Bathroom radiator adjustment

joeryan · 15 Jan 2021 at 11:24

Hey I’ve got a bathroom radiator that never gets that hot, I’ve ensured it’s bled etc. What I want to do is to turn the lock shield side up a little, as I think it might be closed. Looking at the radiator, it’s not your standard turntable lockshield... any ideas how this would be adjusted?

joeryan · 15 Jan 2021 at 12:01

It’s in an extension which is the bathroom and likely the last radiator in the run I would say. It would have been added on manually after the other radiators. It doesn’t get no heat, it just doesn’t reach a point to really heat the bathroom and compared to other main radiators it’s about half the heat. The other side is a standard valve that can be turned and it’s on max.

sounds like this may be my issue also ^^

it might be a case of getting a panel heater in there or something.

joeryan · 15 Jan 2021 at 12:37

It’s a combo boiler, I just had TRVs fitted to all other radiators in the home, and as part of that he balanced the system apparently and flushed it entirely. The bathroom radiator seems the same as before, just limited output of heat. It gets warm all around, limited total heat... Hence why I wanted to adjust the lockshield side of this radiator to increase it a little (obviously keeping note so I can revert back if it unbalanced the whole house), atm every other room has a consistent temperature.

joeryan · 15 Jan 2021 at 16:51

The other side is a standard turn valve, ie you can turn it up and down. It has an end like a standard under the bit you turn.

it’s exactly like this

joeryan · 15 Jan 2021 at 17:12

Managed to put the t30 into it and turn it, hopefully the correct way but will sure know soon if there’s no heating

joeryan · 15 Jan 2021 at 17:40

Seems to be steaming out heat now - god knows how much I’ve wasted on a 2k electric heater in there on an extension lead out the room.

Thank you all!

joeryan · 15 Jan 2021 at 22:36

He wasn’t touching this one as I didn’t want a TRV in the bathroom, heard it could cause all kinds of problems with temperature regulation. All he did on this one was to bleed it. I don’t think he could figure out how to balance this one.

I still wish it was twice the size

joeryan · 16 Jan 2021 at 10:20

It’s not a double - I’m concerned about taking off a radiator and causing a whole leak / problems. Don’t have the money right now to get someone else out. Is it an easy job?