you will have to follow them then and find out where they meet, do you have solid floors ?
New Radiator advice please.
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No, wodden floors upstairs but the bathroom has a new vinyl floor just fitted too and I'd perfer not to lift it, can the work be done from the bedroom side and take off a section of plasterboard on that same parting wall to get at the pipes?
yes possibly, cant see why not, no need to take off a whole section, just enough to get into the pipes , then new part board and tape then decorate
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No idea what your rad looks like ,but some are reversible ,is yours ??
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That dosent sound just as bad, would part of the bedrom floor need lifted too in that area?
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then no everything can be done from the bedroom wall no need to access the floor
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goes to show, you guys know your stuff I'd been buying a new Radiator, to find it just did the same as this current one Thanks everyone.
1. Before doing anything, check if the front and back of the radiator are identical, or whether the back has fixing points welded to it.
2. If identical, you could turn the radiator side for side then fasten it back, ending up with the pipe in the correct configuration.
3. If not identical, see if it is possible to rotate it 180 degrees in the same plane. You'd need to check with the manufacturer whether or not this would be OK, or whether you'd end up with the same problem.
2. If identical, you could turn the radiator side for side then fasten it back, ending up with the pipe in the correct configuration.
3. If not identical, see if it is possible to rotate it 180 degrees in the same plane. You'd need to check with the manufacturer whether or not this would be OK, or whether you'd end up with the same problem.
Hi, yes, the back has fixing points, OK, I'll see if I can check out No 3 thank you.
Not all are the same , some on the left some on the right, down to manu, he should have read the installation instructions, some dont need a baffle
OK, thanks, your right, he should have
So, would you say, its a powerful enough rad, if it had of been connected the right way round?No more Qs from me
Thanks a lot.
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1. Assuming your old radiator was an 800 x 600 double with single convector fins (T21) it would have had a heat output of around 1.1 kW.
2. The new one has a specified heat output of around 1.7 kW.
3. Even allowing for the different heat patterns of a vertical V a standard radiator, I would expect it to be no worse than, and probably slightly better than, the old one in terms of room heating.
2. The new one has a specified heat output of around 1.7 kW.
3. Even allowing for the different heat patterns of a vertical V a standard radiator, I would expect it to be no worse than, and probably slightly better than, the old one in terms of room heating.
No problem mate ask away, the problem with rads in a bathroom is the fairer sex insist on covering them with towels so they struggle to heat the room , no matter how many times you explain this to her she will do itOK, thanks, your right, he should have
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