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@papahuhu Im struggling to understand why they took a bigger radiator out? What type of construction is your house? when was it built? At 28 W/m2 Im g...
@papahuhu That may be telling. Measure your radiators. Take a photo and measure the room its in. Let me know roughly its date of construction and we s...
@papahuhu I would concentrate on the upstairs radiators. If the downstairs rooms are warm then there is enough heat when the emitters are working prop...
@papahuhu I think the rear sensor is probably a bit of a wild goose chase, unless its faulty.
@papahuhu OK. what about the lockshield valves, have you tried opening those with the TRVs set to max? Are the upstairs radiators a similar temperatur...
@papahuhu I would definitely check the upstairs radiators. If they were locked down too much, that would effect the volume of the system and might acc...
@papahuhu If some rooms are warm then it sounds like either the radiators are not big enough in the bedrooms or they are being restricted by valves. D...
@papahuhu have you got any monitoring software on it?
@papahuhu Mine is similar. Is your house not getting warm enough? Are yiu running on weather compensation? I also have some sensors left over.
@papahuhu I think my problem was just due to unusual weather conditions, with melting snow and a fast cold wind. It hasnt occured again
Exactly the same thing happened to me a couple of weeks ago. I was out with a hairdryer 😆
@deltona Yes older houses are problematic like that, but the standard air change assumption figure is know to be on the very high side and often leads...
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