Not if you turn off the taps at either end you don't.

(Bazongaloid, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:31, 1 reply, 13 years ago)

Kroney's part right, some systems don't have taps on the radiators

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:32, Reply)

Mine didn't.
But then, it was thirty years old.
( Kroney, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:33, Reply)

You know the things that let you turn the heat up and down on your radiator?
Them things are taps and can be used to isolate the radiator. If you don't have them then you have a fucking pikey heating system.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:34, Reply)

not all radiators have those
one in my hall doesn't for instance

all the others do, and i have a very modern system
(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:36, Reply)

Or a centralised thermostat.
They're not taps, they're thermostats.
( Kroney, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:37, Reply)

You have to have them to balance the radiator
otherwise all the hot water goes to the first radiator and it's red hot, and the others in your house are stone cold.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:39, Reply)

I haven't taken apart the central heating in my flat
but I can categorically say that I have one boiler, three rads on a linear circuit, a centrally controlled thermostat in the sitting room and not a blessed thing on any of the radiators save the drainage valve on the one by the front door.
( Kroney, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:40, Reply)

Also, to the best of my knowledge
the water isn't static, it gets pumped around the system so while the rads at the end of the system may be cold until the water gets to it, it shouldn't be forever unless you've got a blockage.
( Kroney, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:44, Reply)

You clearly don't understand how heating systems work
www.telegraph.co.uk/property/propertyadvice/jeffhowell/8278429/Home-improvements-What-is-radiator-balancing.html
(Bazongaloid, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:46, Reply)

Ah, I know what you mean now.

( Kroney, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:49, Reply)

Oh man, I'm totally racking up the points here.

(Bazongaloid, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:51, Reply)

I must admit, whilst it's actually a breach of my /OT contract to agree with Al
I've never come across a system that didn't have taps of some kind at either end.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:38, Reply)

I'l give us a half a point each then.

(Bazongaloid, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:39, Reply)