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Piping question
aldefed
Member Posts: 32
Hello,
Currently, my secondary circulator pump feeds four branches that go to my radiant manifolds. I want to break this into 2 zones with zone valves (2 branches on each zone valve). What is the best way to "Tee" the outlet of the circulator pump into the 2 zone valves? The circulator pump is oriented vertically and I would like the zone valves to be vertical directly above the pump. Pumping into the bull of the Tee would be easy but I didn't think it was proper to do that.
Thanks,
Al
Currently, my secondary circulator pump feeds four branches that go to my radiant manifolds. I want to break this into 2 zones with zone valves (2 branches on each zone valve). What is the best way to "Tee" the outlet of the circulator pump into the 2 zone valves? The circulator pump is oriented vertically and I would like the zone valves to be vertical directly above the pump. Pumping into the bull of the Tee would be easy but I didn't think it was proper to do that.
Thanks,
Al
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like this?Bob "hot rod" Rohr
trainer for Caleffi NA
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That is what I was thinking but just wanted to be sure. I'm just curious, what is the actual difference between your drawing and rotating the Tee 90 degrees?0
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This is considered bull heading, not ideal for flow. The flow doesn't always split evenly. Someone mentioned it is prohibited in some codebooks now?Bob "hot rod" Rohr
trainer for Caleffi NA
Living the hydronic dream0
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