i have a crawl space beneath my house which is well ventilated.
Most of the downstairs heating pipes run throught this space, just beneath the floorboards. (in a mix of copper and polypipe)
Is it well worth the saving to insulate the pipes?. bear in mind it will take me best part of a day in really cramped and cold conditions?
and if, , the front room radiator never seems to heat the room enough even when the TRV is up full, will it help heat the room by raising the temp of the rad? (i guess in theory .. yes.. cos less heat loss.. but in practice?). I cany put a bigger radiator cos the missus has put two huge leather sofas in there and now there is no free wall space, other that the 2mx750mm that already has a rad (newish double) under the bay window!
any ideas on how to better utilise the rad?.. is the foil stuff behind the rad on the wall worth the spend?
thansk.. sorry bout the millions of questions.
Most of the downstairs heating pipes run throught this space, just beneath the floorboards. (in a mix of copper and polypipe)
Is it well worth the saving to insulate the pipes?. bear in mind it will take me best part of a day in really cramped and cold conditions?
and if, , the front room radiator never seems to heat the room enough even when the TRV is up full, will it help heat the room by raising the temp of the rad? (i guess in theory .. yes.. cos less heat loss.. but in practice?). I cany put a bigger radiator cos the missus has put two huge leather sofas in there and now there is no free wall space, other that the 2mx750mm that already has a rad (newish double) under the bay window!
any ideas on how to better utilise the rad?.. is the foil stuff behind the rad on the wall worth the spend?
thansk.. sorry bout the millions of questions.