I have recently had a new bathroom done because of this the builder has blocked the radiators on the second floor whilst doing the bathroom and when he had completed he has open the lock shield valves fully.
I have tried to balance them, but I have few questions if someone could help me to fine tune the rads. The setup is as per below.
Living room
Front room rad
Middle room rad
Dining table rad
Second floor
Bathroom
Back Bedroom (next to bathroom)
Front bedroom
Box room
Third floor
Loft bathroom
Loft bedroom
10 rads in total.
The dining room rad gets warmest the first as closest to the boiler.
Then I feel the second floor rads get warm.
Followed by the loft.
Then the front room and middle room rad get warm the last.
I have tried to open the lockshields accordingly.
However, I find the last two rads still take 30-40 mins to get hot as the rads in the second floor whom get hit within 15 mins. Piping hot.
Can anyone give an indication of how much I should open the lockshields valve accordingly.
Secondly isit strange that the front living room and middle living room get hot last?
Bare in mind a British gas engineer did balance them few years ago and he did open the lockshield valve fully on the loft rads?
I just add the loft rad only gets hot when the tvr valve is on 3, not 2 or 1 - any particular reason for this? (I did bleed it yesterday and there was abit if air coming out)
I got a thermostat for to measure the inflow and outflow pipe - but should the outflow pipe be 12 degrees lower? Would this be better way to balance the rads?
Thanks
I have tried to balance them, but I have few questions if someone could help me to fine tune the rads. The setup is as per below.
Living room
Front room rad
Middle room rad
Dining table rad
Second floor
Bathroom
Back Bedroom (next to bathroom)
Front bedroom
Box room
Third floor
Loft bathroom
Loft bedroom
10 rads in total.
The dining room rad gets warmest the first as closest to the boiler.
Then I feel the second floor rads get warm.
Followed by the loft.
Then the front room and middle room rad get warm the last.
I have tried to open the lockshields accordingly.
However, I find the last two rads still take 30-40 mins to get hot as the rads in the second floor whom get hit within 15 mins. Piping hot.
Can anyone give an indication of how much I should open the lockshields valve accordingly.
Secondly isit strange that the front living room and middle living room get hot last?
Bare in mind a British gas engineer did balance them few years ago and he did open the lockshield valve fully on the loft rads?
I just add the loft rad only gets hot when the tvr valve is on 3, not 2 or 1 - any particular reason for this? (I did bleed it yesterday and there was abit if air coming out)
I got a thermostat for to measure the inflow and outflow pipe - but should the outflow pipe be 12 degrees lower? Would this be better way to balance the rads?
Thanks