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vrtechsol
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Anybody drilled through a floor with UFH before?
Looking to install a kitchen island with integral sink, this will mean installing drainage and plumbing. But will need to dig a hole through UFH, has anybody done this before?
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Ufh to y plan with upgrade to s plan
It looks like I have 2 options. The first uses the existing pump, the second uses another pump to pump water exclusively to the ufh manifold and pump. I have already taken off a separate flow and return from the top of the boiler. I would like to know which would work best. Any advice welcome...
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Completely clueless underfloor heating
I live in a property where underfloor heating was already installed by a previous owner. No manual was left, not even sure of the model/setup of our system (other than the fact that it’s a wet system linked to my boiler/central heating system & I can see these pipes behind a cupboard). It is...
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Boiler ignoring the programmer
Hello I have an oil fired Worcester regular boiler which suddenly has a mind of its own. Programmer totally off but the boiler is firing up. I’ve noticed that the valve doesn’t move when I turn on the programmer and click the thermostat to on. Should it? The DHW valve doesn’t have a visible...
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Wet underfloor heating connection
Hi, I have had an extension built with underfloor heating installed. The area is open plan and some 64 sqaure metres. Two pipes of 100m each were used - so the manifold has two "ports". I have a couple of questions if anyone can help please. 1. Is the 200m of pipe enough for the size of the...
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SimonG
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How to turn an actuator off ?
Hi. I have underfloor heating controlled by these actuators. One of the behr actuators is stuck on. Can anyone help advise how to turn it off? The newer one on the right is easy to remove and see the pin. The other two don’t seem to have an easy method of removal. Can anyone help?
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JFR123
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Identification of UFH Pipe Fitting
Morning, Doing some work on our UFH manifiolds and was wondering if anyone would be kind enough to let me know what the T-fittings in the picture are, thought they might be some kind of tektite fittings? Many thanks.
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Heatmiser Actuators, wont clip on the adaptor
Hi folks, this is probably a simple thing I'm missing but I don't want to force and break anything. i have a 7 port manifold from Underfloor Heating Manifolds c/w Iso Valves, Flow Meters, Gauges, Fill & Drain Points | VPS Underfloor Heating -...
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ShaunCorbs
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Heating Design Circuit - will it work?
Hello, I'm looking at installing a new central heating system with UHF on the ground floor and normal rads on the 1st Floor. The design was initially to have at its heart an Ideal System Boiler and a Telford Tempest 500l Indirect Cylinder but I'm considering changing/modifying this design to...
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UFH and Rad Pipework Layout From Combi.
Hello I'm new to the forum and wanted to ask a question after having a good read. House is undergoing a complete renovation and new pipework needs to be installed for the heating system. The current boiler is a WB Greenstar 34CDI combi boiler and is not very old so I wanted to reuse this in a...
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fowlerboi
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Extending water UFH to attic
Hi, I have 5 bed house with underfloor heating on all 3 floors.I also have converted attic. UFH was installed in year 2000. I want to put low temp rads in attic (it currently has no heating!) and feed water from UFH on floor below. Question 1: Is this a sensible approach? Question 2: Is this...
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Low loss header in a central heating system
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John.g
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Adjusting actutators
Hi all, sorry a very stupid question from a newbie. I think some of my actuators are not closing the valves fully, so there's flow even when the heating is 'off'. Is there a way of checking/adjusting these? Can I just pull them off? Should I instead just tighten the nut at the top (the...
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Wet UFH design advice
Hi, I have a seaside apartment in Azerbaijan, currently a bare core & shell, not even internal walls yet, and am intending to put in wet UFH with ceramic tiles on top. Although we will get someone to do this for us, in my experience here it's always best to have a pretty good idea of what needs...
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Asking for opinion about flow meter concerto
I'm the homeowner of a heat pump + UFH installation, 2 floors with 1 manifold on each floor and a common pump. On both floors each circuit has the same problem: whenever a zone asks for heat and the motorized valve opens there is a some loud knocking going on (see video). In the case of the...
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Which is the best boiler vs heat pumps
Hello, I am not sure about the boiler as well as heat pump. Please tell me which one I should put in to heat my home.
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Last Plumber
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12 x 1.6mm MLC to 15mm copper connection
Hi will be using 12x1.6mm MLC for a project and would like to terminate into a fitting other than an UFH manifold, eg, regular 15mm copper. Can't seem to find a coupler for that - any ideas out there? cheers Andy
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Help and advice with bypass on ufh with combi boiler & variable pump
Hi All, hoping for some advice and pointing in the right direction. I have a Worcester Bosch 40he condensing boiler, supplying hot water as priority, central heating radiators using TR2 thermostat in one room. no auto valves on radiators or storage tank. I have built a small extension and...
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Wiring UFH and Radiators
Boiler: Valiant Ecotec 832 UHF (new): 2 zone mixing manifold, Heatmiser Neo Air thermostats x2, Heatmiser UH8 RF (wireless) wiring centre Central Heating (existing): Netatmo radiator valves connected to Netatmo thermostat and boiler relay Other (new): Two Honeywell motorised valves - 1 for CH...
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UFH Advice required
Good Evening, We live in an old stone farmhouse which we are steadily 'improving' as the years go by. The heating is provided by a CTC GSi 12 GSHP feeding UFH in the kitchen and Dining Room and radiators elsewhere. The time is fast approaching when the bathroom is due a workover. In common...
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