Heating Costs?

You can claim a flat £6 per week tax relief (so worth £1.20 per week for a 20% tax payer) if you are forced to work at home; choosing to stay home doesn't count. This year (and last) you only have to be forced to work at home for a single day to be able to claim it for the full year, but from April 2023 you'll only be able to claim for specific days.

Sorry, yes. I meant over and above the fixed value tax relief.

Looks like most people won't be able to claim even that next year because they aren't forced to wfh and it is just a choice. You'd think the government might want to incentivise working from home due to the environmental impacts of everyone not commuting but if it's costing businesses money then we know who's side they are going to be on.
 
The air inside the radiators is at the top. So, using a radiator key, ensure the radiator valve is closed first, then let the air out.
Tighten it up, open the radiator valve and you should find the whole radiator warms up
(y)
That's upside down. That would be for hot at the bottom and cold at the top.
 
That's upside down. That would be for hot at the bottom and cold at the top.
The water enters the radiator at the bottom. The air inside the radiator is at the top and preventing the water from circulating.
release the air and the water takes its place.
Cold spots will disappear once bled.(y)


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The water enters the radiator at the bottom. The air inside the radiator is at the top and preventing the water from circulating.
release the air and the water takes its place.
Try it

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I know how a radiator works. The hot bit is where the water is. If the top of the radiator is hot then it isn't air at the top, it's water so bleeding it will release no air. That is the scenario @Archiestephens_elbow described. The cold part, as @MoggasDog says is sludge. If it was air it would be at the top.

It's probably worth bleeding radiators anyway but either the individual radiator needs flushing or the entire system if it's more than one radiator with the problem.

 
I know how a radiator works. The hot bit is where the water is. If the top of the radiator is hot then it isn't air at the top, it's water so bleeding it will release no air. That is the scenario @Archiestephens_elbow described. The cold part, as @MoggasDog says is sludge. If it was air it would be at the top.

It's probably worth bleeding radiators anyway but either the individual radiator needs flushing or the entire system if it's more than one radiator with the problem.

This is not an argument.
Its tips and possible solutions.
Keep calm and carry on. (y)
 
May be sludge, but may be a flow issue remedied by balancing the system. May also be that the room thermostat gets satisfied before those rads fully heat up. Could even be pipe work issues. Doubtful it’s air.

edit: sometimes designer rads struggle too, hot at top cold at bottom and also intermittent heat in ‘fins’.
 
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May be sludge, but may be a flow issue remedied by balancing the system. May also be that the room thermostat gets satisfied before those rads fully heat up. Could even be pipe work issues. Doubtful it’s air.

edit: sometimes designer rads struggle too, hot at top cold at bottom and also intermittent heat in ‘fins’.
I found that with mine.
When I moved in, the central heating had been off for 6 months.
The radiators had cold spots, so I bled all of them at least twice and problem solved
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No harm done to bleed them anyway.
One radiator was on a loop from the attic which created an "air pit" - which meant bleeding it regularly.
Its draining the system which makes things more complicated.
Hope whoever finds a solution.
 
May be sludge, but may be a flow issue remedied by balancing the system. May also be that the room thermostat gets satisfied before those rads fully heat up. Could even be pipe work issues. Doubtful it’s air.

edit: sometimes designer rads struggle too, hot at top cold at bottom and also intermittent heat in ‘fins’.


this is the correct answer, i recently had a problem with one radiator not fully h eating up (its always been a bit dicky), balancing the system sorted it, its hard to explain but you sort of turn both valves to each radiator off, then fully open the one with a trv if you have them , if n ot just one of the valves. then go round and open each of the other valves half a turn and see how your rads warm up. a good thing to try first is turn off all rads then turn on the one y ou have thats just getting hot at the top, it should now get hot top to bottom as its the only one getting flow through it so this is the maximum it can get, if i ts still not getting h ot at bottom its probably full of gunge and will need flushing or changing.

google balancing radiators itll probably explain better
 
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