Fitted rad in conservatory, quite cold

[scooby33]

As mentioned i have had a rad installed in my new conservatory, (pipes under the floor), and well to be honest it's bloody freezing in there. There's only a small amount of heat coming into the rad, with the bottom being the coldest.

I have turned off all the other valves and left the rad in the conservatory open and well it's bloody "scorchio", but when i try and level all the rads out (quarter of a turn at a time) it just goes luke warm again!

The other rads are hot and cosy.

The pump is on 3 and there's no air in the system!


Any thoughts guys???

 

[kevplumb]

what size pipe did you use for the rad

 

[PaulAH]

Sounds like you should try balancing with the other rads again, only this time tighter. How many of the others can you turn on before it goes sad?

Conservatories are b*****y freezing, but they do hot up quickly if you system has the muscle.

 

[PEDANTICVINDICTIVEMAN]

Have you a manual byepass on the system or built into the boiler which is open to far, robbing the rad farthest away (conseravatory)

 

[brumylad]

could maybe consider a larger pump or moving the point at which the rad. pipes join the main system nearer the pump

 

[scooby33]

the microbore onto which it joins onto is of the small variety. Perhaps another thought would be to spur off a larger pipe nearer the boiler?????

Would this garantee loads of heat, or is it just a case of it's gonna be cold whatever?

p.s the piping coming from the rad in the conservatory is the flexi white plasticy stuff

 

[kevplumb]

teeing off microbore is a recipie for disaster
and you just answered your own question
couldnt resist

 

[PEDANTICVINDICTIVEMAN]

Microbore is fine if fitted properly, but NEVER tee off it and expect it to work

 

[kevplumb]

morning pedantic

 

[PEDANTICVINDICTIVEMAN]

Do you ever go to bed Kev

 

[kevplumb]

dont know ive got insomnia and alzhimers so if i nod off i cant remember