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Uneven heating

What is going on

Possible causes and checks for: uneven heating.

Likely causes

  • Air blockage
  • Circulator, zone valve, thermostat faults
  • Otherwise room-by-room heat loss and rebalance with balancing valves (direct-return needs balancing
  • Reverse-return nearly self-balancing)

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