hi there,
we moved house last spring to a property with a potterton profile gas boiler, with expansion tank and immersion heater in the bathroom airing cupboard. i presume its a gravity system (as the pressure is quite weak) . it has 3 radiators upstairs and 4 downstairs
my previous experience has been mainly changing/upgrading radiators on a combi boiler system, so i was after a bit of advice before changing/adding radiators in the new place
i plan to add a radiator in an upstairs bedroom. its the furthest one from the boiler on the upstairs system. the radiator is at the furthest point in the room , so i planned to put an extra one in by tapping into the pipework before this radiator.
there are two pipes- a flow and a return.
firstly, is this an okay option or is it 'better' to just replace the existing one (the room got very cold so i thought we would double up)?
secondly , what is the best/correct method therefore to tap into the existing pipework?
should i just T into both the flow pipe and the return pipe?
or do i divert just the flow pipe through the new radiator before connecting the flow back into the old radiator ?
thanks in advance
we moved house last spring to a property with a potterton profile gas boiler, with expansion tank and immersion heater in the bathroom airing cupboard. i presume its a gravity system (as the pressure is quite weak) . it has 3 radiators upstairs and 4 downstairs
my previous experience has been mainly changing/upgrading radiators on a combi boiler system, so i was after a bit of advice before changing/adding radiators in the new place
i plan to add a radiator in an upstairs bedroom. its the furthest one from the boiler on the upstairs system. the radiator is at the furthest point in the room , so i planned to put an extra one in by tapping into the pipework before this radiator.
there are two pipes- a flow and a return.
firstly, is this an okay option or is it 'better' to just replace the existing one (the room got very cold so i thought we would double up)?
secondly , what is the best/correct method therefore to tap into the existing pipework?
should i just T into both the flow pipe and the return pipe?
or do i divert just the flow pipe through the new radiator before connecting the flow back into the old radiator ?
thanks in advance