Hi,
Our through lounge has two slimline common white panel radiators which are something like 5ft long and about 90cm tall. Im not at home right now to check the exact sizes but they are on the same wall at each end of the lounge. They seem to heat the lounge satisfactorily and there are no fires or chimney breasts.
The lounge is 3m wide x 7m long x 3m high and has a bay window at one end and a patio sliding door at the other end which leads onto a conservatory. The only external wall is the bay window end but this is a 1940's semi with no cavity walls.
The flooring is laminate.
Now to the question...
One of the radiators is directly behind the sofa and neither can be moved but I have an idea to remove that one radiator and replace it with an equivalent BTU rated "designer radiator" of the tall slim tubular design in white or maybe graphite. There is a suitable blank piece of wall at a position 3 feet or so further along the wall which would place the new radiator adjacent the sofa position and allow the sofa to go back against the wall.
My worry is that despite the BTU rating equivalence of the model I have in mind (which I think needs to be in the region of 6000 BTU) I am concerned we will not feel the heat from one of these as much as a traditional radiator.
Im also taking into consideration that in the present situation, the existing radiator at that end of the room must be "obstructed" by the sofa.
Sorry for the long post but I wanted to give you the full picture.
Would I regret doing this????
Our through lounge has two slimline common white panel radiators which are something like 5ft long and about 90cm tall. Im not at home right now to check the exact sizes but they are on the same wall at each end of the lounge. They seem to heat the lounge satisfactorily and there are no fires or chimney breasts.
The lounge is 3m wide x 7m long x 3m high and has a bay window at one end and a patio sliding door at the other end which leads onto a conservatory. The only external wall is the bay window end but this is a 1940's semi with no cavity walls.
The flooring is laminate.
Now to the question...
One of the radiators is directly behind the sofa and neither can be moved but I have an idea to remove that one radiator and replace it with an equivalent BTU rated "designer radiator" of the tall slim tubular design in white or maybe graphite. There is a suitable blank piece of wall at a position 3 feet or so further along the wall which would place the new radiator adjacent the sofa position and allow the sofa to go back against the wall.
My worry is that despite the BTU rating equivalence of the model I have in mind (which I think needs to be in the region of 6000 BTU) I am concerned we will not feel the heat from one of these as much as a traditional radiator.
Im also taking into consideration that in the present situation, the existing radiator at that end of the room must be "obstructed" by the sofa.
Sorry for the long post but I wanted to give you the full picture.
Would I regret doing this????