i have recently addaed a radiator to my heating system in the conservatory. i found the pipework form the nearest radiator in the wall and joined in from here. the piepwork is 10mm minibore. the radiator supply pipe is very hot and tha radiator heats up very slowly and not much, but the other pipe remains cold. i asked a handyman who said he knew what he was talking aobut and its fine to just jump form the exisitng pipework is this true? if its not what can i do. my system is a glowworm boiler, feed tanks in the loft( 1 heating 1 hot water) and a storage tamk in the cupbord
new radiator not heating up
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pipework you teed off is to small
sorry what do you meen? i have used 10mm copper and connected to 10mm copper, the entire system is this size apart form around the tanks/ boiler where it is 22mm/15mm
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Morris40
you cannot run more than one rad from 10mm pipe, so if the other rad is fed with 10mm then the new one will never work very well. should have consulted a plumber not an unqualified , SOZ 
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Very common mistake to make.Your new rad needs a dedicated supply and not teed off 10mm already supplying one rad.
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