Last seen: Mar 12, 2025
@jamespa thanks for the reply, so really in this case we have to reduce the flow to the radiator to achieve it. In my specific case the oversize rad...
The current boiler has a single 22mm pipe, but as you suggest that splits into a 22mm feed for upstairs and a 22mm feed for downstairs. That split oc...
Exactly, they said 8kW for us, I need to try and see if that's legit. I think it probably is, but it's getting that emitted into the places we need i...
This is exactly why I'm trying to do a real world test simulation. Our 1960s house has construction of different types in different places and it's i...
Yeah, this isn't roof or wall insulation, bit hard to explain. Imagine the joists that separate the ground floor ceiling from the upper storey floor, ...
Yeah I tried running 24/7 last year and it was very expensive, seemed to use a lot more gas, probably because we have no weather compared, causing sho...
It was installed 18 years ago, plumber just used his thumb-ruler, not calculations. Though back then the house had draughts under doors, poor windows...
@johnmo understand, but I don't have a heat pump yet or weather compensation, all I can do is hard set flow rate to 50C. If there is a better way to...
@cathoderay in fact I think most of our current radiators are oversized for 70C flow. Most of the house was actually acceptable last winter at 50C flo...
@johnmo we could but I think they look a bit ugly
We tried the retrofit fans that stick with magnets to the rads a few years ago just for fun. While they were silent before putting on the rad, once t...
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