Magicalpig
New Member
Hi everyone,
In my home, which uses a 2-zone hydronic heating system, I've found that in my costly efforts to get the downstairs floor heated to a decently comfortable temperature during the day, the second floor is heated well above 70 degrees, even though only the first floor circulator is running.
It seems as though the water in the boiler heats up and then rises up the pipe to the second floor passing through the inactive pump for that floor. The first floor pump is running, but I guess too much heat is being lost upstairs for it to do its job effectively.
Each pump has a slotted valve which only seems to turn and turn and never tighten. I can't find anything about these valves, if that's what they are, but I'm guessing theyre used to close off a zone. That doesn't really make sense to me though, because then I'd have to run to the basement and give this valve a quarter turn whenever I want the upstairs to get flow.
I'm going to stop here with this, on the chance that this is something very simple and common which many people will recognize after my first few sentences. Otherwise I'll come back with more details and pictures. I'm hoping the first case though..
Thank you everyone
Rob
In my home, which uses a 2-zone hydronic heating system, I've found that in my costly efforts to get the downstairs floor heated to a decently comfortable temperature during the day, the second floor is heated well above 70 degrees, even though only the first floor circulator is running.
It seems as though the water in the boiler heats up and then rises up the pipe to the second floor passing through the inactive pump for that floor. The first floor pump is running, but I guess too much heat is being lost upstairs for it to do its job effectively.
Each pump has a slotted valve which only seems to turn and turn and never tighten. I can't find anything about these valves, if that's what they are, but I'm guessing theyre used to close off a zone. That doesn't really make sense to me though, because then I'd have to run to the basement and give this valve a quarter turn whenever I want the upstairs to get flow.
I'm going to stop here with this, on the chance that this is something very simple and common which many people will recognize after my first few sentences. Otherwise I'll come back with more details and pictures. I'm hoping the first case though..
Thank you everyone
Rob