VERTICAL DESIGNER RADIATORS
Have had recent upgrade of my central heating. Replaced horizontal radiator in bathroom with vertical designer radiator, as needed more output, and there was not enough space - bathroom is the coldest room in the house!
Puzzled by the fact that when heating comes on hot water goes straight across the bottom of the radiator, from the inlet side to the outlet side. As everything warms up, the top of the radiator gets hottest first, and then the heat slowly moves down.
I would have expected baffles to be part of the design which sent the hot water up, down and then across the radiator, but it seems to me there are no baffles at all. Is this standard practice, or have I bought a "pig-in-a-poke"?
If I have, what should I look for when getting a replacement - this was not an issue I expected to come up against.
The radiator is a Ximax Fortuna Duplex Designer Radiator 1800 x 472mm from Screwfix
Have had recent upgrade of my central heating. Replaced horizontal radiator in bathroom with vertical designer radiator, as needed more output, and there was not enough space - bathroom is the coldest room in the house!
Puzzled by the fact that when heating comes on hot water goes straight across the bottom of the radiator, from the inlet side to the outlet side. As everything warms up, the top of the radiator gets hottest first, and then the heat slowly moves down.
I would have expected baffles to be part of the design which sent the hot water up, down and then across the radiator, but it seems to me there are no baffles at all. Is this standard practice, or have I bought a "pig-in-a-poke"?
If I have, what should I look for when getting a replacement - this was not an issue I expected to come up against.
The radiator is a Ximax Fortuna Duplex Designer Radiator 1800 x 472mm from Screwfix