Hi – there are actually four questions I’m hoping you can help with – shown at the end of the post.
In my living room even with the radiator on full blast pretty much all the time (and scorching to the touch), the room is never what you’d call cosy. It has one radiator at the door (600mm x 1400mm rated at 8500 BTU). But a plumber once told me that the thin (1cm diameter) copper pipework connecting the radiator would probably mean that the radiator may not even produce the full rated output(?).
The online calculators recommended between 11000 and 17000 BTU. Most were around the 13000 mark. So I realise that even with the perfect pipework, I will still need to significantly increase the BTU output in the room to make it habitable over the winter!
The living room is part of a traditional Glasgow tenement flat. The room is on the second floor south/southwest facing and more exposed to the elements than most. It has 13 square metres of plastic-framed double glazing (fitted 15yrs ago), two outside walls and a heated room above and below it. It’s not unduly droughty, but obviously it breathes more than a newer property would. The dimensions are roughly 4m wide by 6m long with 3.7m ceiling.
I want to replace the radiator with the highest output radiator possible. I’d prefer not to extend beyond 1400mm width, but could easily increase height from 600mm to 700mm if that would make a worthwhile difference.
The highest output I could find in these sizes was the Ultraheat Ultimate High Output High BTU range – their 600mm x 1400mm Type 22 DF Double (double panel, double convector) is rated at 11200 BTU, with the 700mm x 1400mm model rated at 12587 BTU (see https://www.ultraheatradiators.com/...heat Radiators Ultimate High Output High BTUs)
I could also rip up floors and add a second radiator to one other wall. However, I’d prefer not to as my sofa backs onto that wall and I’d end up with a new radiator sitting just a couple of inches away from the back of my sofa (there’s nowhere else I could put the sofa). Plus within reason I’m trying to fix the problem with the minimum mess/disruption)
My questions are:
1) Do you know of a brand/range of radiators that gives a higher BTU output than the Ultraheat Ultimate High Output BTU range shown in the link above?
2) Roughly how big a reduction in BTU output does 1cm diameter copper piping cause? Is it likely to be a big reduction or fairly minimal?
3) Is there any advantage to biting the bullet and extending to a wider radiator so that even if the radiator doesn’t achieve its rated output due to the 1cm diameter copper piping, the reduced output is still (hopefully) at least 11000 BTU? (eg. the Ultraheat 700mm x 1800mm is rated at 16184 BTU)
4) Would having a second radiator sitting within a few inches of the back of a sofa be a waste of time – or would this actually be a better way to provide the extra output needed than increasing the current radiator beyond 1400mm width?
Thanks in advance for your help!
In my living room even with the radiator on full blast pretty much all the time (and scorching to the touch), the room is never what you’d call cosy. It has one radiator at the door (600mm x 1400mm rated at 8500 BTU). But a plumber once told me that the thin (1cm diameter) copper pipework connecting the radiator would probably mean that the radiator may not even produce the full rated output(?).
The online calculators recommended between 11000 and 17000 BTU. Most were around the 13000 mark. So I realise that even with the perfect pipework, I will still need to significantly increase the BTU output in the room to make it habitable over the winter!
The living room is part of a traditional Glasgow tenement flat. The room is on the second floor south/southwest facing and more exposed to the elements than most. It has 13 square metres of plastic-framed double glazing (fitted 15yrs ago), two outside walls and a heated room above and below it. It’s not unduly droughty, but obviously it breathes more than a newer property would. The dimensions are roughly 4m wide by 6m long with 3.7m ceiling.
I want to replace the radiator with the highest output radiator possible. I’d prefer not to extend beyond 1400mm width, but could easily increase height from 600mm to 700mm if that would make a worthwhile difference.
The highest output I could find in these sizes was the Ultraheat Ultimate High Output High BTU range – their 600mm x 1400mm Type 22 DF Double (double panel, double convector) is rated at 11200 BTU, with the 700mm x 1400mm model rated at 12587 BTU (see https://www.ultraheatradiators.com/...heat Radiators Ultimate High Output High BTUs)
I could also rip up floors and add a second radiator to one other wall. However, I’d prefer not to as my sofa backs onto that wall and I’d end up with a new radiator sitting just a couple of inches away from the back of my sofa (there’s nowhere else I could put the sofa). Plus within reason I’m trying to fix the problem with the minimum mess/disruption)
My questions are:
1) Do you know of a brand/range of radiators that gives a higher BTU output than the Ultraheat Ultimate High Output BTU range shown in the link above?
2) Roughly how big a reduction in BTU output does 1cm diameter copper piping cause? Is it likely to be a big reduction or fairly minimal?
3) Is there any advantage to biting the bullet and extending to a wider radiator so that even if the radiator doesn’t achieve its rated output due to the 1cm diameter copper piping, the reduced output is still (hopefully) at least 11000 BTU? (eg. the Ultraheat 700mm x 1800mm is rated at 16184 BTU)
4) Would having a second radiator sitting within a few inches of the back of a sofa be a waste of time – or would this actually be a better way to provide the extra output needed than increasing the current radiator beyond 1400mm width?
Thanks in advance for your help!
