Best place to locate radiators

[Dan Robinson]

Ah, the "(he won't)" gambit. Favoured by the "general discussion" forum bell ends.

Yawn


Can you show me where it says otherwise? Not in the office, tablet is playing a documentary and I'm posting from my mobile at the moment so researching this crap - again - is a tad tedious.

There's a sport.

 

[Norcon]

"Can you show me where it says otherwise"

Yes I can.

 

[Dan Robinson]

Go on then ...........


Page 29 of my copy?

 

[Agile]

I have vertical rads on inner walls on the upper floor of my home with old draughty wooden windows.

Rooms feel no less comfortable than using the ones under the windows. Can you explain that?

Perhaps you like the look of your vertical rads?

The problem with vertical rads is that they give most of their heat high up.

Most humans prefer their bodies warm and their heads a bit cooler.

That's why many find UFH feels more comfortable.

To the OP, mixing rads and UFH together requires clever design and the willingness to pay for the more expensive controls required.

I greatly prefer rads in bedrooms rather than UFH as I like to be warm inside the bed but have the air temperature somewhat cooler at perhaps 14-16 C as I find that I breath easier! It can also mean that I get cuddled more!

Tony

 

[Dan Robinson]

As the footballists seem to chant:


"it's all gone quiet over there ".

Yawn yawn.

 

[JohnD]

How does a set heat loss from a room vary with a Rad in a different location?

Do you know what a temperature gradient is?

 

[Dan Robinson]

The issue with ufh in bedrooms is largely down to free floor area in relation to furniture. Unless you have a larger property, the figures don't add up.

If Nobcorn is still lurking..... I perhaps should remind him. - as he has run away from the same debate before by bleating to the mods - the rad in my bedroom is a vertical one; and is one of the uncomfortable rooms. It was a preexisting rad courtesy of the previous owners and is rather expensive.

Hence my acquiescence to the other half's demands.

 

[Dan Robinson]

How does a set heat loss from a room vary with a Rad in a different location?

Do you know what a temperature gradient is?

You answer mine and I'll answer yours.


You have quite a way to catch up with though .

Google is not your friend.

 

[JohnD]

do you assert that one or more of these statements is untrue? If so, why?

-the heat gradient is greatest under a window,

-so if you want to maximise heat loss and energy costs, put your radiators there.

-They will also prevent you fitting floor-length curtains which will block the flow of cold air from the window.