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Balancing rads

 
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Topic starter 04/11/2022 9:57 pm   [#583]

We had our rads ‘professionally’ balanced last winter and we’re generally pleased with the way they’re running. There is one rad that isn’t great and I wanted to open the exit valve slightly. 

I just want to turn it one quarter, but want to make sure I turn it the right way. Does “righty tightly” apply to rad valves. Ie. to open the valve slightly (let more water pass out the rad faster) would that be a quarter turn to the left?


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05/11/2022 12:51 am  
Posted by: @editor

We had our rads ‘professionally’ balanced last winter and we’re generally pleased with the way they’re running. There is one rad that isn’t great and I wanted to open the exit valve slightly. 

I just want to turn it one quarter, but want to make sure I turn it the right way. Does “righty tightly” apply to rad valves. Ie. to open the valve slightly (let more water pass out the rad faster) would that be a quarter turn to the left?

Hi Mars,

Looking down at the top of the valve, clockwise is closing and anticlockwise is opening.



   
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