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We're having a kitchen extension and our plumber has fitted 2 x vertical radiators. They don't have any cold spots but they aren't getting hot. After doing a bit of research on here, I think the system needs balancing (as some of our radiators are incredibly hot!) The issue is, none of our old...

Earlier today, I spent a couple of hours balancing my radiators. I did it via the Drayton TRVs using their balancing key. I managed to get them fairly well balanced with a flow temp of 65C. The radiators were really pumping out the heat and the return temperature was well below the condensing...

I’ve read some online guidance on how to balance radiators but they all refer to the lock shield side. My radiators don’t have any trv’s and both sides look the same. Any advice you can offer me would be appreciated.

Hi all, We have recently had a new boiler installed, and ended up plumping for one with weather compensation. I know that there are many opinions as to how good these systems are, but we've got it now (and have found it ok so far). When it was installed I asked about radiator balancing...

I had a tower radiator put in last summer. Can't seem to get in contact with the plumber. It doesn't get properly hot. I tried to fix by balancing the system. I am not a plumber. May not have got it right. The gas central heating man came round today to service the boiler and I asked him...

Since we had a new boiler installed I am struggling to balance the radiators - they will be fine for a few days or even weeks but eventually go very tepid. Because they are tepid It's difficult to work out which order they run in. I have just brought some digital thermometer clips and plan on...

Has anyone any tips or web sites on balancing radiators ? (Not on my head) :shock: Isn't there a tool you can buy for it ? Whats it called and roughly how much ? Thanks guys :wink:

Hi Guys, I've just spent an hour balancing the radiators in the house after been fed up with our bedroom radiator been freezing all the time (even replacved it but still the same) A bit of digging led me to balancing them and low and behold by reducing the flow into the downstairs...

I have 2 of my radiators changed for more powerful ones as the old ones were far to small- very pleased and happy and warm now- thanks for advice on previous thread :D . At the same time we had TRVs put on all the radiators except for ones that didn't need them. My bedroom radiator has always...

What thermometer do members recommend for radiator balancing? Digital?

can anyone help me with the best method of balancing the radiators?

I was looking in to balancing my radiators but only 2 have the "lockshield" valves. Each has a TRV all upstairs rads also have a valve with + and - symbols on, can these still be balanced in the same way as rads with a lockshield? What's best way to use a balanced system with the TRVs on...

all my radiators seem to have thermostatic valves on both sides and not lockshield valves (are lockshields valves that are fixed?). to try and get the radiators at the desired temp we've been adjusting both sides.could this have affected the balance and if so could this account for cold spots at...

Hi all how do you balance a heating system, with TRVs on the return side of the radiators. thanks in anticipation :oops:

My heating system has a manual balancing valve on the flow to the hot water cylinder which is only just open, hence the water takes a long time to heat and only gets to approx 55 degrees C (the radiators heat up fine). The engineer said it needs to be set that way to ensure there is sufficient...

Hi All, Finished my DIY complete CH/DHW install a few weeks ago, the boiler was installed by my CORGI plumber. I'll summarise the system: 3 Bed 1930's semi. Worcestor-Bosch 24i System boiler, Conventional DHW cylinder, Danfoss controls with 3 port mid position valve. The valve is located...

I want to try to balance my radiators for the first time, to try to get the lounge to heat up more quickly. The lounge is the last radiator in the downstairs zone. At the moment the lockshields are all fully open. I've been reading through some previous threads, but there's a couple of basics I...

Decided to re-balance after putting in a new pump. This 12 year old house has plenty of inconsistencies, the flow and return are randomly assigned on each radiator. I am wondering why on the radiators where the TRV is on the return, why does the flow valve click? It is not a plasterboard...

I have not been in my house very long and it is obvious that the rads are out of balance. I think it is probably went out of balance when the house was extended many years ago. They put in additional rads but did not bother to rebalance. I balanced the rads at my last house and it went like a...

Question is pretty much in the subject. After buying some clip on radiator thermometers, I can see that some of the valves are open too much on some radiators (temp difference between feed and return is 1-2 degrees, rather than the recommended 12 degrees). We also sometimes have some...