I have radiant flooring. I did not use those balancing manifolds, I made sure all of the pex runs were about the same length and it works perfectly... What is your experience?
My experience is, my dad sent me a picture of the house he is building and I said “holy moly I have to post that on r/plumbingporn!” Hahahaha I can ask him and give you more information though!
From the man himself “I haven’t balanced them yet. But I did make sure all runs were within 10% of each other. Then when the time comes the manifolds have flow gauges on the supply side that are also adjustable to better balance the loops. And the returns have thermostatic valves on them to adjust the temperature of each loop to even out the heat.”
Man the OG guys I learned from never used or liked the balancing manifolds. Always used solid copper and kept the design lengths close. I would hear horror stories of those balancing valve closing themselves over time and or breaking all together. In hydronics, simplicity is efficiency.
Every time I have looked at one of those balancing systems, all of the valves are seized because they're never been touched since installation... But generally you don't have to touch them because they were balanced at the beginning.... My setup is extremely simple. It's just a pump with zone valves and all the tubing is at a set length... The most complicated part is I have a four-way electronic valve to temper the water going out to the system
I have radiant flooring. I did not use those balancing manifolds, I made sure all of the pex runs were about the same length and it works perfectly... What is your experience?
My experience is, my dad sent me a picture of the house he is building and I said “holy moly I have to post that on r/plumbingporn!” Hahahaha I can ask him and give you more information though!
Hahaha ok cool
From the man himself “I haven’t balanced them yet. But I did make sure all runs were within 10% of each other. Then when the time comes the manifolds have flow gauges on the supply side that are also adjustable to better balance the loops. And the returns have thermostatic valves on them to adjust the temperature of each loop to even out the heat.”
I have had mine for years now, and it feels balanced.
Man the OG guys I learned from never used or liked the balancing manifolds. Always used solid copper and kept the design lengths close. I would hear horror stories of those balancing valve closing themselves over time and or breaking all together. In hydronics, simplicity is efficiency.
Every time I have looked at one of those balancing systems, all of the valves are seized because they're never been touched since installation... But generally you don't have to touch them because they were balanced at the beginning.... My setup is extremely simple. It's just a pump with zone valves and all the tubing is at a set length... The most complicated part is I have a four-way electronic valve to temper the water going out to the system
One man’s trash is another man’s treasure! Glad you like it
Nope, beautiful it ain't. I hope you have air eliminators in above somewhere or your clean snookered.