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carl rugman

Hi guys

I have a question which is puzzling me. I have just come back from my parents house and have noticed that they have black sooty walls above their rads. Thay have a worcester heatslave oil boiler. The house doesnt smell of fumes. it is if the rads are full of oil but they are not and they dont leak. Any ideas

Carl
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Lol. It's because they don't keep the dust under control. It rises in the convection current of the radiator and marks walls.
 
Dust and muck, sounds bad but see it a lot, sucked up and brushing against wall from convection from rads.
 
sounds like mould to me is there much moisture in the air? or even dirt lol
 
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It seems to me, that if the blackening is within approx 12"/18" of the radiator tops, and when you wipe with your finger little or no difference ( like wiping dust /just spreads), then its dust....as already suggested.
If its higher up ( the higher , the more likely it may be mould)
 
you need a gas safe engineer to clean the walls for you :), they are not cheap tho.
 
I have a pretty powerful steam cleaner that I use to shoot down the rads. Do that a few times a year to clear out the dust and such.
 
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