Does ANYONE know ANYTHING about residential convection?

[do_it_yourself]

I have a convection heating system in my home that uses the heat generated by the heated water from oil fired combi boiler.

The hot water travels through pipes and a heat exchanger blows the hot air that rises from the pipes around the house, through floor vents.

My query is although i have googled loads of times i cant find a company that would do silent or quiet heat exchanger units in the uk or ireland.

does anyone know of such a company?

i moved into the house 3 years ago, the system was already in.

 

[kevplumb]

never known a hot air system yet that didn't make a noise

turn the tv up

 

[do_it_yourself]

never known a hot air system yet that didn't make a noise

turn the tv up

It sounds like an aircraft taking off!

 

[doitall]

I expect it's very dusty and you suffer from hot and cold flushes every time it turns on.

 

[kevplumb]

you have cleaned/ changed the filters

balanced the airflow with the dampers then

cleaned the carp out of the h/ex

 

[GeorgeBramwell]

I expect it's very dusty and you suffer from hot and cold flushes every time it turns on.

The plague breaks out each time the stat cuts in. Duh!

 

[do_it_yourself]

Is this a helpful forum or somewhere to vent aggreviances?

 

[kevplumb]

its helpfull

you just have to ignore the di ckheads

 

[GeorgeBramwell]

Is this a helpful forum or somewhere to vent aggreviances?

You will not get much help out of most of those on here. They tend to have obsessions and lack objectivity. Besides some not knowing a great amount either.

 

[gas4you]

Alls well on here until drdrivel/george bramwell turns up every now and again

 

[do_it_yourself]

So to recap, most people are d ckheads, and dont listen to certain individuals.

As for cleanig the filters etc. i dont even know where they are.

there seems to be a unit behind a cavity wall that houses the main heat exchanger, then theres a floor based one on the second floor to push the rest of the heat down the back bedrooms.

is there any uk supplier of heat exchangers?

 

[kevplumb]

there seems to be a unit behind a cavity wall that houses the main heat exchanger, then theres a floor based one on the second floor to push the rest of the heat down the back bedrooms.

filters will prob be in the first bit the second one is the ahu

just to make me look clever



















air handling unit

 

[Razor900]

Perhaps it's time to get someone in to give it a full service, change the filters and check the fan.

These units need proper servicing if something goes wrong with the heat exchanger you don't know about it you just have a long sleep

 

[GeorgeBramwell]

Perhaps it's time to get someone in to give it a full service, change the filters and check the fan.

These units need proper servicing if something goes wrong with the heat exchanger you don't know about it you just have a long sleep

The heat is generated via a boiler, not a direct gas/air exchanger.

 

[Razor900]

Missed that bit


I say well done George, jolly good chap