In article , Stuart B
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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
The room I am sitting in has almost exactly the same layout and
dimensions. I have 1 x 1200x450 p+ at your rad 2 posn and another the
same size diagonally opposite in the corner on the same wall as the
fire. The loss from the window is compensated for by a small (1000x300)
single convector in the middle under the windows.
I think these large tenement rooms do need multiple sources of heat and
the diagonal split is probably the best for circulation but your rad 2 +
rad 3 setup would be a close second. The wall close to the walk-in
cupboard is be dead space anyway so placing a rad there would be
'cheap'. The small rad under the window improves the comfort level close
to the windows and the low set TRV there stops it becoming superheated
behind the curtains when they are drawn. I wouldn't be a fan of putting
a main heat source directly under the windows.
My preference is not to have rads right by the door as I think it makes
them more obtrusive and you probably want those rads to heat the room
rather than the hall.
My fire hasn't been on since I installed the heating.
Good luck.
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