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It bodes the question "if 600mm high radiators will not fit, why were they specified"? Will 400mm high radiators fit?
Unless you instigated the changes, I would certainly question why the originally specified radiators were changed to the ones actually installed.
@crimson According to the heat loss calculations the design called for two K2 600mm x 1400mm radiators in both Living Room 1 and Living Room 2. Each...
As I have often told young Engineers, "If all else fails, read the instructions".
@crimson Please feel free to DM if you wish.
@crimson The other important aspect to confirm is that the total capacity of the heat emitters is capable of emitting 7.86kW of thermal energy with ...
From the information just provided, I suspect a 10kW heat pump would have been more than adequate. As @heacol has indicated it will be impossible to...
I would suggest that you start by reducing the frequency of cycling, by trying to balance the flow rate through the LLH. I suspect it will be necessar...
Try tapping the side of the valve and/or pulling the stem up.
@crimson The valve stem should be up to open and down to close. For living areas it may be best to remove the actuator and leave the valve fully ope...
@crimson Try removing the TRV heads and check that the valve stems move freely, and by approximately the same amount of travel. With regard to the...
If you read back in the thread I did suggest changing the LLH into a small volumiser rather than fully removing, but maybe something to consider once ...
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