One cold room in the house

[Fender Stratoplaster]

Our daughters room is always cold and draughty - its the 2nd smallest bedroom in the house, pretty much a box room which was previously a bathroom but when we re-done the house we had it changed to a bedroom. Despite insisting on keeping the radiator in that room under the window, I lost in the argument with the missus and she had the radiator moved from where it was to the internal side wall that separates the bedroom next to the room.

The external wall where the window is always cold and particularly so in the far corner, which is the outer corner of the house and feels slightly damp - its not dripping but it feels very cold. Our daughters bed is butted right up to that wall and her radiator in that room is covered with a radiator cover/shelf that encloses it

My missus keeps saying we need to get rid of the damp, by getting someone in to take it out of the wall... buying a damp extractor... buying an electric panel heater and putting it on the wall etc. and its driving me nuts.

My view is that the problem will always be there, unless - we move the radiator back to under the window so it heats the draught coming in and that side of the wall which has no heat getting to it currently due to the lack of heat spread (there's are also no radiators directly underneath in the room below) an electric panel heater will be a waste of money as it outputs heat from the top vents and doesn't radiate heat like a radiator. It would involve having to lift the carpet, redirect the piping, it might be there's still the old piping there to use and then moving the radiator over, we would then have to move the bed and layout of the room but at least it would hopefully solve the coldness issue...

Can you help settle an argument, am i right in my thinking of the above or is there another solution I'm overlooking?

I suggested for at least a temp fix before needlessly wasting money on rash purchases would be to remove the radiator cover now our daughter is old enough to understand the concept of heat and that would hopefully improve the performance and heating of that room in general by a lot, it may even warm the outer wall a bit too if we moved the bed away - but she says the shelf of the radiator cover has a value to our daughter as she like to put stuff on it! GRRRRRRR

Help please.

 

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You are correct ,remove the cover and rearrange the furniture to air can flow around the room.A small dehumidifier would also help, and the added benefit of cleaner air .

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

You are correct ,remove the cover and rearrange the furniture to air can flow around the room.A small dehumidifier would also help, and the added benefit of cleaner air .

and fix the drafts!

 

[JohnD]

If you move the radiator, a long, low one along the wall will better combat the cold wall.

I presume you do not have cavity wall insulation, which reduces heat loss and makes the inner wall warmer

 

[JohnD]

but she says the shelf of the radiator cover has a value to our daughter as she like to put stuff on it! GRRRRRRR

Remove the cover and fit a shelf.

 

[Fender Stratoplaster]

If you move the radiator, a long, low one along the wall will better combat the cold wall.

I presume you do not have cavity wall insulation, which reduces heat loss and makes the inner wall warmer

Thanks, no we have solid brick and we had the outside fitted with 35 or 50mm insulation and silicone render

We are going to try moving the room layout around to move the bed away from the wall and see if I can get the radiator cover off

Ideally I would like to move the radiator as I think thats the best solution but seems like a big job to lift the carpet, re-pipe etc. And then re-lay. How hard is it to do all that as a DIY? We could pay someone but moneys tight at the moment

 

[JohnD]

Our daughters room is always cold and draughty

Where are the draughts coming from?

Buy some joss sticks and the smoke will show our movement.

You always get cold air flowing down a cold surface such as a wall or window, even if there is no cold air leaking in.

 

[Fender Stratoplaster]

Where are the draughts coming from?

Buy some joss sticks and the smoke will show our movement.

You always get cold air flowing down a cold surface such as a wall or window, even if there is no cold air leaking in.

I think its a bit of a problem area as Her room is at the top of the stairs, so I think it gets a bit from the front door even though we have a porch and draught excluders and is also in line with the loft hatch on the landing, of which I've put insulation, space tape and weatherstrip to try and stop draughts. Her room is also opposite thr bathroom which only has a towel radiator in it that's mostly covered with towels all day so I think it has several problems stacked against it

Our room is next door to hers but the door doesn't face any openings or draught paths and is always warm once the heating has been on

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Ideally I would like to move the radiator as I think thats the best solution but seems like a big job to lift the carpet, re-pipe etc. And then re-lay. How hard is it to do all that as a DIY? We could pay someone but moneys tight at the moment

A quick, simple test, would be to try running a fan, on minimum speed, pointed at the radiator, to draw more heat, and distribute it more evenly around the room.

 

[foxhole]

You could move rad to a slim full height rad in the corner is layout permits .

 

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My mate has one of the rad fans that sit on top of the rad and raves about it,I believe you a get ones that fit to the bottom of the rad as well.