It's supposed to have insulation pumped into the cavity isn't it, I know as plenty fell out as we cut through the doorway! Perhaps I should get someone to make some holes and fill them back up, but the lower section should definitely have insulation
Garage Conversion is Freezing!
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I had the same thought in mind - airflow would cool it.
Google ‘how to balance your radiators’
That will ensure you optimise your house heating, and will make both the rads get warm.
Takes a couple of hours to do it, but it really does work.
That will ensure you optimise your house heating, and will make both the rads get warm.
Takes a couple of hours to do it, but it really does work.
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Since I last posted here and read people's comments I've managed to really improve the heat of the converted room.
The door was a little drafty due to the lock not quite fitting. Did some adjusting and now there's no cold draft.
Also some sockets on the wall adjoining the cavity wall were drafty, due to carving out some hole for a wall-mounted TV to get a feed from the devices below. They're now closed up.
And to top it off I had a plumber friend round to show me how to balance radiators. Every single rad in our 3-storey house was fully open!!! Now the garage room is the most open, the downstairs perhaps a third open, the middle floor less so, and the top floor only open a crack(I'm simplifying and exaggerating it a little perhaps).
You no longer have the feeling of an icebox when you go in there, and we've actually given it a makeover and have started using it like a second lounge, which we couldn't imagine a year ago!
The door was a little drafty due to the lock not quite fitting. Did some adjusting and now there's no cold draft.
Also some sockets on the wall adjoining the cavity wall were drafty, due to carving out some hole for a wall-mounted TV to get a feed from the devices below. They're now closed up.
And to top it off I had a plumber friend round to show me how to balance radiators. Every single rad in our 3-storey house was fully open!!! Now the garage room is the most open, the downstairs perhaps a third open, the middle floor less so, and the top floor only open a crack(I'm simplifying and exaggerating it a little perhaps).
You no longer have the feeling of an icebox when you go in there, and we've actually given it a makeover and have started using it like a second lounge, which we couldn't imagine a year ago!
Thanks for feeding back. Good to hear you’ve got the improvements you hoped for.
You’ll probably save money on your heating bill too
You’ll probably save money on your heating bill too
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