Hey! So – I’ve been reading about fixing your own radiators on different subs. After trying to get my landlord/complex owners to fix our radiators (3/5 radiators in the apartment arent fully working), with months of waiting for responds and no help, I decided to troubleshoot them myself. The reason is, we have mould building up in our bedroom. We keep removing it but obviously there’s a deeper issue. I think if I can fix my radiator in the bedroom it’ll help to dry out the wall & the warmer room will keep the fungi from growing.

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The radiator in the berdoom is the one also posted on the pictures. All of our radiators look like this. The issue with it is that it’s 100% not working. It doesn’t warm at all & neither pipes gain no heat either. My plan was to first remove the cap where you increase/decrease heat, but I am worried that I’ll fuck something up. I am here to check if anyone has expereince with the same ones and can guide.

On the 3d photo: do I unscrew it to loosen the cap? Or is there a special trick to get it off? I am worried that it might cause some leak if I do it without preperation.

Also, any other tip for troubleshooting specifically this radiator would be much appreciated. 🙂

[https://imgur.com/a/g1tOxVc](https://imgur.com/a/g1tOxVc)

[https://imgur.com/a/fyiYAzo](https://imgur.com/a/fyiYAzo)

[https://imgur.com/a/iqHKIfC](https://imgur.com/a/iqHKIfC)

[https://imgur.com/a/7W58EAY](https://imgur.com/a/7W58EAY)

2 comments

  2. send a letter to the landlord , and give them 7 days to fix the issue, or you’ll reduce the rent with 25% . let us know if that does the trick.

    i would refrain any actions if you don’t know what you’re doing….especially if the pipes do not get any heat at all.

    other thing you can do , is to hire someone who deals with that , pay the invoice and ask the landlord to refund your repair works (but again this looks like a bigger problem when the pipes do not get heat at all)

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