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I truly mean no disrespect; no one can be good at everything. But if this is the vocabulary you use to describe the object and the problem, it's probably best to call a pro.
I just love this response so much
Thermostat
If it is broken, they're inexpensive and typically easy to replace. Usually it's just one or two pairs of wires: one pair kicks your heat on when connected, the other turns your A/C on when connected. If you don't have A/C (or have a dedicated thermostat for heat), then it'd probably only have one pair. Edit: Forgot, some have a dedicated pair for the fan. Mine doesn't, so it slipped my mind.
They usually have a faceplate part that comes off (the part that you think you may have broken) and a mounted part that stays on the wall usually with two screws.
You might have better luck taking some pictures and posting the question to !homeimprovement@lemmy.world to get some more specific advice.
Edit #2: Just saw your new post in home improvement. I was way off lol. The last house I lived in that had radiator heating used a regular thermostat to control the boiler. The one you're describing is totally different.
Cheers, just posted on there. I’ll just attach the picture here anyway as well.
I think it may not be the thing you’re thinking it is, cos yeah nothing to do with A/C, we don’t generally have that in most UK homes unfortunately aha.
Here’s a photo of what I was calling the thermostat (but might not be).
It's a TRV head. You can unscrew it with the ring under the black area - may need an adjustable spanner to loosen. When you take it off, see if the rotation works and that the pin inside moves up and down. You can also check the metal pin/valve where it attaches isn't stuck (it may need quite a bit of force to check - could need whacking with a hammer if it's actually stuck). If everything seems OK, re-attach the head and see if it's working. If it isn't, new heads are cheap. What you have looks like what I have - cheap generic TRV heads, easy to find online.
Yeah, thanks. I saw your other posted and added an edit to mine. I was way off.
The house I lived in that had radiator heating used the wall-mounted thermostats to control the boiler. That's totally different. Hope you get an answer.
Aha I think I get what you’re saying though. There is also a thermostat on the wall downstairs that controls the central heating. So if that is turned off, then my radiator wouldn’t heat up even if I turned the dial from the photo up.
It’s like the main thermostat has executive control (pretty certain of this anyway) but then each room has a radiator which its own controls so if I get too hot I can turn mine off while the rest of the radiators in the house stay on.
I’m guessing you’re not from the UK? The dial, as I’ll now call it, on the radiator is on every radiator I’ve ever seen.
Anyhow dunno why I’m telling you all this cos if you don’t have the same system you’re not gonna be able to help but just as an FYI I guess. Hopefully someone on the other channel is from the UK!
Yep. Mine didn't have the ones on the radiators, just the wall controller. The only thing on the radiators was a valve which could adjust it a little bit but was mostly just on/off.
No, not from UK, but thought some of the credits would transfer since I'm kinda familiar with HVAC and have had a radiator setup lol.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Caleffi-Ecocal-Replacement-Thermostatic-Radiator/dp/B07VGY3J6P/
Look here, just as an example.
You can easily replace it, but pay attention to the size of the thread (after you have unscrewed it). M30x1.5 is the most common, but there are other sizes, too.
Cheers, if I unscrew it, it won’t suddenly start leaking will it? Like is there a way for me to accidentally do that or not? Cos if there’s a way, I’ll find it.
Only touch the screw that is also shown in the Amazon picture. Then the water is safe from you.
Cheers dude
typically easy to replace.
Easier in older vehicles, it seems like modern vehicles want to put anything useful underneath about 50 different other things so you have to halfway disassemble the vehicle to get at it.
Houses also have thermostats
You don't have to tell me how stupid I am, I'm aware lol.
To be fair the description from OP was pretty bad. My mind shifted to cars at first too.
Ahaha yeah a photo was definitely needed. I just said all the words I could think of that might give a clue or be correct lol. I didn’t even know you could upload photos, only been on here for about a week.
Also; I think it’s actually working again now lol. It’s not great, like I was able to turn the “dial” which I wasn’t able to last night, which I think was in part because I was getting burnt trying to do it. But once it was cool I was able to turn it like normal almost, but then the same thing happened again, but because this time it was cold; I was able to get it back into the off position.
So think I will replace it but least it sort of works for now.
Go look at YouTube videos about thermostatic radiator valves. You can replace the head pretty easily.
this post was submitted on 11 Sep 2024
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