radiator balancing - what to do if you can't turn a radiator down enough?
radiator balancing - what to do if you can't turn a radiator down enough?
We've had new radiators and a heat pump fitted. It all works, but I'm trying to fine tune the radiator balancing and I'm struggling. There are 4 bedrooms on 1 thermostat upstairs. The thermostat is in the biggest bedroom. I've had to turn the lock shield valve down to 1/8 of one turn in this room to get the coldest room warm, even with its rad valves wide open. The coldest bedroom is still a degree or two colder than the room with the stat. Similarly, one of the other bedrooms is a...
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by Colin Green
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radiator balancing - what to do if you can't turn a radiator down enough?
We've had new radiators and a heat pump fitted. It all works, but I'm trying to fine tune the radiator balancing and I'm struggling. There are 4 bedrooms on 1 thermostat upstairs. The thermostat is in the biggest bedroom. I've had to turn the lock shield valve down to 1/8 of one turn in this room to get the coldest room warm, even with its rad valves wide open. The coldest bedroom is still a degree or two colder than the room with the stat. Similarly, one of the other bedrooms is a...
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by Colin Green
This has been automatically posted in the DIYNot Forum on DIY Talk. The new DIY Forum