If you’ve ever put your hand on a radiator and felt it hot at the top but noticeably cold at the bottom, you’re not imagining it—something in the system isn’t working properly. A healthy radiator shou...
In many UK homes, rooms feel colder than they should even when the heating is working. This is rarely because the boiler is underpowered or the thermostat is set too low. More often, warm air is escap...
Keeping a UK home warm cheaply has become a challenge for millions of households. Energy prices stay high, a lot of housing stock leaks heat, and plenty of heating systems were never set up with moder...
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Balancing radiators is the process of controlling how much hot water flows through each radiator so that heat is distributed evenly around the home. It is not about making every radiator feel equally ...
Hidden draughts are one of the biggest reasons UK homes feel colder than they should, even when the heating is working properly. These aren’t the obvious cold breezes you feel near a window — they’re ...
When one room stays cold while the rest of the house feels comfortable, it usually means heat is either not reaching that room properly or is escaping faster than it can build up. This isn’t random, a...
A boiler losing pressure is a problem that often develops quietly. Everything can appear normal one day, then the gauge is suddenly lower than expected. At first, topping the system back up feels rout...
Walking up to a radiator expecting warmth and finding it cold is a common experience in UK homes. When it happens, the cause is rarely random. Radiators fail to heat properly for a small number of pre...
A bedroom that feels fine in the day but turns cold at night is usually not a mystery fault. In most UK homes it comes down to a predictable mix of heat loss, weak heat delivery to upstairs rooms, and...