Thermostatic radiator valves - why do they always stick?
 

When I served my time as a heating engineer , we were taught to put a high temp grease on the pins of TRVs ( something like copper slip nowadays ) also when shutting or opening a manual valve to open or shut it fully ten give it a little turn other way to prevent seizure , always works .

Thermostatic radiator valves - why do they always stick?
 

On Sunday, 18 January 2015 17:31:43 UTC, wrote:
When I served my time as a heating engineer , we were taught to put a high temp grease on the pins of TRVs ( something like copper slip nowadays ) also when shutting or opening a manual valve to open or shut it fully ten give it a little turn other way to prevent seizure , always works .

I had these fitted www.radmiser.co.uk they not only exercise the valve once a week they give total control over temperature and time, they are very accurate and now no more sticky valves. they have helped to reduce my energy bill.

Thermostatic radiator valves - why do they always stick?
 

On 03/06/2015 08:42, wrote:
On Sunday, 18 January 2015 17:31:43 UTC, wrote:
When I served my time as a heating engineer , we were taught to put a high temp grease on the pins of TRVs ( something like copper slip nowadays ) also when shutting or opening a manual valve to open or shut it fully ten give it a little turn other way to prevent seizure , always works .

I had these fitted........ they not only exercise the valve once a week they give total control over temperature and time, they are very accurate and now no more sticky valves. they have helped to reduce my energy bill.


You could have gone the whole hog and listed prices/suppliers - I have
failed to find any reference to suppliers or prices via google

The only thing I can find is that the company seems to be only 3 months
old........

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CB

Thermostatic radiator valves - why do they always stick?
 

On 03/06/15 08:42, wrote:
On Sunday, 18 January 2015 17:31:43 UTC, wrote:
When I served my time as a heating engineer , we were taught to put
a high temp grease on the pins of TRVs ( something like copper slip
nowadays ) also when shutting or opening a manual valve to open or
shut it fully ten give it a little turn other way to prevent
seizure , always works .

I had these fitted www.radmiser.co.uk they not only exercise the
valve once a week they give total control over temperature and time,
they are very accurate and now no more sticky valves. they have
helped to reduce my energy bill.


And the product is not available as far as I can see. Nor do they have
any way of signalling the boiler to come on. Which makes them a bit half
arsed.

I helped a relative install Heatgenius which uses Z-Wave Danfoss TRV
heads - and those also do the weekly exercise of the TRV valve. Unlike
your link they are available now, interface with the boiler and have
full remote control.137.73.123.84

Thermostatic radiator valves - why do they always stick?
 

Tim Watts wrote:

137.73.123.84

Was that meant to be there?

Thermostatic radiator valves - why do they always stick?
 

On 04/06/15 09:16, Andy Burns wrote:
Tim Watts wrote:

137.73.123.84

Was that meant to be there?

Paste buffer fluff ;) I was configuring a new linux install and was
playing with the KDE cut'n'paste options.

Of no consequence - glad it was a password :)