Hi,

I'm new to this group, and I notice there aren't many postings, but I 
hope someone can please offer advice. I'm not very good with plumbing, 
so if I am lacking info, please forgive me and ask for more details. 
Also, I noticed there is a plumbing group but it's very inactive, which 
is why I'm posting here.

Anyway, My central heating pipes/rads make quite a lot of noise of 
running water, particular upstairs and in the pipes going to upstairs. 
The radiators upstairs are a nightmare. One of them is relatively ok, 
heat-wise, but it needs bleeding every 2 or 3 days. The other radiators 
are cold and appear to be empty. If I open the bleed valves on these 
with the thermostat set so the pump and heating is running, then water 
drains from the radiator (I can feel suction on the bleed valve.) If I 
turn the thermostat so the heating is off, the radiators fill up, but 
when they are full, they are still cold (getting full with cold water??) 
Sometimes, through bleeding all rads at the same time and then switcing 
the bleed valves off, I hear running water, then the header tank 
overflow pipe starts spilling water. And that's about it, I'm not sure 
where to begin to look.

Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions. I'm quite prepared to call a 
plumber out if that's what's necessary, but I'd prefer to know what the 
problem is before I did that so he can't try pulling the wool.

Many thanks for reading,
Bob

In article <4266ab86$0$89878$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com>,
	Bob  writes:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm new to this group, and I notice there aren't many postings


Use uk.d-i-y instead.  The free.* groups are not propagated by
all of the Usenet backbone which means they don't work well.

-- 
Andrew Gabriel

Andrew Gabriel wrote:

> In article <4266ab86$0$89878$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com>,
> 	Bob  writes:
> 
>>Hi,
>>
>>I'm new to this group, and I notice there aren't many postings
> 
> 
> Use uk.d-i-y instead.  The free.* groups are not propagated by
> all of the Usenet backbone which means they don't work well.
> 


Hey, thanks for the advice Andrew, I didn't spot that group when I was 
looking for diy/plubming. I'll try asking the good people over there!

Thanks again,
Bob