Hi,
I am hoping for a bit of guidance on my central heating system - ive never been able to get the heat out of it I would like and I dont understand the system as a whole.
We have a number of radiators, a timer with 2 switches, one for hot water and one for heating and a gas boiler with a variable output dial.
Can someone explain
1) does it matter which end of a radiator is the lockshield end (when i moved in there was no covers for the taps on the radiators so I dont know which end was which). what should the lock shield end of the radiator be set to (min, max or somewhere in the middle)
2) the timer system switches on the hot water or the heating but the hot water has to be on for the heating to work. If the heating is off (i.e. hot water only) the radiators still heat up. is this normal?
3) Someone told me that there has to be one radiator in the house that must not be adjusted (to ensure the system does not run will all radiators off). is this correct?
thanks
I am hoping for a bit of guidance on my central heating system - ive never been able to get the heat out of it I would like and I dont understand the system as a whole.
We have a number of radiators, a timer with 2 switches, one for hot water and one for heating and a gas boiler with a variable output dial.
Can someone explain
1) does it matter which end of a radiator is the lockshield end (when i moved in there was no covers for the taps on the radiators so I dont know which end was which). what should the lock shield end of the radiator be set to (min, max or somewhere in the middle)
2) the timer system switches on the hot water or the heating but the hot water has to be on for the heating to work. If the heating is off (i.e. hot water only) the radiators still heat up. is this normal?
3) Someone told me that there has to be one radiator in the house that must not be adjusted (to ensure the system does not run will all radiators off). is this correct?
thanks