Underfloor Heating - missing components HELP!?!

[VKS1]

Hi,
I have an underfloor heating setup that is missing some bits, could someone kindly let me know whats missing?

There are 3 white bungs on the right of the pictures, am I missing a blending valve or something? (easy to fit or should I get a pro in)

The top bung is the hot water from the boiler, and the middle bung is connected to the manfold and the hot feed, take it the bottom would be return or something?

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[Fluffster]

Basically you should have your flow from the boiler going to a pump which is connected to a belnding valve which feeds the manifolds flow and return and then return to boiler.

If you google a pumpset you will see what is missing.

You may also need a 2 port valve and a limit stat too depending on what has or has not been installed.

Goodluck

Pete

 

[VKS1]

Thanks Pete,
I will speak with Underfloorheating1.co.uk to find out how much extra the bits cost.

Wondering if anyone reads this in the London/Hertfordshire area that wouldn't mind coming and taking a look and quoting?

 

[VKS1]

Also just so I understand.. is this a 4 zone system?

Can you let me know the basics of how this works, ie i know the top rail is hot and the bottom cold, but the orange pipes are coming out of the top and bottom, how does all that work?

 

[Norcon]

Looking at the images I would say this is missing....

A circulator is also missing.
Could obviously be there though and obscured in your images.
Who fitted the system?

 

[VKS1]

Not sure if there is a circulator, its just basic pipework a few glass bottles showing water level I presume and a few gauges, other than that there is not much there at the back of the installation.

System was fitted by a plumber, my fault really .. trusted him to do the job, gave him a bulk of the money and expense money up front, realised very quickly that the incentive goes when you got ya money, and he vanished

 

[VKS1]

also.. at what point should this be installed?

 

[Agile]

Wondering if anyone reads this in the London/Hertfordshire area that wouldn't mind coming and taking a look and quoting?

I am afraid that we dont attend properties to give free advice on how to do jobs unless I had already been given the job.

We would always charge for the visit and then deduct that from the cost of any further work we were asked to do.

Very occasionally I do go in good faith to give a quote only to find they are just doing a DIY job or are going to get cheap East European installers and after that it serves as a reminder that I must remember never do that again.

I could have a full time job giving free heating advice but with no income derived from it.

Some others must evidently charge enough on their other jobs to cover making free advice visits. By not making free visits it enables me to charge our customers less.

Tony

 

[VKS1]

Well to be honest, I would rather give it a go DIY but am beginning to consider this more of a specialist area .. I wish I could get it done myself, am ok when it comes to joining a few copper pipes together, but fall short on the electro-mechanical setup thats in place here.

 

[VKS1]

This is doing my head in .. I've been researching all night on what to do, reckon I will wait a few hours and then give the suppliers another ring and just buy it all, then hoping a bit of common sense and some help on here would do the job (unless a private specialist is available to come and sort it over a few hours) rather someone that knows what they are doing, or do it myself rather than having to pay some company extortionate amounts to just get it all up and running

 

[Fluffster]

You have a 4 port manifold which means you have 4 loops with a flow from the manifold with the clear vials which show flow rates in ltrs and the return via the second manifold.

The hot water from the boiler is usually too hot for underfloor heating so it is blended/mixed with the cooler return manifold to give a set temp to the flow manifold.

The seperate pump circulates this water around the loops independently to the rest of the heating network.

You will need to fill these loops via the end of the manifold which accepts a hose pipe bsp connection to 1 bar cold. You cannot use the filling loop on the main circuit to do this as it will not work.

There are plenty of good sites online explaining with diagrams the model of ufh.

I can give you a good contact for purchasing the equipment needed if you send me a message via my profile with an e mail addy.

Pete

 

[VKS1]

Thanks Pete, dont know how to PM you (still learning the ropes here)
but will try and figure it out when i get on a proper computer, using the iPhone at the mo


Also, think it would be great if it was written here so if someone searches for the same problem they can find the solution here.

Help me out, I can help you out in return... lemme know if you need a website built

 

[VKS1]

... dont know how to PM you

done