Linking Cut Pipe Ends?

TB_MD

Hello -



  In the course of a basement remodel, the contractor cut and plugged the supply and return lines that led to a radiator located out on an uninsulated porch.   The system had some issues with balance before that.  The system efficiency seems to be getter.  The radiators on that loop get hot faster.  But the balance problems gotten worse.  That loop gets much hotter than the other one.  Picture attached shows the current state of the pipe ends and theres a diagram of the pipes.



Should the two plugged ends be linked so that there's a closed loop?

icesailor

Which goes to show:

Which goes to show that a direct return is a way to really throw off the balance of a system.

Does anyone know how to pipe a reverse return?

SWEI

reverse return

Only if you like systems that balance at least three times faster (and generally stay balanced after you leave the job.)

TB_MD

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I'm not sure what people are saying here. 

Zman

Other post

Check your other post. I gets confusing when you post in two places.

Carl