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Running Underfloor Heating

  • 19-12-2012 1:46pm
    #1
    samsx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 140 ✭✭


    A quick question please.:) I have an underfloor heating system installed in the downstairs only of my house with conventional radiator heating upstairs. The underfloor system is installed with ten years and how i should be running it is always been a mystery to me. All rooms are listed on the main manifold and one gauge numbered 1-4 on that same manifold, that is it for temperature controls, there are no temp controls in the individual rooms. A lot of people have told me to keep the heating on full time but I did this last year and my boiler drank oil. So can somebody advise me as to the right way to run it please. I have an old firebird oil burner. I know the ideal would be to upgrade to temp controls, solar and condensing boiler etc. etc but that's just not financially viable at the moment. Sorry about the long winded description but any advise would be great. Thank you.


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  • #2
    jimjimt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 278 ✭✭jimjimt


    If you do not have proper room thermostats connecting to the manifold their is no correct way of running it.

    The numbers 1-4 on the manifold are most likely for balancing the system allowing a longer run to have an equal volume of water to that of a shorter pipe run no temperature control.
    However they should be some kind of mixing valve before the heating water enters the manifold to bring the water down to an average of 30 degrees. In your case where you have no stats you would want the mixing valve set to 20-25 degrees.

    No stats, no control a waste of money and time to be honest as underfloor needs to be on 24/7 controlled.

    Plenty of wireless options to integrate into your system.


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