You'll like this What have you done today ?

[Minkey]

Working, quiet day I think everyone has bought their Xmas goodies already

 

[Pow-Lo]

Had my booster jab, Moderna this time.

 

[slim63]

Got this fish tank stand thing together and partly varnished, still some to do with the timber but should have that somewhere near in the morning then I have to figure out what I am going to do for metalwork inserts

 

[andyBeaker]

Carefully watched the weather as it seems to have been the same for about two weeks now. The only noticable diference I could see is that it went from being dark to slightly less dark for about seven hours

 

[Malone]

Took my motorhome back to the people who did the paintwork on it early last year as I’ve noticed some areas are reacting to the primer beneath.

 

[andyBeaker]

Took my motorhome back to the people who did the paintwork on it early last year as I’ve noticed some areas are reacting to the primer beneath.

Will those be the bits that made contact with various hard objects on your recent trip?

 

[Malone]

Will those be the bits that made contact with various hard objects on your recent trip?

Nope. I wear my battle scars with pride. But thank you for remembering my comments about them

 

[Pow-Lo]

(Yesterday) hid upstairs all day working from home. Plumber came in the morning to plumb in utility room sink and tap and fix leak on washing machine valve, leaving Mrs P free to secure worktops and tile the walls. Now she’s got the hump cos she’s going to Nashville today and shes back Christmas Eve so doesn’t have time to tile the floor and fit the plinths before Christmas. Only reason she didn’t do the sink and tap herself is cos she couldn‘t get hold of a valve to fix the leak.

 

[derek kelly]

I’m going to help the plumber fit new rads, bathroom suite etc this morning & tomorrow.

 

[Pow-Lo]

I’m going to help the plumber fit new rads, bathroom suite etc this morning & tomorrow.

Now that our house is so warm downstairs with the new radiators, we're going to change the whole upstairs units to the same column rads that we have downstairs in the new year. It's bloody freezing upstairs! It'll cost about £4k all in but will be money well spent.

 

[Squag1]

Now that our house is so warm downstairs with the new radiators, we're going to change the whole upstairs units to the same column rads that we have downstairs in the new year. It's bloody freezing upstairs! It'll cost about £4k all in but will be money well spent.

I don't think it's the design of the rads, must have been under sized initially.

Got in a new condensing boiler for a friend and a new rad in the kitchen. It actually heats the room now. I got the plumber to put on bigger than he suggested and a TRV. It's easy turn it down. The original would not heat the toilet, idiot builder. Not the only thing that was questionable.

I did a large house one office I worked in.
Put TRVs on all rads. Client had great difficulty understanding how they worked.

 

[andyBeaker]

I don't think it's the design of the rads, must have been under sized initially.

Got in a new condensing boiler for a friend and a new rad in the kitchen. It actually heats the room now. I got the plumber to put on bigger than he suggested and a TRV. It's easy turn it down. The original would not heat the toilet, idiot builder. Not the only thing that was questionable.

I did a large house one office I worked in.
Put TRVs on all rads. Client had great difficulty understanding how they worked.

The vertical rads do seem to Chuck out more heat. We have a couple where we replaced traditional style and from memory the BTU ratings weren’t ridiculously high but they are both turned down to barely no flow compared to the other ‘standard’ radiators in the house.

 

[andyBeaker]

Saw some sunshine after two weeks of dreariness

Ironic on the shortest day (at least I think it is..)

 

[Squag1]

The vertical rads do seem to Chuck out more heat. We have a couple where we replaced traditional style and from memory the BTU ratings weren’t ridiculously high but they are both turned down to barely no flow compared to the other ‘standard’ radiators in the house.

It's based on surface area ultimately.

 

[andyBeaker]

It's based on surface area ultimately.

The vertical ones I have contain a large volume of water compared to panel radiators of the same size.

our vertical in the hallway has a built in full length mirror which is rather nice. Doesn’t make me look any better unfortunately

 

[Pow-Lo]

I don't think it's the design of the rads, must have been under sized initially.

Got in a new condensing boiler for a friend and a new rad in the kitchen. It actually heats the room now. I got the plumber to put on bigger than he suggested and a TRV. It's easy turn it down. The original would not heat the toilet, idiot builder. Not the only thing that was questionable.

I did a large house one office I worked in.
Put TRVs on all rads. Client had great difficulty understanding how they worked.

Of course it's the design of the rads. The columns we have are double and triple row which, by definition, means they hold significantly more water than the previous panel types and they have a much larger surface area. Of the seven we replaced, one was undersized and the rest were correct. We also had an additional rad placed in the downstairs hall.

The vertical rads do seem to Chuck out more heat. We have a couple where we replaced traditional style and from memory the BTU ratings weren’t ridiculously high but they are both turned down to barely no flow compared to the other ‘standard’ radiators in the house.

We've found that, too, and they retain the heat for much longer after the heating goes off. The downside is that they take longer to warm up.

 

[derek kelly]

Of course it's the design of the rads. The columns we have are double and triple row which, by definition, means they hold significantly more water than the previous panel types and they have a much larger surface area. Of the seven we replaced, one was undersized and the rest were correct. We also had an additional rad placed in the downstairs hall.


We've found that, too, and they retain the heat for much longer after the heating goes off. The downside is that they take longer to warm up.

That surprises me as heat rises so you’d expect them to heat up quicker.

 

[andyBeaker]

That surprises me as heat rises so you’d expect them to heat up quicker.

It still got to come down the radiator after it has gone up, then up again then down again.

Or is it down then up again?

 

[Squag1]

Rads have a design output in KW no matter what the shape or size. As I said it's related to surface area.

Longer radiators give better heat distribution and rads ideally should not be opposite windows as it may create a circular air motion depending on how far away the window is from rad. Colder air drops at window, rises at rad.
Modern windows won't be as problematic.
Volume of water will give slower reduction in temperature.

 

[Pow-Lo]

That surprises me as heat rises so you’d expect them to heat up quicker.

They take longer to heat because of the added capacity for water.

Rads have a design output in KW no matter what the shape or size. As I said it's related to surface area.

Longer radiators give better heat distribution and rads ideally should not be opposite windows as it may create a circular air motion depending on how far away the window is from rad. Colder air drops at window, rises at rad.
Modern windows won't be as problematic.
Volume of water will give slower reduction in temperature.

You're preaching to the choir, I know how they work.