Freezing 3yr old son's bedroom HELP!

[doitmyself]

I'm qualified with over twenty years experience.

I see you are GS registered and a PA member - that's all I know about you.

I've been doing them from the top since the 80,s with minimum failures. I find the side method takes more force.

May be it does take more force, but it's less likely to damage the innards of the valve.

As for qualifications, - my Forum name should tell you. Experience - looking after my own heating systems for nearly 40 years: balancing; installing motorized valves; programmers and thermostats; converting a gravity/pumped to C plan; relocating an F/E tank for a friend because it was too near the boiler, which had been relocated from ground floor to first floor, so the static head was too small and the system was pumping over. (The installers "solution" was to turn the pump down, which immediately produced other problems); etc etc. If any work to the boiler has been required I immediately call in a trusted GSR engineer.

 

[SimonG]

OP will you please give the trv's a sharp tap and a wiggle of the pin. Then let us know the score. Cheers.

 

[SimonG]

I see you are GS registered and a PA member - that's all I know about you.


May be it does take more force, but it's less likely to damage the innards of the valve.

As for qualifications, - my Forum name should tell you. Experience - looking after my own heating systems for nearly 40 years: balancing; installing motorized valves; programmers and thermostats; converting a gravity/pumped to C plan; relocating an F/E tank for a friend because it was too near the boiler, which had been relocated from ground floor to first floor, so the static head was too small and the system was pumping over. (The installers "solution" was to turn the pump down, which immediately produced other problems); etc etc. If any work to the boiler has been required I immediately call in a trusted GSR engineer.

Why didnt you leave the tank and convert to low head situation?

 

[doitmyself]

You are barking up the wrong tree. And I notice that the majority of that is copied directly from the Danfoss MI's.

How am I barking up the wrong tree?

I was not copying anything from Danfoss MI; I was already aware of the fact that Danfoss made a pre-settable body compatible with the C2 head.

What experience do you actually have?

Already answered.

Because I will not have inaccurate advice given on this forum .

I agree wholeheartedly; please advise me which advice in this topic is inaccurate.

 

[SimonG]

How am I barking up the wrong tree?

I was not copying anything from Danfoss MI; I was already aware of the fact that Danfoss made a pre-settable body compatible with the C2 head.


Already answered.


I agree wholeheartedly; please advise me which advice in this topic is inaccurate.

Its not a balancing issue.

 

[jonnyswamp]

I see you are GS registered and a PA member - that's all I know about you.


May be it does take more force, but it's less likely to damage the innards of the valve.

As for qualifications, - my Forum name should tell you. Experience - looking after my own heating systems for nearly 40 years: balancing; installing motorized valves; programmers and thermostats; converting a gravity/pumped to C plan; relocating an F/E tank for a friend because it was too near the boiler, which had been relocated from ground floor to first floor, so the static head was too small and the system was pumping over. (The installers "solution" was to turn the pump down, which immediately produced other problems); etc etc. If any work to the boiler has been required I immediately call in a trusted GSR engineer.

Not going to jump all over you fella but, the majority of home owners/diyers that come on here for advice want advice based on actual experience, not a paragraph lifted straight from mi's ins or a text book
The reality between theoretical experience and practical are sometimes far apart and can require
real world exp to rectify/overcome the problems they may have

 

[doitmyself]

Why didn't you leave the tank and convert to low head situation?

Because the tank needed replacing in any case, so while I was about it I decided to relocate. In any case the boiler's MIs specify a static head of 1m above top of the boiler, without showing a "low head" option, I followed the MIs, as frequently advised on many Forums.

 

[Dotty]

How am I barking up the wrong tree?

I was not copying anything from Danfoss MI; I was already aware of the fact that Danfoss made a pre-settable body compatible with the C2 head.


Already answered.


I agree wholeheartedly; please advise me which advice in this topic is inaccurate.

Its not a balancing issue.

As Simon said. It is NOT a balancing issue. And dabbling with your own and a friends heating systems does not make you experienced. It makes you familiar with those systems.

You, at the moment, are barking up the wrong tree by carrying on about the balancing. Your methodology of that, I will add, is also flawed. You have not read the op in the slightest.

So, do you want to want to try again?

 

[Leo21]

I see you are GS registered and a PA member - that's all I know about you.


May be it does take more force, but it's less likely to damage the innards of the valve.


I once pulled my wobbly tooth out with a price of string. Does that make me a dentist?
You've got no grounds advising people in here through your experience. Yours and a friends house isn't enough.

As for qualifications, - my Forum name should tell you. Experience - looking after my own heating systems for nearly 40 years: balancing; installing motorized valves; programmers and thermostats; converting a gravity/pumped to C plan; relocating an F/E tank for a friend because it was too near the boiler, which had been relocated from ground floor to first floor, so the static head was too small and the system was pumping over. (The installers "solution" was to turn the pump down, which immediately produced other problems); etc etc. If any work to the boiler has been required I immediately call in a trusted GSR engineer.

Well done you! You fixed an issue at some stage.

 

[rpm]

Hi guys, since joining ukpf 3yrs ago this month I`ve read every post, looked at every photograph and learned loads so can I call myself a plumber with experience and argue with real plumbers in the real world ?

Please, pretty please ! lol