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Gary Clark

Hi.

Hoping someone can advise.

My heating system has 19 radiators. 13 downstairs and 6 upstairs.

The downstairs layout has 3 loops with feed and return. The first loop has 3 radiators, the second loop has 7 and the 3rd loop has 3. All 3 loops return to the boiler via the main 22mm pipe.

However, the second loop with 7 rads, also feeds the 6 upstairs rads, meaning a total loop of 13.

Is it possible that the reason my upstairs radiators take ages to get hot, is because they are on a large loop of 13 radiators? Is this just a poor design?

It would be fairly easy to link the upstairs radiators to the first downstairs loop making a loop of 9. The second loop would then be reduced to 7, and the third loop to remain with 3.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Gary.
 
What pump do you have ?
 

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