Recent content by dave448

ahhh ha haa .. MY house is a 40s semi ...full of microbore (two manifolds) ... BUT the mains are 22mm..... Physics is the way of making sure your loft is warm..... practical methods rely on trial and error ... and not understanding why it went right when it does small world

oh.. ive used 8mm on short runs ...like i said ..it depends on the heat output required as dictated by the temperature required in the room and the thermal losses (amount of insulation) of its construction , the curculating water temperature .... and crucially the speed the water ts being pumped...

oh .. I am trying to deal with facts... I am interested to see how you got 2.1545043 l/min ... here are some tables Note that the flow rate is gallons per hour, not feet per second. Flow (galls/hr) head loss (inch water gauge per foot run) 15mm tube 22mm tube 28mm tube 5 0.01...

Okaaaay ... point by point then I assumed the thing had a header tank .. whether it has or hasnt is immaterial The circulating water temp is relevant ... as its the temperature drop across the rads that gives the heat output Velocity means you get circulation sounds from the system if it is...

You miss the point .. the boiler heats water .. the pump pumps it .. so the pipe lenth and bore and the pump rating will be the limting factors ... the boiler will chuck out the heat .. if the pump cant distibute it as fast as the boiler generates it .. the boiler will over heat. Yhe radiator...