Central Heating Question

[puffernutter]

Yes, I know the hottest days of the year so far, and ideal time to sort out my radiators!

In my front room I currently have a large double panel radiator on an internal wall. What I'd like to do is put a radiators under the window. The problem is that it is a bay window.

Having short hands and deep pockets, I don't want to pay out for a bespoke bendy radiator. So, is there any reason why I cannot have three small radiators and just series them up? For the plumbing I plan to have two with lockshield valves both ends and one with a lockshield and a thermostatic valve. That means if I need to remove one radiator of the three, I can.

Dos that make sense or is there something blatantly obvious I am missing?

Cheers

Peter

 

[gaz1]

yes you can but remember the first 2 will be really red hot until the third gets red hot

at one time you could connect them via 2 of these if they have twin ports left and right top and bottom and use a chrome pipe to go around the corner

 

[Mr Fro]

Just get one bent up - it'll look and perform better.

I had two done when I did my heating and it wasn't as bad as I was expecting. I think it was about £100 ish more than the cost of the flat rads. All they do is take a flat rad and bend it to the dimensions you supply.

 

[Pete.]

No need to series them - radiators are plumbed in parallel both internally and externally. Put three in parallel on the original circyuit and set the valves so that they all receive proper flow.

 

[Kayos]

As pete says, dont series them, they are unlikely to work
(Ask me how I know)
Just join them in parallel under the floor

 

[puffernutter]

As pete says, dont series them, they are unlikely to work
(Ask me how I know)
Just join them in parallel under the floor

Thanks. A Victorian terrace previously owned by a builder, who rather than sorting out the wooden floor, concreted it leaving all sorts of damp issues we needed to sort out ! So plumbing them will be a nightmare on the surface, so a bendy rad maybe the way to go.

Just get one bent up - it'll look and perform better.

I had two done when I did my heating and it wasn't as bad as I was expecting. I think it was about £100 ish more than the cost of the flat rads. All they do is take a flat rad and bend it to the dimensions you supply.

@Mr Fro - who did you use please or what do I google? Maybe get them sent by Hermes and they'll bend them in transit.....

Cheers

Peter

 

[Mr Fro]

Thanks. A Victorian terrace previously owned by a builder, who rather than sorting out the wooden floor, concreted it leaving all sorts of damp issues we needed to sort out ! So plumbing them will be a nightmare on the surface, so a bendy rad maybe the way to go.


@Mr Fro - who did you use please or what do I google? Maybe get them sent by Hermes and they'll bend them in transit.....

Cheers

Peter

I think it was radiatorcurving.com but I can't say for sure as it was 4 - 5 years ago.

I just googled "curved radiator" and had a look about. I remember I had to make up a template out of paper and send it off to them. Others just wanted width and depth of bay. At the time I thought someone who asked for a template was more likely to get the bend right... which they did.

 

[gaz1]

No need to series them - radiators are plumbed in parallel both internally and externally. Put three in parallel on the original circyuit and set the valves so that they all receive proper flow.

As pete says, dont series them, they are unlikely to work
(Ask me how I know)
Just join them in parallel under the floor

as you connect them at both the top and the bottom all 2 or 3 radiators will work like one normal bent radiator

where they dont work is when a customer dosnt want a top pipe bent around to the next radiator as its seen and only want a bottom flow pipe

well yeah it wont work then as it drops the temp 20 degrees across each radiator due to the flow

then you can still run parallel pipping system

where the pipping used to be seen its now changed a little due to covers going over the radiators ( which you can make up yourself )

also note you want close connections to each radiator

it also dosnt work ( ref kayos ) with 3 large radiators across a bay area

these will more than likely be the sizes you need

400/400/400 rads
600/600/600 rads

 

[puffernutter]

I'll need a 400-900-400 x 500mm tall radiator which will be £400

May look for 3 separates and lots of copper - or at least price up the difference in materials and see if the cost difference is worth the grief in plumbing!

Cheers

Peter

 

[gaz1]

you buying cast rads ?

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Revive2 500H X 900L Double Panel, Double Convector K2 Compact Radiator - Mr Central Heating

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[puffernutter]

Haven't decided which yet - just had a quick look on Toolstation (just to get an idea) The radiators and valves will be about £120, so it looks like close connections top and bottom and pipe bending!

Those cast rads look OK!

Cheers

Peter