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KJ1978
Hello all
I have a bypass in my house which feeds two bathrooms, I've lived here 10 years and only recently realised these were on the bypass. I've always turned them off in the summer using the isolating valve fitted (not trv) as it would get too hot in the bathrooms. I'd like to fit TRV's to all rads including these two if possible. I believe that the rads are T'd off the bypass pipe because if they're closed the bypass pipe still gets very hot so I assume water is still flowing along it.. If I want to carry on turning these off in the sumer or fit TRV's should I fit a bypass valve to this pipe, or is it OK as is as the bypass pipe is probably quite long? It's a 3 storey house, boiler on ground floor and cylinder on top floor. The bypass rads are on the top floor and middle.
Another option would be to get a plumber in to fit a new bypass pipe between flow and return in the airing cupboard.
I have a bypass in my house which feeds two bathrooms, I've lived here 10 years and only recently realised these were on the bypass. I've always turned them off in the summer using the isolating valve fitted (not trv) as it would get too hot in the bathrooms. I'd like to fit TRV's to all rads including these two if possible. I believe that the rads are T'd off the bypass pipe because if they're closed the bypass pipe still gets very hot so I assume water is still flowing along it.. If I want to carry on turning these off in the sumer or fit TRV's should I fit a bypass valve to this pipe, or is it OK as is as the bypass pipe is probably quite long? It's a 3 storey house, boiler on ground floor and cylinder on top floor. The bypass rads are on the top floor and middle.
Another option would be to get a plumber in to fit a new bypass pipe between flow and return in the airing cupboard.