How To Bleed Your Radiators

No heat from your radiators? Try bleeding them! In this blog, we will be showing you how to bleed your radiators. 

• Turn off the heating. Let the radiators cool all the way down.
• Identify the valve at the top of the radiator. Use the radiator key to turn this valve in an anti-clockwise direction.
• You’ll hear a hissing noise once the valve is adequately opened – don’t worry, this is just trapped air escaping.
• Have a container or towel close by to catch any water that may follow.
• Once the hissing has stopped completely and only water is escaping, retighten the valve to stop too much water from escaping.
• Repeat for all your radiators. Check the valves are tightly closed.
• Turn your central heating back on.
• Check the pressure gauge on your boiler. Bleeding radiators can cause the pressure to drop. If it is too low you’ll need to refill it using the filling loop.
• Go and check your radiators for cold spots.

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