Hello, I have a few modern column rads in my house and find they take ages to warm up and don’t get particularly hot.
my house is 200 years old and is a cold house anyway, the CH pipe work is mostly 15mm which I know won’t help. I had a new 40kw ideal boiler installed last year which did improve things over the previous.
my question or rather musing is is around the column rads, while they are rated correctly BTU wise, I’m presuming they hold lots more water, as such are they relativity inefficient compared to a normal rad? My thought is the more water in the system the longer it takes to heat up and also requires more energy?
can someone clarify this or is it negligible.
With the cold nights coming I thought I might change them.
thanks
my house is 200 years old and is a cold house anyway, the CH pipe work is mostly 15mm which I know won’t help. I had a new 40kw ideal boiler installed last year which did improve things over the previous.
my question or rather musing is is around the column rads, while they are rated correctly BTU wise, I’m presuming they hold lots more water, as such are they relativity inefficient compared to a normal rad? My thought is the more water in the system the longer it takes to heat up and also requires more energy?
can someone clarify this or is it negligible.
With the cold nights coming I thought I might change them.
thanks