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Is there some kind of romance here?

no just rootin' by the ponds in the park, and lost underwear.

the rads that are cold at the top are the ones that need bleeding, i find that it's the one that is first in the loop from the hot-tank, after i bleed it i often find that it needs a bit more after a day or so, after i bleed that one then the others get hotter as well.
 


To bleed a radiator look at the top of the side of it. It'll have 2 nut type things that are a couple of inches in diameter, 1 will be flat, 1 will have another small nut in the centre of it. Go to the 1 with the nut in & use either a radiator key or screwdriver (if it has the slot as modern 1s do) to slowly turn it until air hisses out. Have an old cloth/bowl to hand to catch the water that spills out & then give it a while to heat up.

Depending on what type of boiler you have, you might need to top up the pressure again afterwards (if you have a combination boiler you'll need to) which is really simple on most boilers. It's usually a case of turning 1 or a couple of little tap handles until it reaches the right level on the gauge.

If bleeding doesn't work turn all the other radiators off & leave the dodgy 1 on on it's own for about half an hour. That sometimes forces things around & sorts it out.

My radiators are cold at the bottom? Lol

Sounds like the sludge in your system could be building up meaning you could need a flush of some kind. Depending on the age of your system, the best thing is a Power Flush (also known as a Jet Flush) which involves hooking up a machine to your system & blasting a chemical around it to remove some of the [Poor language removed]. They're expensive due to the amount of time they take (depends on how bad the build-up is but they take at least a few hours) & the price of the machines & no places that I know of guarantee they'll work but the vast, vast majority sort the problem out.

I have a habit of forgetting about threads after I've posted in them so if you need any more help & I don't respond PM me a reminder
 

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