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If i wanted to keep the walls but wanted the steel concealed between floors would that mean removing floor boards using acros to about two courses above the upstairs floor level. If so would you use timber pins going all the way through or would you use those flat steel plate thingy's...

Noseall, thanks for guidance. What do you think about the method of placing a timber along the top rail of the joist that then alows hangers to nail downward into that timber? You obviously do it all the time, but as an amateur (who will go through proper protocol) it's frightening to think...

Called drayton back. Bloke i spoke to before was a trainee and got his facts wrong. I bow to your greater knowledge. Does the radiating heat from the rad not interfere with the trv?

Having spoke to both drayton and grunfos tecnical support teams it has been confirmed to me that TRV's do not control the room temperature, rather they control the flow temperature of the water throught the rad. For this reason Drayton are now of the opinion that it is better to place the...

Do the trv's not close with the temperature of the water, not the room? Also, trv4's dont come with lockshield valves. They come with two push valves allowing you to place the thermostatic dial at either end without having to do any replumbing. The drayton pushvalves have a build in quasi...

Thanks woody and jeds.

I want to run an h beam the entire length of the house and dont want it visible from the ground floor. Ive seen on tv people using brackets that hang from the steel and hold each timber which would be trimmed to right length. Can anyone tell me the erminology and where i can get the things...

So i took the check valve out (which was a nightmare job due to accessibility) and the chattering has gone. The system is super quiet! I'm also really pleased with the alpha2/taconova flow setter combo. It works very well although the flowsetter doesn't close during CH operation as it's...

My father-in-law who fitted it claims that the radiators might heat up from back flow in summer months. My concern with the rads sharing the same 15mm return is that the back pressure may be causing to much of the flow pumps flow to go via the bypass. In theory, i were to extend the 22mm as i...

I know that this is the case. That all the rad return converge into a 22mm which then connects back into the return. In that case i shall remove the check valve. On the rad returns, should i be concerned that 6 rads return to the same 15mm pipe before meeting another 15mm pipe serving 2...

Yeah, the problem is that most of the pipes to and from the clinder, including the central heating circuit is underneath my built in waredrobes so pics are difficult. I have managed to access the 22mm check valve that heas been fitted on the central heating return. I is definately this that...

I know, my terminology is wrong but what i do know is that there is a check valve where the rad circuit meets the main return pipe. It's this one i'm wondering about.

Having changed the pump to a modulating pump and changed the gate valve bypass to a Taconova inline flow setter the system is all balanced. When the CH circuit has reached temperature on all the thermostatic valves, the flow setter is letting water through the bypass at a rate of 2 litres per...

Is there any evidence of water flow i.e does the bottom get hot. The correct way to bleed i believe is when the system is cold and off. The motorised valves need to be opened manually to allow the gravity of the cold water feed to drive the air out. Also both the valves on both sides of the...

Let me make it clear, i'm no xpert but a good amateur! There's so much that han't been said i'm concerned that nobody will reply due to shear lack of information. For example; Do the pipes start from the floor above and if so what's up there? Where do the pipes go to at ground level...

After learning all kinds of wonderful things on this forum i have opted for a Modulating pump combined with a Taconova inline flow setter bypass rather than a fixed speed pump with a auto bypass valve. My dilema is whether to run the bypass valve throught the hot water cylinder thus meaning...

hi Andy, I know it was a while back, but i'm really interested in your Setup with the taconova setter valve. Particularly whether the taconova has stood the test of time and whether your HW control valve is placed at the feed end of the cylinder thus allowing the bypass to nip in after the...

Definately will swap the valve and true about the rad reducing pressure in a faulty gate. Didn't think of that, thanks. What i was trying to explain and i could be misguided is that the non return is fiitted on the point at which the heating circuit return to the primary return. I thought the...

My system had a revamp about seven years ago which involved a new hot water system and an 'S' plan setup. The boiler was replaced more recently; about three years ago. It's from this time that the noise started. Three years of the noise driving me absolutely nuts!

I'm suffering from what i believe is a chatting check valve where the secondary return meets the primary return. I have thermostatic valves on all radiators and have a gate valve rather than an auto bypass valve! I have now learnt that i need to swap this out but in the mean time i would...