Hi
Looking for some advice. We have a bathroom that is fairly small but in winter it gets extremely cold compared with the rest of the house. There are a number of reasons - it is on a corner with 2 external walls, north facing and does not have any insulation above in the loft because someone installed recessed lights. The current radiator is a single 500x600 with approx 1681 Btu. I was wondering if installing a new radiator with higher heat output would cause any issues. I have calculated the whole system and it comes to 5.3 kwh (small 2 bed house with 6 rads). Does that sound about right? The boiler is an Ideal C95FF and says it can take up to 29 kwh. Is there anything else I would need to consider?
In general if I replaced an existing 500x600 single with a double of the same size do the pipes generally meet up? Just wondered if radiators were standard sizes or if they can vary a lot.
Many thanks
Looking for some advice. We have a bathroom that is fairly small but in winter it gets extremely cold compared with the rest of the house. There are a number of reasons - it is on a corner with 2 external walls, north facing and does not have any insulation above in the loft because someone installed recessed lights. The current radiator is a single 500x600 with approx 1681 Btu. I was wondering if installing a new radiator with higher heat output would cause any issues. I have calculated the whole system and it comes to 5.3 kwh (small 2 bed house with 6 rads). Does that sound about right? The boiler is an Ideal C95FF and says it can take up to 29 kwh. Is there anything else I would need to consider?
In general if I replaced an existing 500x600 single with a double of the same size do the pipes generally meet up? Just wondered if radiators were standard sizes or if they can vary a lot.
Many thanks