In my infinite wisdom I removed a Rad from my study room to renovate/ decorate and marked the flow and return pipes. Give yourself a pat on the back Matt . At a later date I decided I would fit skirting heating so cut the pipes down and got rid of the cut ends WITH THE MARKS ON. Give yourself a slap on the forehead Matt .
I now want to establish which is the flow and return. I know I could connect back up to the rad and the flow will be the pipe that heats up first but I wondered if there might be a simpler way. The pipes are fed by pipes that come down the wall in the adjacent room and then go through stud partition at the bottom to feed the pipes in the study room. I have Isolation valves near the bottom of the pipes in the adjacent room so was thinking of doing the following and just wanted to check if it would work/ be safe to do so:
- connect two pipes in study together
- switch heating on
- open one of the valves
if the pipes heat up all the way through as far as the closed IV then I must have opened the flow. If they stay cold then the opposite. If the latter would then just double check that opening other valve does indeed give heat in pipes.
Or is there a better way?
cheers
I now want to establish which is the flow and return. I know I could connect back up to the rad and the flow will be the pipe that heats up first but I wondered if there might be a simpler way. The pipes are fed by pipes that come down the wall in the adjacent room and then go through stud partition at the bottom to feed the pipes in the study room. I have Isolation valves near the bottom of the pipes in the adjacent room so was thinking of doing the following and just wanted to check if it would work/ be safe to do so:
- connect two pipes in study together
- switch heating on
- open one of the valves
if the pipes heat up all the way through as far as the closed IV then I must have opened the flow. If they stay cold then the opposite. If the latter would then just double check that opening other valve does indeed give heat in pipes.
Or is there a better way?
cheers