As an American I love watching the British,English,Scottish DIY videos bc it’s so much easier to retain each and ever word mostly bc the accident is that darn cool sounding ! “Then Just nip it up a bit” got me

@Spencer_White

7 ай бұрын

He sounds South East England to me. I'm South West, I sound like Dumbledore from Harry Potter 😭😂

@Richardglendenning

7 ай бұрын

Naw, you guys!❤

@tmar8959

6 ай бұрын

@@Spencer_White 10 points to Sir Spencer

@Roger_Ramjet

6 ай бұрын

The systems are very different stateside....

@mufasamufufu-rj6ti

5 ай бұрын

Brits don't know s about heating.

Thankyou so much! Single parent, and you've saved me so much money! God bless you and you're family

Radiator fixed in 10 minutes! The pin was stuck. Thank you so much. Have learnt lots from you. Tomorrow I will balance my system. 😀😀

Spent 39yrs whacking TRV Pins with my Gordon’s, screwdriver head. Never had a problem. Even had a Care home manager who whacked them with a Stilletto heal. Worked a treat. Happy days

I watched this a few months ago but didn't have any troublesome radiators, just rewatched now with a problematic radiator and it worked a treat, thank you. 👏👍🏼

👍 Never worked with a radiator before, but bedroom one in house never worked - thanks to this discovered it was a rusted TRV pin, will be using replacement video in future too - amazing stuff.

@TheDIYGuy1

Жыл бұрын

Glad you like the vids :)

Excellent tutorial. My living room radiator was warm at the top cold at the bottom after watching your video I rather nervously followed your instructions, and managed to drain, remove and flush it through and after re fitting and bleeding its working perfectly. Excellent work 👏 keep up your fantastic videos

@TheDIYGuy1

Жыл бұрын

Will do, thanks a lot

@sarahjames5673

7 ай бұрын

Can you please advice on what if the radiator doesn't have a valve at the top to bleed?

Thanks so much for this. It was a trapped pin in mine. Really appreciate this. I’d spent the last 2 days bleeding all the radiators in the house. Then this video sorted it for me in 5 mins. Thanks again. You’re a star.

Great video! Recently moved to the UK from a tropical country where heating is not needed so Im not familiar at all with all the system. Been over a month with one cold radiator and no clue on how to fix it but it took just 3 minutes after I watched this video to make it work again!! Very thankful with the DIY guy and you've just gained a new subscriber!

@TheDIYGuy1

3 ай бұрын

Your welcome 😊

With a pregnant wife and toddler you have made our lounge a very comfortable warm today mate so thankyou 😊 it was the pin 📍

@TheDIYGuy1

3 ай бұрын

😀 your welcome

My radiator upstairs was cold for 8 years. Your tips on checking valves, thermostat and balancing worked. Brilliant advice thank you.

@TheDIYGuy1

Жыл бұрын

Your welcome 😃

@millhilljimjimmy6731

Жыл бұрын

Why bother after 8 years

@robbennett9631

Жыл бұрын

8 years 😮😮😮

Hi DIY Guy. Thank you so much for this video. Have just repaired my daughter's cold radiator by removing the valve thing and releasing the little pin thing. Instant hot rad! 💪

@TheDIYGuy1

Жыл бұрын

Hah great stuff

I was going to call a plumber but watched your video first, am so glad I did because I’ve only gone and fixed it myself! Woohoo! Proper chuffed with myself! Thank you for the video, I’ve subscribed and gonna look through your library to see what else I can fix 😄

@TheDIYGuy1

Жыл бұрын

Glad I could help! Thanks

@CarolynBlackArt

7 ай бұрын

hope you didn't use your husbands towel! 😂

Thank you so much, I am a woman on my own who has a freezing cold bedroom for just over a year, followed your advice with a gentle tap and wallah I now have a wonderful warm bedroom, plus I bled my lounge radiator which by the way had a lot of air in it to now having a full warm radiator 😊

I’m amazed how just because I was looking at a new bathroom radiator today you video popped up 🤗… I’m so great full because thanks to you I can do it myself. Guess I will be binge watching more of your videos. Happy Days. Take care x

@TheDIYGuy1

Жыл бұрын

Great, thanks!

Great info. Enthusiastic diy'er but always been a bit foggy on radiators, thanks for the easy to follow info. 👏👍🏼

Followed your instructions and now have a lovely hot radiator, Many Thanks

This was very helpful and I fixed the radiator in the children’s room. I am super grateful for this video! I wish I could give it 10 thumbs up!

@TheDIYGuy1

Жыл бұрын

Haha thanks a lot. Glad it helped

Really helpful guide to look out for if there is a problem with the radiator that the house holder can try before calling someone in to charge big money for something the home owner could do. Great tutorial guide and well compiled for ordinary people who would struggle to figure out a problem. I will have to rewatch this video a few more times to catch and more understand these hints. Especially which valve brings water in and which valve let's it out of rads and which way to turn valve to turn off or on the rad. Great job as usual to you and your great talent reaching out to ordinary people. Thank you so much

@TheDIYGuy1

Жыл бұрын

Your welcome. Thanks for the comment 👍

@jonathanbaldwin2195

Жыл бұрын

@@TheDIYGuy1 hi mate one of mine is just Luke warm in the bedroom hot has warm has the other ones the pipes are hot

@j.j8114

Жыл бұрын

@@jonathanbaldwin2195 need to rebalance your rads mate.

@hasinaokhai7656

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing this information. It’s very helpful.

Brilliant! Just sorted two radiators with stuck pins. Thank you! Saved me a call out fee and my son has stopped moaning about being cold!!

@TheDIYGuy1

Жыл бұрын

That's brilliant 🙂

Brilliant! I've just taken off a thermostatic valve and fixed the cold radiator in my office. Thank you.

@TheDIYGuy1

Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped

Fixed my radiator in 3 mins. Didn't remember you could remover the valve without risking leeks etc. Got it sorted, so thanks!

Saved me a lot of hassle there! mate! Can’t get plumbers to come out for small jobs these days but it was just a stuck TRV pin, sorted in ten mins thanks to your video!👍🏻

@TheDIYGuy1

Жыл бұрын

Your welcome 👍

@Metal05

Жыл бұрын

Problem is that “small job”, needs an experienced engineer to sort for you or you’d easily do it yourself. Vans run on fuel, they cost to insure, public liability to pay for etc. £85 minimum I charge for something local like that. You are paying for experience not time. Customers think it’s expensive because they think you’ve only been here 10 mins. Then they think we are ripping them off, but we are not. If you are a self employed plumber you’ll realise quickly the reason why we don’t go to “small jobs”.

@grandtourerpt

Жыл бұрын

​@@Metal05 the problem is not the price. I've had plumbers give me exorbitant fees for a small job and I said sure, when can you come by, and all I get is silence after that. Why reply with a high fee and then ignore the customer when he agrees to it? And it's not just plumbers, other trades are the same.

My TRV was stuck and this solved my problem. Great work. Thanks.

thanks for the video. just got the rad working and we are now all warm. cheers mate

Thank you for a really clear explanation. Fixed my cold radiator as the TRV pin was stuck, & managed to release it.

@TheDIYGuy1

Жыл бұрын

Perfect 👍

Thanks so much! I just fixed my cold radiator!! I removed the the valve and gave some gentle hits as you said and it worked!

@TheDIYGuy1

8 ай бұрын

Excellent!

Omg so useful!! Just fixed mine which was completely cold and hitting it. And you're fit! Win win

@TheDIYGuy1

Жыл бұрын

Glad the video helped 👍

Hello, your explanation is really good and effectively worked. I saw more than 5 similar videos but you are the best among them. I just finished fixing my radiator by pulling out heat level packet, and by gently pushing it. Many thanks and good luck to you.

@TheDIYGuy1

5 ай бұрын

Glad it helped

Thank you so much for that clear concise video. Radiator now working again! AAAAA

radiator fixed, money definatley saved. thanks.

Thank you very much for this. Fixed my cold radiator in less than a minute!

For 2 years my room was freezing. I thought it was a water pressure issue and low and behold it was a stuck pin which took me 2 minutes to fix. Thanks a lot mate. Have a Merry Xmas and happy new year buddy 👍

@TheDIYGuy1

Жыл бұрын

Happy Xmas to you too. Glad the vid helped

Thank you so much, just sorted my cold radiator with the TRV tip! 🙌🏽

I wish I had found you sooner, I’ve had lots of radiator issues which you are explaining so well

Amazing, thank you so much for sharing this, I've just fixed 3 radiators that haven't been working for a couple of years x

@TheDIYGuy1

Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped

Just moved into a new house which needs some TLC and you just helped me get a radiator going! Cheers!

@TheDIYGuy1

8 ай бұрын

Anytime

Great video mate. Really informative and really helpful. Got a couple of radiators slightly cold at the bottom and will be doing a manual flush with the of this video.

Thank u soo much for this video, my bedroom radiator was stone cold. I tried doing what u suggested...removed the thermostat valve and pressed gently on TRV pin....and bingo...hot radiator!! Easy as that !! Thank u so much

@TheDIYGuy1

Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped

Thank you so much for your video. I have just repaired a sticking pin. You have saved me calling out a plumber.

Good simple basic explanation. My hall radiator was not working and as the thermostat was just up the stairs the heating was unregulated. The input was hot but the radiator failed to respond until my wife said she would call a plumber and a few days later it worked perfectly! Possibly a small blockage which cleared itself. Seriously I had flushed a bedroom radiator last year and was amazed at the gunge which came out. I have put thermostatic valves on nearly all now and keep an eye on their condition. Presumably a Norfolk boy like myself.

@TheDIYGuy1

Жыл бұрын

Yep, Norfolk too 👍

The TRV freeing-up instruction worked a treat!

Thanks. Had two stone radiators. Watched two of your videos. Balanced them all and then discovered the two cold radiators had their thermostat pins stuck. A gentle tap or two released them. Hot radiators again. Happy days. Cheers.

My house has been freezing lately, always thought it was a massive job to fix but thanks to this our house is nice and toastie, thanks again mate. Subscribed

@TheDIYGuy1

Жыл бұрын

Perfect, thanks for subscribing

@martinknox878

Жыл бұрын

😅😅 Hi

Thanks... This video has saved me a plumber call out... 😉 👍🏻

Really helpful. for me worked the first option. the pins were stocked in 2 radiators. Thanks a lot.

I'm delighted that my radiator is heating up again. Thank you so much for this very helpful video!

Thanks man You're a legend. Followed your instructions re the trv head and pin and fixed the radiator It was like watch magic when I shocked the side of trv pin and the pin popped up. Thank you again...

@TheDIYGuy1

Жыл бұрын

Your very welcome 👍 glad you learnt something today

Hi Mate, just managed to unstick my TRV pin thanks to this video, saved me some money!, keep up the helpful vids really appreciate the help👍🏻

Excellent instructions, thank you so much, stuck TRV fixed all by myself (with your help)

@TheDIYGuy1

Жыл бұрын

Great to hear!

Thank you. Followed your tips and got my radiator nice and hot after being cold in an unused room for years.

@TheDIYGuy1

Жыл бұрын

Nice work!

Wow brilliant thank you very much that got my radiator working straight away 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

@TheDIYGuy1

Жыл бұрын

👍

On older, non pressurized systems, its a good idea to turn the heating off before bleeding the radiators, as it is possibly to pull air in rather than release it. It's also a good idea to loosen off the actuator head in the summer. If the pin is stuck, you can often free it by using a pair of pliers to gently ease it up, not pulling up and pulling the pin right out. Heating engineers love TRVs, as it's a good earner going around changing them. I would never have one in my house.

Ha!! Just had that problem yesterday. Going to tackle it tomorrow. Cheers mate.

@TheDIYGuy1

Жыл бұрын

Your welcome 👍

Well done mate great stuff and simply put across. Thanks.

This really is an excellent Video! Well done!!! You made it simple and clear for someone like me! Thank you!

@TheDIYGuy1

Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot 😁

Great tips! When refilling a radiator it's a good idea to add some inhibitor to prevent build-up of sludge in the system. I once had a system with so much sludge it stopped the boiler working and it all had to be flushed out.

@TheDIYGuy1

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely right. I've saved inhibitor for a separate video

@TheD7035

Жыл бұрын

@@TheDIYGuy1 Hi, Happy Christmas, I -eventually- found the “sludge” inside my (open vented) Y system had gone really hard in most places around the pump causing it to almost stop completely. This resulted in the copper pipe work system making banging noises! The “sludge” had also gone hard and almost blocked the water refill T section pipe work just before the pump” and had also narrowed the 22mm overflow vent pipe to the small loft tank. I noticed a small magnet I used actually stuck to most the copper pipe work near the pump ( copper does not magnetize so a good test for sludge inside such pipe work I understand.) So we got the pipe work, pump, 3 port valve replaced and put 2 lots of x100 inhibitor. So far so good. A good video thank you.

@John-ob7dh

6 ай бұрын

I found a solution to a cold rad .I turn off all the rads except the cold one / ones .Then I put heating full on for about a hour and it seems to burn off the air in the rads. ( I had already tried bleeding them with little success.

Amazingly well-presented tutorials.

@TheDIYGuy1

Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot

Thanks to your video, now fixed my cold radiator. 👌

Superbly explained, I learnt a lot from that. Subscribed!!

Really helpful thank you! Sludge removal is my task for the day! :)

It was the pin! Life saver! Just moved across Europe in a new flat and landlady sent someone out who thought it was air in the pipe, "fixed" that end left saying it's fixed (it wasn't fixed)

@TheDIYGuy1

Жыл бұрын

Fantastic

Thanking you, great video…you have explained this superbly

Radiator fixed! Great video!!

Fantastic video fella, had no knowledge 5 minutes ago, now i feel like a semi pro that can finally wallpaper behind the rads! 😄👍

@TheDIYGuy1

Жыл бұрын

Glad you found it helpful

@MrKonquer

Жыл бұрын

Just remember to add inhibitor back into the system if you are going around removing rads, it will save you possible headaches in the future.

Two old radiotor working again, stuck TRV pins. Thank you for sharing your knowledge 😊

thanks mate, i moved to Scotland recently and turns out it was freezing as radiator wouldnt work. control unit was stiff so did that and then after seeing you with the ecv i tried that, and it worked. brilliant. i loosedned the pin and now it works like a charm. i'd wake up at night from the cold but now im much less miserable up here

@TheDIYGuy1

3 ай бұрын

Glad it helped

Nice simple video, just fixed a stuck TRV so heating sorted in that room. Next to balance all the radiators, once I can figure out the correct order.

Excellent instruction. So clear. Thank you.

@TheDIYGuy1

4 ай бұрын

You are welcome!

A really useful video, I completely understood everything you were say. Thank you

@TheDIYGuy1

Жыл бұрын

👍

very helpful. ordered the adjustable spanner

cheers bud, the tappy tappy worked a treat

Bloom'n marvellous boy! Thank you.

Brilliant! Had a cold bathroom all winter, though tapping the valve didn't work I pulled the pin with some long nosed pliers. Radiator is toasty now 🙂

@TheDIYGuy1

Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped

Amazing it worked

spot on - thanks, well explained clear video

first time home owner and this video helped me a lt!! thank you very much! GOD BLESS YOU!

Very good and clear instruction video. Thank you.

@TheDIYGuy1

Жыл бұрын

You are welcome!

Just fixed my rad you hero. Good stuff! Thanks

@TheDIYGuy1

8 ай бұрын

Glad I could help!

Thank you, first solution fixed my problem 👍

Saved me a fortune, not having to call out a plumber. Thank you.

@TheDIYGuy1

Жыл бұрын

Your very welcome 👍

Love these videos. Many thanks.

@TheDIYGuy1

Жыл бұрын

Your very welcome

Thanks for the amazing info...

Brilliant !

Awesome video you just fixed my radiator!

Some of the radiators was not working in our house ,thanks to you really helped.Good job thank you so much again. I just subscribed your channel.

@TheDIYGuy1

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for subscribing 👍

Thank you very much I found your video very helpful and the way you prosent your video is the best I've seen to date . Thanks again regards Stuart .

@TheDIYGuy1

Жыл бұрын

You are welcome!

Well what a well explained video , THANKS

@TheDIYGuy1

Жыл бұрын

You are welcome!

Nice one, fixed the radiator in my partner's kitchen in the first half of the video 👌

@TheDIYGuy1

21 күн бұрын

Nice work!

Great Video my rad in the hallway was stone cold couldn’t remove the TRV it’s been on 20 + years so in frustration 1 very cold night I gave the side of the valve a few thumps with my rolling pin did the trick and instant heat 😊

Another great video Cameron! 👏🏼

@TheDIYGuy1

Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot 👍

Thank you so much for this video, really helpful. Thank you

@TheDIYGuy1

Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot

Wasn't looking so no idea how I came across this but hey, in summary, problem solved here, so very many thanks!

@TheDIYGuy1

Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

Cheers man, great help !

@TheDIYGuy1

Жыл бұрын

No problem 👍

So helpful, rad was luke warm, normally working well, checked your video, pin stuck!! gently released, rad toasty thank you.

@TheDIYGuy1

Жыл бұрын

Any time 😃

Really Amazing & easy Thanks a lot Sir for good information 👍😊

Thank you for doing this vids it gives me more understanding, and a Big thank you to you....

@TheDIYGuy1

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you so much your video was easy to follow positive . My radiator s working now

@TheDIYGuy1

Жыл бұрын

Great news

I really liked this video. Its the best I've seen. Thanks.

@TheDIYGuy1

Жыл бұрын

Glad you like the video

Cheers matey, followed your expert advice, it was the TRV pin stuck. My only prob was removing said TRV head, it was a different collar/ make, I used grips and it came off. Hope I have not broken it. Hell of a job to put it back, so at the minute have left it off and will have another go tomorrow. Sure enoug applied downward pressure to the pin and it released, radiator toasty now. Thanks alot, have already subscribed as I do like your format and also the tools you use. Cheers.

@TheDIYGuy1

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for subscribing and glad you like the videos