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    Single Zone UFH addition to main system wiring

    Advice needed please: I have an UFH installation as part of my main CH system. The UFH will never be required in isolation to HW or main CH, therefore keen to wire it completely independently of boiler and main wiring. All I want to achieve is the following: A new Room stat (in the location...
    • DIYTony
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    • forum main plumbing single system ufh wiring zone
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Plumbing Zone
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    Evohome multiple HR92 in single zone

    Hi I want to set multiple HR92 on a single zone on my Evohome system but the documation leaves a lot to be desired so I would appreciate some help. This is especially true as the information I have found relating to multiroom says that the Heating type should be set to "zone valve" rather than...
    • colin_
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    • evohome forum multiple plumbing single zone
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Plumbing Zone
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    How to fix sulphur smell from single hot tap

    We have a really awful smell coming from a single hot tap in our house. All the other taps hot and cold are fine. It's just this one tap that has the really bad rotten egg sulphur smell. It empties into a hopper rather than the drain so I really don't think it's the drains. Research suggests...
    • OliSmi
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    • america fix hot single smell tap usa
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: USA
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    Energy monitoring from single apartments

    Hi, I am not native english speaker - please kindly have understanding. And also have not deep understanding on gas/heating installation issues. There is a building consisting of 3 floors and 6 apartments. The building uses natural gas for centralized heating. I need to monitor energy...
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    Vertical radiator on single stud?

    Hi, I have an internal, decorated plasterboard wall with poor studding: from left to right, there is a 22mm wide (i.e., horizontally parallel to the wall) stud, then a 38mm stud (the two studs are spaced 60cm), then the jack stud of the door. I need to hang a ~2500 BTUs radiator (I have gas...
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    Single taps and hotel water query

    Hi everyone, I would like to know if the basin in the bathroom has single taps and the hot tap always delivers warm water (not scorching hot) regardless of how high the DHW is set at what would be the reason for that? Also do hotels and gyms have the hot water set at a specific setting if so...
    • BobbyJoe
    • Thread
    • america hotel query single taps usa water
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: USA
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    single rad is cold following change of water in the system

    Hi I'll much appreciate opinions on the following. gravity system, two floors noise in the pipes best heard in the airing cupboard in the morning. Noisiest on hot water cycle. All rads working fine. attempted to remedy using sentinel noise reducer. drained water from the system, added the...
    • romanrr
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    • america change cold rad single system usa water
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: USA
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    Improving the effectiveness of a single pipe system

    I have a single pipe system in a large-ish 1930s house and, guess what: the radiators at the end of the run don't get as hot as those at the start of the run. It has been so cold recently that I wondered if I could do something fairly simple to get them hotter. Has anyone tried any of these...
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    Single pipe system blocked ?

    single pipe system pipework blocked ? System is 7 rad single pipe in a bungalow fed by Worcester combi boiler. After many years of being hottest house on earth rads are struggling. Service engs [ same ones for many years] have changed pump , cleaned with sentinel 800 [ though i don't believe it...
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    Why and how so single taps differ with no TMV

    Hi everyone I have a question about DHW and single taps. I used to live on the 14rth floor of a flat, the kitchen had a gas boiler fixed on the wall , the kitchen sink had a single mixer tap, the bathroom had no bathtub but a thermostatic shower and the basin had two single taps one for cold...
    • BobbyJoe
    • Thread
    • america single taps tmv usa
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: USA
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    Balancing Mixed Single & Double Pipe System

    We have an old house where downstairs is an old single pipe system but upstairs is a conventional double pipe system when it was added later on. The single pipes are burried in concrete so it's not an option to convert at this time In an effort to improve downstairs we were looking at changing...
    • Cat129
    • Thread
    • america balancing double mixed pipe single system usa
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: USA
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    UFH single zone and radiators with single thermostat and open Therm vs multi zone with

    I'm in the process of designing heating for a new property. Downstairs there will be a radiator in the lounge, utility room, toilet and the garage. Upstairs there will be radiators in 4 rooms and 2 bathrooms. Bathrooms upstairs will also have dry ufh and toilet and utility room downstairs will...
    • Andree
    • Thread
    • america forum multi plumbing radiators single thermostat ufh usa zone
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Plumbing Zone
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    Single Radiator not working

    Hi all, I am hoping that I can pick your brains again. I have just installed an Ancona 1800mm high and 10 double columns wide radiator. This radiator was moved to the other side of the room, and I have had the floorboard up to extend the pipework using push fit with copper for the down pipes...
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    Trouble with single pipe system

    Hi Everyone, I’m new to this site so not quite sure how it all works or if this is even in the right place but here goes. I live in a large property that used to be one of the training centers for Lucas Engineering. However it has since been converted back to a residential dwelling. The house...
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    New Rad not getting hot, single pipe CH system (partial)

    Hello, i've posted on here as it seems there are a few single pipe experts. I've installed a big column rad with normal valves (no TRV) on a single pipe system, i have done this in 2 other rooms with good success and continue to get very hot. The rest of the house is on a 2 pipe system and...
    • matt-l-p
    • Thread
    • central heating getting hot not getting hot pipe radiator radiator advice radiator installation single single pipe system system
    • Replies: 24
    • Forum: Central Heating Forum
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    Single shower pump positive of negative pressure?

    Hi, I need to install a shower pump on the hot water system. The house is a bungalow but with the attic converted in to bedrooms and a bathroom. The cold feed cistern is about 500mm above the bathroom floor and the hot water tank is on the ground floor. Do I need to fit a positive pressure pump...
    • DavidB
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    • america negative positive pressure pump shower shower pump single usa
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: USA
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    Replacing old tub single handle...help

    I have remove the handle but not sure how to remove the inner section to get behind to the seats and springs. Do I need a special tool ? Inner section is not moving? I am attaching photos
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    Single Pipe Heating system problem

    Evening guys, Replaced 2 rads recently on a single pipe system (Heat only Boiler). Both Rads identical Reina Horizontal with trv & lockshield upstairs in the house in opposite rooms. One of the rads is absolutely fine, The other isn't heating up as i have no flow on the trv side!? Called back...
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    Single pipe loop CH system

    Hi. Just bought a house, built in the 50's. Renovating it. Took two rads off in the lounge/dining room, for plastering work. Moved a radiator in a bedroom to an adjacent wall. Noticed that both ends of the radiator connected to the same pipe. Reconnecting the same way. Obviously drained the...
    • Will1962
    • Thread
    • america pipe single system usa
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: USA
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    CH Boiler on single brick wall?

    I'm going to need a new boiler before too long, it's been in there for a while and really showing it's age. My current boiler is 55k BTu and does only the central heating. (I also have a multipoint boiler that does my hot water. I KNOW I could have a combi, but I like it this way). The CH...
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