Bought house 2 years ago and heating has always been V-Poor.
Had a heating specilist around to find problem, he found the following issues.
1. Some rads too small.
2. Not enough rads for size of rooms.
Boiler serviced and working fine (Firebird 90) 2000 SQFT house with 11 rads.
So, Rads fitted + couple of release valves and compressor (red metal space ship thing) expansion pipe disconnected from header tank and non return release valve fitted instead.
Oh - was dual system with back boiler and seperate indoor pump that kicked in when water reached 65 degrees and pumped upstairs - Pulled out back boiler and done away with extra pump.
Swithced on system and no heat upstairs - Maybe pump is working too hard to pull water back to garage (Grundfos 25/50) (Distance from boiler to house 30 Feet distance from Boiler to hot water tank 80 feet)
New pump installed (Grundfos 25/60)
Switched on heating - no heat upstairs and water only traveling 5 feet up flow pipe going to hot water tank/upstairs rads.
Built concrete base against house and moved boiler 30 feet closer.
Switched on heating and still no heating up-stairs, Turned off all rads downstairs and heating goes upstairs! Turned flow and return 1/4 turn downstairs and heating goes to some of the rads upstairs and leaves a one barely luke warm and another warm at top and cold at bottom and cold at return pipe.
switched heating on for 3 hours last night and rads are hot but not untouchable - Have boiler set to 75(Goes 60-90) but still same problem upstairs.
Head wrecked - Please help!
Had a heating specilist around to find problem, he found the following issues.
1. Some rads too small.
2. Not enough rads for size of rooms.
Boiler serviced and working fine (Firebird 90) 2000 SQFT house with 11 rads.
So, Rads fitted + couple of release valves and compressor (red metal space ship thing) expansion pipe disconnected from header tank and non return release valve fitted instead.
Oh - was dual system with back boiler and seperate indoor pump that kicked in when water reached 65 degrees and pumped upstairs - Pulled out back boiler and done away with extra pump.
Swithced on system and no heat upstairs - Maybe pump is working too hard to pull water back to garage (Grundfos 25/50) (Distance from boiler to house 30 Feet distance from Boiler to hot water tank 80 feet)
New pump installed (Grundfos 25/60)
Switched on heating - no heat upstairs and water only traveling 5 feet up flow pipe going to hot water tank/upstairs rads.
Built concrete base against house and moved boiler 30 feet closer.
Switched on heating and still no heating up-stairs, Turned off all rads downstairs and heating goes upstairs! Turned flow and return 1/4 turn downstairs and heating goes to some of the rads upstairs and leaves a one barely luke warm and another warm at top and cold at bottom and cold at return pipe.
switched heating on for 3 hours last night and rads are hot but not untouchable - Have boiler set to 75(Goes 60-90) but still same problem upstairs.
Head wrecked - Please help!