Hi,
I tried to balance the raditators in the house that we're renting. The system is an old hot water tank system heated by an oil boiler. The valves are lockshield valves and wheelheads at either end.
The upstairs radiators are closest to the hot water tank. Essentially I want the downstairs radiators in particular the living room radiator to be the hottest and the upstairs radiators to be warm.
I started by turning everything open - lockshield valves and wheelheads. Bathroom radiator which is closest to the tank got hot first followed by the bedroom radiators. Downstairs radiators got lukewarm at best.
I then started to close the lockshield valves of the upstairs radiators with half and quarter turns. The downstairs radiators got very warm at best but I wouldnt say hot i.e. I could easily place my hand on all of them without getting burnt.
So I continued closing the upstairs valves - however, it then seemed to have the reverse effect on the downstairs radiators i.e. the downstairs radiators were getting cooler.
I have left the wheelheads open throughout the experiment and these have not been touched.
We're essentially finding that the bedroom gets to 20C which is too hot to go to bed but downstairs only gets to about 17-18C.
Any ideas anyone? Does closing the lockshield valves limit the supply to the downstairs rads?
I tried to balance the raditators in the house that we're renting. The system is an old hot water tank system heated by an oil boiler. The valves are lockshield valves and wheelheads at either end.
The upstairs radiators are closest to the hot water tank. Essentially I want the downstairs radiators in particular the living room radiator to be the hottest and the upstairs radiators to be warm.
I started by turning everything open - lockshield valves and wheelheads. Bathroom radiator which is closest to the tank got hot first followed by the bedroom radiators. Downstairs radiators got lukewarm at best.
I then started to close the lockshield valves of the upstairs radiators with half and quarter turns. The downstairs radiators got very warm at best but I wouldnt say hot i.e. I could easily place my hand on all of them without getting burnt.
So I continued closing the upstairs valves - however, it then seemed to have the reverse effect on the downstairs radiators i.e. the downstairs radiators were getting cooler.
I have left the wheelheads open throughout the experiment and these have not been touched.
We're essentially finding that the bedroom gets to 20C which is too hot to go to bed but downstairs only gets to about 17-18C.
Any ideas anyone? Does closing the lockshield valves limit the supply to the downstairs rads?