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Hi guys, a friend of mine had ufh installed last year and its just been tied into the central heating. Hes asked me to put zone valves in which is something i havent got much experience with. Am i right in thinking i need to put a tee on the flow (one flow for CH and one for UFH) with a zone...
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Now i know this has been a source of much confusion amongst us all but i may have a answer mate had a gas safe inspection and was told the following.
Any new system needs to be multizoned new build or refurb
Anything under 150sqm can have two heating zones controlled off of one heating side of...
Hi, not sure if I'm posting In the right place, I've been asked to quote on an oil fired combi replacement, its currently a 26 kw Grant serving 18 rads in a commercial warhouse / office, the rads serve the office part. There are no zones on the pipework and it looks Incredibly awkward to retro...
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Hi,
I am almost there with working out the best system for zoning my house, thanks for all of the help on my previous questions.
I thought I had sorted and then I stumbled across another option which I would like a little help on.
My original plan was to install 3 zones on my new combi, 1...
Up at a big country hall. 4 floors currently run off a big Worcester combi and big Warmflow combi. They run three bathrooms each.
Yes they shouldn't be there but previously occupied by a couple who apparently got what they asked for.
Fast forward to the new occupants who do a lot of entertaining...
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Hi all, I have been told by a firm I some times do work for that we all have to put the up stairs and down stairs heating on two x two ports and stats, which in most cases is not that hard but if down stairs rads are on drops you would have to run two circuits around up stairs. Any help will be...
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I have a WB 550 cdi highflow installed about 2 years old at the time of a large home extension. 3 weeks ago I had a gas engineer install 2 two port zone valves to separate the new from the old areas of heating. A straight forward install of the valve on the flow to the existing heating circuit...
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Hi, i'm new to the forum and am not a plumber, although very competent in plumbing and general pipework. I have just knocked my kitchen and dining room into one and there are no ceilings, added to this, I have easy access to the heating pipes upstairs, so I am making use of this easy access to...
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I'm still trying to get my head around central heating zones. I understand the practicality and that each zone has its own thermostat or programmer. But someone asked me today, how is having a separate thermostat upstairs any different than setting all the upstairs TRV's to 3 or 4??
Wasn't...
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Just a quick one as if never been asked to install such..
- installing new combi boiler in office
- customer wants to be able to control radiators in 3 different areas simply heating on / off 3 different switches for each room
What's most practical way
Should I kno this ? Lol
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have been asked to price a full 5 bed +2bath+1shower+2 toilets all new install
My Q : have to have 3 zones for ch and 1 for hw ?
have done S + before but this needs one more for the tower rails only !
thanks for your help
stan
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Hi,
I have an existing oil fired unzoned central heating system. I have recently moved the boiler outside and want to zone it as shown in the attached jpeg, i.e.
Zone 1: Downstairs
Zone 2: Upstairs
Zone 3: Hot water tank
There is one pipe coming out of the boiler which tee's off upstairs...
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Good Morning,
Newbie on this forum but looked the best one for plumbing help! I have recently zoned my house upstairs and downstairs with two RF programmable thermostats and corresponding 2 way valves. This works really well and I am happy, however our house has a lounge upstairs with 3...
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Need to zone a property with the above boiler, downstairs is currently controlled by a wireless prog/stat. Just wondering how to go about fitting zone valves in as the boiler is low voltage switch wires??
Any advice guys?
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Going to measure up to quote for a new CH system on Saturday, a warm air Unit to be replaced with 6 radiators and a combi.
To adhere to building regs it should be zoned, do you guys include this in your quote or put it as a suggested extra?
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Looking for practical advice please!
I have just done a complete central heating install with a combi boiler in a bungalow and believed that as a single storey it would be classed as a single zone. Just had my Gas Inspection and have been told I still have to zone the living room. All rads are...
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I have a customer that is looking a new boiler/burner put in.
The system has been in for 30 years. The system is a gravity fed system with a back boiler fitted to the fire. The back boiler heats the radiators and the cylinder when upto temperature and the oil fired boiler does the same.
He...
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Is everyone up to speed on the new zoning regs for heating
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Hi
Installing a new central heating system in a three storey house. I am going to zone the 2 upstairs floors from the ground floor. Question is do i have a common return or do I have to have two seperate systems per se.
thanks
Eddie
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Ive been asked to look at splitting a heating system into two areas in a small workshop with offices upstairs. at present it has a 54 kw boiler fitted with a time programmer and trvs on all radiators, both up and downstairs. when it gets too hot in the offices they simply switch off the boiler...
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