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    Size of Radiators or sizing of radiators for a room

    It is a good idea to have radiators far larger than the plumbers tell you to fit (I plan always to install about 4 times larger than the calculations suggest), you may ask why? Here are the reasons:- 1) Lower temperature needed in the hot water supply for the same room temperature an...
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    Dual radiators on a single thermostat.

    Sometimes, to fit a room better, you need to have two radiators instead of one installed. Most people then fit two thermostats, cheap if they are only the manual ones (which I hate), but expensive if its modern programmable ones with a remote thermometer (which I have several in this house...
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    Really Dumb Question re. Radiator Balancing

    I hope I got the principal over in a way thats easily understood, if anyone did not fully understand, just let me know roughly what was not understandable and maybe I can post a digram or something.... Thanks for the message and have a great day.
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    Really Dumb Question re. Radiator Balancing

    Its really dead simple, first open all lower valves to each radiator fully, then open the thermostat full on each and every one. Go and feel each rad, the ones that are hot, shut the adjuster (bottom valve) off and reopen about 10% only. Now check all the other rads again, with a...
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