Cheap column rads from Ebay / Amazon?

fluorescence · 29 Jan 2019

Hi all,

Has anyone bought, fitted or have experience of the cheap vertical column rads from the likes of Ebay and Amazon?

I'm looking into buying a pair for our living room, branded ones from elsewhere seem to be coming in around £200-£250 each as opposed to as little as £80 for an Ebay job!

Thanks in advance

Ian H · 29 Jan 2019

I have 3 different ones at my house. They warm the rooms well but 1 just leaked on the outlet due to (I think) a poor weld.

ianmcd · 30 Jan 2019

Be aware that some vertical rads have a baffle fitted and the flow and return has to be the correct way around and might be the opposite to existing rads so will need pipework altered

fluorescence · 30 Jan 2019

Thanks for all the replies so far.

The room has no radiator or pipework at the minute. I've already bough a brand new Barlo convector rad (which is out of the 30-day return period, doh!) but we've now realised it would make more sense to have two vertical rads, one on each end wall

Madrab · 30 Jan 2019

Anything off of distance selling sites can be a lottery. A lot of the time it arrives fine with no issues, as advertised, but the rest doesn't and it can become a real pain and a long process to get it sorted.

Quality can also be compromised so it may not last as long with little or no support if anything subsequently goes wrong but I guess that can be said for face to face too.

I take the approach to never be disappointed as that's a risk that seems to come along with the cheaper prices.

Gasguru · 30 Jan 2019

I had plenty of customers asking me to fit their bargain no name vertical rads...some are total junk and can seriously damage your heating system.
Many are full of millscale but the worst I came across had large flakes on copper flaking off the inside...it was binned.

reds42 · 30 Jan 2019

I've got 3 cheap radiators off ebay. One a vertical mock cast iron, a flat panel vertical one, and a fancy shapped towel radiator.

Only issue was naff vent assembly on towel one - tends to unscrew whole vent fitting when opening the bleed screw. Aside from that they are all fine.

Diyisfun · 30 Jan 2019

You can buy on Ebay from reputable suppliers, how does their price compare.

ReganAndCarter · 31 Jan 2019

Buy cheap: buy twice!

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