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blocked 10mm plastic pipes to rads
tried mains pressure water,a foot pump,blocked any idea's cause it got me.
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Have you tried reversing the direction?
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Re: blocked 10mm plastic pipes to rads
You could try putting put a compressor on it but even that is not guaranteed. Usually quicker and easier re pipeing it if you can.
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Re: blocked 10mm plastic pipes to rads
If it's old 10mm pipe it could be single barrier & it'll block up again, replace it if you can.
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Re: blocked 10mm plastic pipes to rads
Is there a chance that the pipes are kinked behind the rads where they exit the wall?
sometimes when the pipes come up the way behind the rads and are then brought through the wall and then routed back down to the valves they can become kinked especially when a bit of heat reaches them and they become soft.
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Re: blocked 10mm plastic pipes to rads
Sounds like surgery is required, cut out the badness and replace.
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