Last seen: Jul 6, 2025
@crimson It really is looking more likely that the downstairs rads need a serious uprating now. Your heat pump has the capacity, your pipework will pr...
@hughf As it is a ‘Hard Task’ (and I don’t doubt it when I see what a failure my two installer companies staff have been!) it strikes me that someone ...
And what about the pipe runs ‘outside’, i.e. in utility spaces or unheated buildings? Are they all well insulated? Regards, Toodles.
Just thinking about the ground floor pipework, we had our pipe runs insulated with foam material that is split and slips over the pipes; I suspect tha...
@crimson Are the pipes in areas outside of your ‘living envelope’, in other words, any runs outside of your living spaces, utility area, outside plant...
@hughf When I was researching what, which, where, how and why for fitting an ASHP and ridding ourselves of a starting to fail gas boiler, I asked pote...
@crimson When the radiators downstairs are up-rated and the LWT is lowered, you will find the upstairs lockshield valves are a little less tricky to t...
@crimson The next stage might be to fit the larger radiators downstairs; this will have several benifits, not only will it heat downstairs more effici...
Thank you Derek, at least it is only a little ‘Devil’ then! Regards, Toodles.
I suspect that the image was subjected to some filesize reduction so here is a close up of the displays. Toodles.
@iancalderbank In my own case, I started from the coolest room with that Lockshield valve fully open, then progressed around the house from the warmes...
@derek-m Hello Derek, I have left the system running with the thermometers in place for a few weeks now; glancing at the readings from time to time in...
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