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The Underfloor Heating Saga Continues

The pipes are down and our replacement part has been fitted. But there’s a new challenge with our Uponor underfloor heating system. And we’ve been scratching our heads and talking to suppliers and manufacturers over the last week.

We think we have a solution but it goes again the steps laid out in the instruction manual and is counter to many of the online resources we’ve found (some linked below).

Join us for a spot of trouble shooting as we fill, vent and pressure test our underfloor heating system to make sure it all works before we lay the final screed over the top.


Our Underfloor Heating System: Uponor Comfort Plus DUO with a Vario M 3-port manifold and thermal actuators

Some useful references and resources that helped us:

Uponor fill video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbdem01qPrU

Uponor pressurise video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q6N04JyJDI

Uponor installation guide: https://www.uponor.com/getmedia/55d4b2f6-778d-435d-9167-0e27ea46a9eb/ufh-installation-guide

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