I've changed all my radiators a couple of years ago and plumbed them TBOE (top bottom opposite ends) with pipes chased into the walls and coming out horizontally.
Normally you have the flow on top and the return at the bottom at the opposite end.
I just realised I messed up with one of them (downstairs living room) and the flow is at the bottom with the return at the top at the opposite end. It's a 2000m wide and 300mm high double panel.
It still heats up but probably not in an optimal way, the corner below the return valve is always cold; is there a quick way to fix it that I haven't considered:
- breaking the wall where the return pipe is, cut the pipe, add an elbow and replumb as "bottom both ends", involves replastering the small section of wall and painting
- cut a hole in the ceiling and swap the two pipes, involves filling and painting the ceiling
Normally you have the flow on top and the return at the bottom at the opposite end.
I just realised I messed up with one of them (downstairs living room) and the flow is at the bottom with the return at the top at the opposite end. It's a 2000m wide and 300mm high double panel.
It still heats up but probably not in an optimal way, the corner below the return valve is always cold; is there a quick way to fix it that I haven't considered:
- breaking the wall where the return pipe is, cut the pipe, add an elbow and replumb as "bottom both ends", involves replastering the small section of wall and painting
- cut a hole in the ceiling and swap the two pipes, involves filling and painting the ceiling