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Hi, we live in a house that’s 3 years old, the first winter we got the impression that the radiators in the living room didn't seem enough to heat the room properly as the rest of the house is always really warm but the living room is always pretty cold.
There are 2 radiators in the living room and was maybe thinking or replacing 1 with a bigger radiator to get that room warmer.
We did mention this to the housing developer at the time, we also said is there a way of knowing if the walls have been sufficiently been filled with insulation which they said they have no way of checking but they would have been.
As for the radiators they said they do meet the specs for the room and in their opinion the radiators should be enough to warm the room.
I guess that’s hard to challenge as i guess technically they do heat the room as it would be much colder if they were off but in our opinion they don't heat the room to the same standard all the other radiators in the house do.
The living room we have big French doors and skylight windows so this probably lets a lot of cold in i would guess. i don’t know if that’s something the developer hasn't really taken into consideration when deciding what heating they would put in as the radiators in the living room aren’t exactly that big, each is only 70cm wide and 60cm high.
It's been too long to challenge the developer now anyway.
I mainly just need to know am i able to just buy any bigger radiator or are there different fitting radiators or types?
I will be getting someone qualified to do it or cause.
I guess it would be good if someone could also give me an idea how much I’d expect to pay someone to replace 1 radiator? so i have an idea and not getting ripped off if anyone has an idea?
Thanks
James
There are 2 radiators in the living room and was maybe thinking or replacing 1 with a bigger radiator to get that room warmer.
We did mention this to the housing developer at the time, we also said is there a way of knowing if the walls have been sufficiently been filled with insulation which they said they have no way of checking but they would have been.
As for the radiators they said they do meet the specs for the room and in their opinion the radiators should be enough to warm the room.
I guess that’s hard to challenge as i guess technically they do heat the room as it would be much colder if they were off but in our opinion they don't heat the room to the same standard all the other radiators in the house do.
The living room we have big French doors and skylight windows so this probably lets a lot of cold in i would guess. i don’t know if that’s something the developer hasn't really taken into consideration when deciding what heating they would put in as the radiators in the living room aren’t exactly that big, each is only 70cm wide and 60cm high.
It's been too long to challenge the developer now anyway.
I mainly just need to know am i able to just buy any bigger radiator or are there different fitting radiators or types?
I will be getting someone qualified to do it or cause.
I guess it would be good if someone could also give me an idea how much I’d expect to pay someone to replace 1 radiator? so i have an idea and not getting ripped off if anyone has an idea?
Thanks
James