Radiator Desludging

Draining a radiator. © Eugene Brennan

 I was doing some maintenance on one of the radiators today. It was only heating up on one side and bleeding didn't fix it. So I suspected sludge or spongy rust inside. A 2 l milk container fitted around the feed pipe acted as a funnel and stopped water draining onto the floorboards. Had to make an adapter for the garden hose from my ever-growing-larger hoarded scrap collection and then gave the rad a flush. Seems to have cleared the blockages.

Adapter for connecting hose to radiator. © Eugene Brennan

 

Hose connected to radiator. © Eugene Brennan

Flushing radiator. © Eugene Brennan