANKS FOR SHOWING HOW.
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Half the people watching actually want to know how to do this
The other half are plumbers (like myself) checking you gave all the right information lol, I was glad you even mentioned that the nut can come loose (I hate that)
One thing you could've said as well is if you have a low pressure heating system, don't take the pin right out to try and bleed it quicker...I did this many years ago as an apprentice and struggled to get the pin back in with all this black water shooting everywhere lol. Good video well informed
Don't worry, all those dislikes are from cowboys who would callout charge just to do this for a customer
Thanks 👍
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You Tube....one of THE great inventions! You get guys like this sharing their knowledge for nothing, just to help others out...Allen, thanks for your efforts and long may folk such as yourself continue to help us all wade through the intricacies of plumbing!
Thanks 👍
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This tutorial was more than useful; it was inspirational. From yesterday morning, I had no hot water or heating. I watched Allen's film and cleared the clutter from around my boiler. I found a little button and, well, I'm a sucker for a little button so I pressed it. Hey pressed-o! Hot water and heating returned as though by magic. Now I feel empowered to bleed. All I need is a bleed screw and I'm away. Thanks, Allen!
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Thanks Allen, maybe mention that, when there is air in the radiator, water won’t be coming out immediately when the bleed screw is first opened. Instead, we’ll hear the air hiss out of the bleed screw until the air is expelled, then the water comes out. Also, sometimes the hissing sound might reduce and stop before the air is fully expelled from the radiator. This is a sign that there is an excessive amount of air build up in that radiator and the system pressure has been lost during the bleed process, so the system needs to be re-pressurised to continue with the bleed process. Another way of telling if there is air in a radiator is that you might hear water inside gurgling or trickling through the radiator galleries. A full radiator tends to be quiet in operation. Cheers mate... keep ‘em coming...
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I did think that while watching the video, excellent contribution - thank you!
Big fan of your videos Allen , especially when you do jobs whilst looking at the camera, pure gold.
Thank you Tom. 👍
Thank you so much.
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@@AllenHart999 i subbed many moons ago Allen. Keep up the quality videos
T D I am just trying to answer all my old questions and beg for subs 😂😂😂
I found this to be quite helpful and added to my central heating system knowledge, as I am just a diy person. So thanks.
Thank you for the kind words and thank you for watching.
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Managed to fix my radiator by watching this. Looked like a hero, maybe I'll get some!
What you're likely to get... is more jobs 😅
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Brilliant video, so much more detailed than most on CZcams. Cheers Allen.
Thank you so much.
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I just moved into a home with this type of heating system. The house has been unused/underused for quite sometime. Also, the water is very hard in this region of Spain. As such, when we moved in, we had so much trouble with the heating. As I was not familiar with this form of heating, we had to call a plumber. I wish I had seen this video before calling as much of the work I could have done myself. That said, there were things where the plumbers skill and advice was invaluable. Thanks for this video. It has been huge help.
Thanks Allen for great video. Worth posting as a TRV video - I knew people tapped them but was well confused because in hot weather the pin gets driven in and needs to come out in cold weather to make it work. Now I understand. So it's a gentle tap to bounce the thing out when your rad fails to come on in autumn. Many thanks again.
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Fantastic tutorial & so easy to follow. I couldn't get my boys radiator to work but with these simple checks it's now fully working. Thanks Allen your a lifesaver
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This is one of the best videos on this subject Ive ever seen period. Thanks for your time and effort. Excellent stuff!
Happy New Year
Excellent. I think I might move to Leeds so this guy can be my plumber.
Thank you so much for a fantastic and informative video. We need more dedicated folk like you, Sir!
Alan you have totally solved my issues I have followed every step and I am so thankful for your fantastic easy to follow, informative vid, thank you!!
Great to hear!
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your channel's a blessing! just bled my radiators for the first time in years! thank you! :)
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Very useful video, learned several things from it even though I've fitted radiators before.
Thanks for the clear guidance.
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Excellent.....cold radiator, could not understand why, then just before calling the plumber checked the thermostatic valve, as you said in the video the pin can get stuck probably due to hard water. Gave it a little tap and Bingo all sorted. Thankyou so much!
Thank you, nice clear steady and comprehensive instructions. Love your Leeds accent, just like mine.
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Absolutely spot on mate. Never had to do it before, straight to the point and very informative. 👍
Happy New Year
This was really clear and easy to understand. Thanks Allen for putting this video in 'Lay Person's' language.
Great video. I used to live in a house that honestly must have just had a completely broken system, as literally every few months you could bleed a radiator, and so much air would gush out. Then afterwards, most of the radiators still wouldn't work. Or some would, but then others would stop working.
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You're exactly what makes youtube so great. Thank you.
One of the most informative videos I've seen, thank you.
@Allen Hart so I bled my radiators the other week, did the thing underneath the boiler to get pressure back up to one. Now my heating only comes on once per day for about an hour. Hot water will come on no bother. The little light that says the heating's on doesn't come on. The boiler sounds a bit 'chuggy' when first switched on.
Any suggestions please?
Allen Hart what do you do if only the top of the radiator is warn and the bottom is cold heating is on full and you should be able toch the radiator please help
Thank you , young man. I know nothing about the pressure meter. But when i saw you remove the thermo'#valve i knew that i could do the job. Bleed the air. Being an old a***se motor mech (92+) always aware that i could mess up,saw your instruction & immediately understood THANKS
Had a new boiler fitted 12 months back ,i thought over expensive (personal recommendation) cant complain £2656.0 for boiler ,fitting +small radiator (Ideal) Just a bill for the total ,no individual price --parts 1 man & his son 1.1/2 days.
again thanjk you GH
Mate brilliant. CZcams random recommendation but you just helped me fix my thermostatic valve. No more freezing kitchen!
theokr89 That’s brilliant. Amazing what they know about us these days.
Cheers pal I've been trying to bleed rads up stairs for weeks no air coming out just water so I was constantly fill boiler up in the process I noticed the bit in your video about the tapping of the valve so I gave it a try and just like magic the buggers started to get hot thank you so much
Got a Danesmoor 15/19 and had all new rads throughout the house with fresh water with anti corrosion additive. Bleeding was easy and all of them like toast after about 3/4 hr. Good reliable little boiler.
The wallpaper should have its own Facebook page.
Thank you for taking the time to watch my video.
hahahaaa :D :P
@@AllenHart999 thanks
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You're hilarious !!!
Thank you SO much for this! I decided to replace a manual bleed valve with an automatic one yesterday. (What can I say... I'm lazy!) So much air came out, which was replaced with water when I turned the valves back on. Then the boiler was showing F1 which means low pressure fault. The pressure meter was showing 1.8 Bar which should have been OK (though a little on the high side). I found the manual and found out how to add water to the system, so I added a little. The meter didn't move, so I wondered if the needle was stuck. I tapped the meter a few times; nothing happened. The boiler was still showing the fault indication so I added a bit more water and then the pressure gauge sprung into life and started reading 0.4 Bar! It was then functioning, and rising. I added water to take it up to 1.0 Bar as specified in the instructions (should be in range 1.0-1.5 Bar ideally) and the fault indication went away. The radiator that I had worked on started working so much better than I think it ever has! I'm glad I watched this video first!
I had a problem with a boiler some plumbers each one gave me been different diagnostic I learn lots from you such a lovely chap very helpful 👍👍👍👍👍💥
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I’m glad I watched as my radiator is an iceberg. I def would have not gone down to fix the heater so bundling under lots of blankets tonight.
CZcams’s recommended algorithm is not the hero we deserved, but the one we needed
Did you enjoy the video lol, Thanks.
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Thank you, Sir! I watched the whole video 1st and completed it successfully.
Nicole Boone That’s great news. Thanks
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Thank you for the video and sharing your experience.
A few drops of a silicon oil seem to help to release and get moving a TRV pin or a radiator valve.
Perhaps a few drops of silicon oil to this spots could be a part of a year maintenance.
Thank you for posting this. Very clear and very informative.
Great video, covered everything you need to know for basic maintenance. Nice one mate 👍
Glad it was helpful!
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I learned how to do this from an emercency plumber three weeks before XMas. Bleed radiators, go down to basement, build up pressure by turning the tap on and stop just beyond one bar. Rinse and repeat with all radiators in the house. That was a lot of fun. The hard part was locating the pressure gauge under the tank and locating the silver braided pie with a tap that supplies it.
Make sure you know where everything is and have the right tools before you start...goes without saying.
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Rinse and repeat?
This is the best andmost skilled man in England. Bravo
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I just watched your vid your a gem I bled the rads and checked the valves so fingers crossed I have a solid fuel back boiler and oil some of the rads never work right so I'm hopeful now thank you from a Irish mammy ya know coz we do these jobs ourselves lol
Thank you for your clear explanation, I really like that you show the what happens if scenario 👍🏾 really good!
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Great tip. I took a photo of my boiler pressure before releasing the radiator air and he's right it dropped by 1 bar. I then had to refill the boiler, before finally turning on the heating again.
Happy to help
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Thank you for the excellent video, had the same problem with the pin sticking. Now my dad is working perfectly.
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Mate, I used your tips to cure not one but two tepid radiators in my system, without even touching the bleed key. I switched the boiler off, then all the other radiators. One at a time, I first shut off the lock shield side (making a note of how much of a turn it took), then removed the thermostat and gave a couple of taps on the pin, replaced the thermostat, reopened the lock shield, kept all the other rads off (except the one in the hall, that has no thermostat on it) then checked the boiler pressure, before firing up the heating. When I was satisfied the faulty rad was working, I turned the rest of the rads on to make sure I'd not shifted the problem elsewhere. Then I did the second faulty one the same way. All rads are now working properly again, without any bleeding 🎉
This is a good video. Very helpful. Thank you!
Happy to help, Thank you very much for watching.
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Thanks for the confidence of your advice and detailed explanation : )
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Thank you Allen for taking the time to demonstrate.
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Great,,,, problem solved. The most important thing you told is PRESURE BAR . All the best.
Well done - big thumbs up for putting your instructions in layman's lingo.
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another no nonsense video. Thanks for posting it... appreciate you not putting music over the top of it too!
Thanks
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We have that BAXI boiler...FANTASTIC bit of kit
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Excellent -Thorough - Practical - Simple - It now works! Thank you.
Happy New Year
Wow that wallpaper. I twiddled one of those lock sides once ,thought it might have been turned down a bit, and black water pissed out all up the wall and wouldn't stop regardless of what way I turned it.
My wallpaper is ace lol
Black water may suggest the system inhibitor fluid is non existent or past its best. Could use a magnaflow system to assist with cleaning your water but nothing will keep it perfect
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Brilliant!
THANK YOU! 👏👏👏🖐
Moira
From England.
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Thank you for the video, I have all the radiator working in the house. Much appreciated 👍😊
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Good advice for a none vented combi system...
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Another great video from a real expert.
Thank you for taking the time to watch my video.
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Thank you, 2 radiators we have are now back to working order and a 3rd was full of air and not heating properly. All issues fixed.
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Sound advice from a real professional - thanks.
Thanks for watching!
Cheers for this video, Allen. Very helpful!
Thank you for this informative video - it was very useful!
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I'm in Australia & its 40 degrees yet this was recommended to me
Thank you for watching.
Didn’t think you had radiators over there
Yes they do
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Thank you. Got the radiator working after many years of cold radiator and topped up the boiler. Before this video 2 days ago, I didn't have a clue. Can I now call myself a plumber.
Thank you it saves us waiting all day for repair men to come well done
Thanks
Cheers Allen, this was just what I needed.
Happy to help
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Thank you Sir!!! i can cook on my radiators now ❤️️
Any time!
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My boiler was broken down, low pressure and not working on 4th Oct 2020.
Call the professional he raised the pressure and did a service. He reset it. It worked for a bit and
broken down again. All together they came 5 times replaced 2 parts but never did what you showed us here. He said it is very frustrating not knowing what's wrong. It is now 4 months and checking everyday if it works.
I was told to reset every time if it breaks down. Still fingers crossed. Not cheap!
Thanks for watching.
Straight to the point and overall a very good video which made me subscribe. The only thing I didn't know about were the pins sticking.
Thank you so much.
@@AllenHart999 l don't know where to post this. But I needed to say a massive thank you to yourself. I'm 60 yo disabled man who lives on his own. My heated gave up the ghost 3 days ago n I've been freezing, seriously cold. I watched a couple of your videos, one which mentioned the roomstat calling for heat. So before taking the boiler to bits I checked the roomstat which read IOF. so I tried changing the batteries in the roomstat & it worked.
This may be laughable to yourself but it made for the greatest help to myself.
Many thanks amigo
That was informative.. Cheers 👍
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Out of all the adverts that crop up, the oceans of spam and misleading content, clickbait and scams... This one stands as a glowing beacon, untainted and pure among all the waste. Praise be, and may your radiators bleed safely evermore.
Thank you so much.Thank you so much.
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Very good explanation and very good job I tried it and worked😀 thank you for sharing
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Great video - easy to understand and very helpful!!
@Allen heart Thanks
a million Mr Hart was finally able to warm the living room and the Mrs is so happy with me🙏🙏🙏
Thanks for watching and happy new year.
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Hi Alan I hope you’re okay and feeling in the best of health I’m glad that you’re still doing this and carry on, I hope the future is looking brighter and that you get very good luck soon James
Thank You
This video just saved me on a snowy day! Thank you!
What a wholesome chap.
Thanks
Hi Allen. Thanks for this Vid, although I saw this, AFTER I've bled all the Rads-true enough boiler pressure was down to its boots! Learned through mistake. Could have been an expensive one. Anyway, I know what to do safe next time. Ta muchly.
Bernie Bartolome Thanks for watching
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Very thorough, thank you.
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Excellent videos Allen, thanks for posting them!
Glad you like them!
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Best explanation about bleeding radiators I have seen,.thanks
Thank you so much.
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The 1950s called, they want their wall paper back
Great wallpaper, great accent, great vid!
Thanks! 😃
Hi Allen it was a good Video I will like to see more videos .Thank you
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Very informative and straightforward .. Thank you Allen.
Thank you so much.
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Loving the wallpaper 😃
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Thanks for the video really helped me out sorted my central heating ready for winter!
This is a must with the current energy crisis my girlfriend reminded me we still get charged even if they don’t work. Never completed a task quicker 😂
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Thanks Allen great video put my mind a rest 👍👍
Needed to put water in boiler for the pressure wondered why nothing was coming out lol. really helped cheers Allen 👍
Happy New Year
I could never dare to remove the trv on one of my rads for about 3 years because i thought i would cause a leak and be left with water marks on the adjacent walls and the ceiling below.
Even though the trv is on zero, the rad is still piping hot and my son does not like any heat in his bedroom and has to keep the window open due to this issue.
Anyway, i took off the trv and unstuck the pin as you demonstrated in your video and now the rad turns off as it should when zero is selected.
So thank you very much for sharing this and you saved me a bunch of money.
Thank you so much for watching.
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This man is a brilliant teacher! Thank you Allen
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Brilliant video, well explained - Thank You!
Thankyou so much, your
video was very informative.
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I bled my radiator with out watching this and everything was fine
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Basic stuff really but helpful for people who don’t know.
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@Dee Alexander Thank you for taking the time to watch my video.
Some boy