I recently had a vented indirect cylinder (fed by a tank in the loft) replaced by a unvented indirect one (fed by the mains).
The plumber left me with a leaking pipe causing the pressure to drop, not a great start. As he never came back to fix the issue, I had to drain the system to replace the pipe and olive. The leak has been fixed and now the pressure remains stable (making sure all the radiators have been purged).
I still have an issue though, it seems very difficult to balance the radiators since moving from a vented to an unvented system (I am using 2 thermometer to achieve a 12 degrees drop). 2 days ago I managed to get all the radiators to warm up ok, though I admit it was challenging, I struggled to get some of them to heat up properly.
2 days later 2 radiators would not heat up. If I completely shut off the radiator closest to the manifold and another one which is not really essential, the 2 affected radiators now heat up again.
Are there any tips to balance radiators on unvented systems? (I tried increasing the speed of the pump from 1 to 2 but did not help)
Thanks a lot!
The plumber left me with a leaking pipe causing the pressure to drop, not a great start. As he never came back to fix the issue, I had to drain the system to replace the pipe and olive. The leak has been fixed and now the pressure remains stable (making sure all the radiators have been purged).
I still have an issue though, it seems very difficult to balance the radiators since moving from a vented to an unvented system (I am using 2 thermometer to achieve a 12 degrees drop). 2 days ago I managed to get all the radiators to warm up ok, though I admit it was challenging, I struggled to get some of them to heat up properly.
2 days later 2 radiators would not heat up. If I completely shut off the radiator closest to the manifold and another one which is not really essential, the 2 affected radiators now heat up again.
Are there any tips to balance radiators on unvented systems? (I tried increasing the speed of the pump from 1 to 2 but did not help)
Thanks a lot!