The hot water tank is adjacent to the bathroom. I would like the radiator to be hot all of the time when the hot water is hot. The radiator can be turned off from from its own valve.
The central heating system can run as hot water only or hot water and central heating.
2007-05-27 07:23:42 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
ignore the above answers,
if you have have a fuly pumped heating system, theres two ways of doing this, you can tee off the flow and returns, from boiler to cylinder in 15mm, and use it for the radiator, or you can tee of between the pump and motorised valve(s) for the flow to the rad, and then tee off the primary return for the return for the rad.
make sure it is primary return otherwise you heating will heat up when you dont want it to, so make sure you tee of the return on the cylinder,,, between any valves there and the boiler, that way it will be the last return back to the boiler.
both ways will give you a hot radiator, as long as your heating OR hotwater is being heated up.
good luck
2007-05-28 01:07:24 · answer #1 · answered by JIM M 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You need to take gravity flow and returns from the cylinder to the radiator top and bottom tappings, depends on the height of the cylinder whether it will circulate??!! You may have to fit flanges to the cylinder. You must only use a non-ferrous radiator, copper, or a specially lined steel type otherwise you will get rusting in your hot water, which will come out of your taps. This will also use some of your hot water, by radiation. Safer and cheaper to fit an element to a panel rad. or use a Dimplex towel rail.
2007-05-27 07:38:00 · answer #2 · answered by jayktee96 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Don't!
This could be dangerous as you can build up bacteria in the dead zones of the radiator. This will then spread through your hot water system. Not a good idea.
Get an electric heated one instead if you want it on at different times to the rest of your heating system.
2007-05-27 08:43:18 · answer #3 · answered by Trevor P 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
the way your system controls the central heating and hot water by way of a motorised valve so you will need to feed your radiator from the pipe feeding your hot water tank between your valve and your tank this will mean your radiator is permanently hot. i think i should also say that if you are not aware of this you are probably not up to doing this work yourself so get in a professional
2007-05-27 07:48:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋