Jim wrote:
I have recently moved and the living room seems to be taking an excessively
long time to heat up compared to the rest of the house.

The raditaor is a basic double panel 700 high by 1100 across without any
conventor panels or fins whatsoever. I am therefore unsure what the BTU of
such a radiator is, as Myson etc dont seem to produce a finless radiator.

The room is approx 14ft x 12ft, adjoing the linking between the hall and
kitchen. House is cavity wall (filled).Two sides are internal walls, one is
the adjoining neighbour and one is an outside. Room faces west/southwest
direction.

There is a pvcu window (double glazed window and door) that is equivilent to
about 8ftx5ft in size.

Floor is laminate on a suspending wood floor (doubt it is insulated), and
there is a Baxi gas pebble effect fire in the room (i.e chimney losses).

Is the radiator I have sufficient to heat this size room? What would be the
recommended output to change to if required?





Check that the radiator is getting as hot as the others - ie flow is okay.

If the room does get up to temperature eventually, the easy option is
just to replace the existing rad with a double panel convector version
of the same size.

Otherwise consider adding another physically small radiator on the
opposite side of the room to help reduce cold spots. If a quick warmup
of the living room, maybe when you get in from work, is a priority then
dont worry about having too much heat output ; TRVs will take care of
the temperature control. See what size fits in to the room layout and
unless you really need to keep the depth (off the wall) to a minimum go
for a double pamel convector.