Stuart B wrote in message
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I live in a tenement flat with other flats above ,below and on two
sides . The living room is 3.7m x 5.5 m and 3.3 m (High)
and the present heating arrangements are two rads ,one ( RAD1) on the
wall opposite the windows and one (RAD2) on the wall to one side of
the windows .There is also a gas fire on the other side wall. The rads
are 600 x 1200 mm .
Having the fire stops me using this wall for siting furniture against
it and the rad on the wall opposite the window stops me doing the
same there .
What i was thinking of doing was either remove the fire and move this
last rad to the other end of the wall that already has a rad on it
(Shown As RAD3) . The alternative is to still shift the rad but keep
the fire where it is . I find that using the rads without using the
fire is OK.though.
Here is a rough sketch of the layout
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...om/lroom01.jpg

Any thoughts .

From one I did earlier I reckon you need about 2600W assuming limited losses
to neighbouring occupied properties. That's a 2000x400 double panel rad
under the window or a 1300x700 double panel rad at Rad2. Curtains v. good
design is up to you, well maybe not entirely. IMHO the other rad
positions just result in an unpleasant temperature gradient across the room.

Jim A