Novice needs help! Oil fired radiator pressures

[Sjm83]

Really cannot afford to get someone in as have just moved into house.
Its a bungalow with a loft conversion.
Heating is from a worcester 50 70 oil boiler.

There is no heat reaching upstairs rads at all. Having done basic searches i understand i have to increase pressure in the system.
Apparently there will be a tap by the pressure tank in loftspace there are two twist taps there but both are reducing pressure!
The boiler is floor mounted in an outhouse with hot water tank downstairs and pressure tank upstairs with gauge mounted on it with installers guide mark at near 2bar currently sitting at 0.5 bar.
Been told to look for another tap in system but only other taps i can see actually restrict flow like stopcocks

Any help or advice much appreciated.

 

[SimonG]

Can you upload some pictures?

 

[Dotty]

Really cannot afford to get someone in as have just moved into house.
Its a bungalow with a loft conversion.
Heating is from a worcester 50 70 oil boiler.

There is no heat reaching upstairs rads at all. Having done basic searches i understand i have to increase pressure in the system.
Apparently there will be a tap by the pressure tank in loftspace there are two twist taps there but both are reducing pressure!
The boiler is floor mounted in an outhouse with hot water tank downstairs and pressure tank upstairs with gauge mounted on it with installers guide mark at near 2bar currently sitting at 0.5 bar.
Been told to look for another tap in system but only other taps i can see actually restrict flow like stopcocks

Any help or advice much appreciated.

Post a picture up, there's a good chap.

Moving to CH forum, not boiler specific this one.

 

[Sjm83]

Some pics not sure what you need to see.. Red pressure tank and black storage tank in loft space, pressure tank has gauge in pipework, Hot water tank downstairs only has stopcock off it and then feed pipes to all the rads and taps

 

[SimonG]

You need somebody to look at that. The low pressure is the least of your worries.

 

[Killy Bing]

Eek, have you got photos of the boiler too!?

 

[Sjm83]

what is there to be worried about there???

 

[Rickster123]

That is a perfect example of DIY work at its finest! Lets see the boiler! Pleeeeease!

 

[Sjm83]

As far as i'm aware ( new to house) It was a professional loft conversion.. will try get out to boiler its a worcester bosch 50 70 boiler

 

[erpkid]

Must admit it does look a bit plastic happy. Get the pressure up and things will improve but get a plumber in to do this...........

 

[Sjm83]

The loft space (whats left..) does have a lot of plastic pipe tracks which i assume are feeds for upstairs rads and bathroom..

 

[Rickster123]

No that pressure is fine its not that causing the problem

 

[Sjm83]

As it stands the original house is really nice and warm but upstairs rads are stone cold

 

[SimonG]

If the gate valve on the hot water cylinder is part of a professional loft conversion then I'd be very afraid of what you can't see. Bit of insulation wouldn't go a miss. Do you have the building control certificate for the conversion?

 

[lame plumber]

there are decent tradesmen and then there is the one who worked on your place I'm afraid, it may work but I wouldnt live with some of that

 

[Sjm83]

i thought the pipes themselves should have some lagging round them but loftspace is full of insulation under flooring and on the walls, but yes alot of the upstairs piping runs under loft flooring where its not easily accessible, have not seen a certificate for it.. From what we know the conversion was done over 6 years ago..

 

[Alex Knight]

Ha! Must have been a polyplumb rep who fitted that or someone on commission

 

[stevetheplumber]

while its not the best job in the world its possible it will work have you checked there is water in the upstairs rads by bleeding them ?
if there are trvs on the rads check the pins move up and down
check the lockshields havent been closed

 

[Sjm83]

yes they have thermostat valves on and are full of water and bled them all yesterday

 

[lame plumber]

probably never had the system balanced.

 

[Sjm83]

What should i expect to pay to get them balanced and pressurised?