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Cold radiators downstairs and scalding ones upstairs is usually a balancing or sludge problem rather than a dying boiler, and in the older Tipton stock it is very often years of debris sitting in the bottom of the rads. Worth diagnosing properly before anyone sells you a new system.
Tipton heating systems are often a mix of old and new: original steel radiators still on in some rooms, newer ones added in others, and the pipework altered each time. Rooms that heat unevenly in a house like that usually come down to balancing and sludge rather than the boiler.
Sludge. Years of debris settling in the bottom of the rad, and it is very common in the older Tipton stock. A power flush clears it and usually brings the whole system back rather than just that one radiator.
Rarely. Cold downstairs and scalding upstairs is nearly always balancing or sludge, not a dying boiler. Worth having it diagnosed before anybody sells you a system you do not need.
Yes, and it is worth doing properly, pipework altered and run correctly rather than extended with flexible hose behind the skirting, which is what we usually find.
A small canister fitted on the heating pipework near the boiler that catches the black iron sludge circulating in the system. It protects the boiler and is emptied during servicing.
Usually the system is unbalanced, so water takes the easiest route through the nearest radiators. Balancing the valves sends the heat further, and sludge may need clearing as well.
New rads, bigger rads, or moving one to where the furniture actually goes. Pipework altered properly, not extended with flexible hose.
Sludge and debris out, inhibitor in. It is what fixes cold spots and stops the same pump failing again next year.
Fitted and set up so you can actually use it, including the bit where it talks to your phone.
Noisy pipes, a pump that will not run, a zone valve that has stuck. Diagnosed and fixed rather than replaced wholesale.
Mixed radiators set up to work together, so the rooms heat evenly instead of the nearest ones taking all the heat.
A filter on the return pipe catches sludge before it reaches the boiler, and it is cleaned at each service.
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