Hey, Iv'e got a problem with my downstairs rads and have an idea which I'd like your comments on.
My house was built in the sixties and all downstairs pipe work is in a concrete screed, it leaves and returns to the boiler in 3/4 pipework and enters the rads out of the floor screed in 1/2 inch pipework.
I suffer with the rads furthest from the boiler and the hall rad which is nearest conflicting with heat distribution, Iv'e balanced the rads several times but not really a satis result.Iv'e pursuaded my wife that the only option is to repipe the downstairs with 22mm pipework (on the surface!!!) and change to 15 mm pipes just at the rads, this will mean lots of pipe hiding and other small engineering probs but my gas bills are high due to me not getting the hall up to temp quick enough, so what do you think?
I had a new gas boiler installed 5 years ago, and the pump has a boiler bypass circuit with presure release valve installed( just thought id add that bit of info!!!)
My house was built in the sixties and all downstairs pipe work is in a concrete screed, it leaves and returns to the boiler in 3/4 pipework and enters the rads out of the floor screed in 1/2 inch pipework.
I suffer with the rads furthest from the boiler and the hall rad which is nearest conflicting with heat distribution, Iv'e balanced the rads several times but not really a satis result.Iv'e pursuaded my wife that the only option is to repipe the downstairs with 22mm pipework (on the surface!!!) and change to 15 mm pipes just at the rads, this will mean lots of pipe hiding and other small engineering probs but my gas bills are high due to me not getting the hall up to temp quick enough, so what do you think?
I had a new gas boiler installed 5 years ago, and the pump has a boiler bypass circuit with presure release valve installed( just thought id add that bit of info!!!)
