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    Replacing one central heating radiator with two

    Options: Fit just one new radiator -- will look stupid becuase it's asymmetrical. Fit two radiators and keep one turned off Abandon
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    Replacing one central heating radiator with two

    I was told something like that. I like to double check everything so thank you for the second opinion. That's annoying! What will happen if I just do it anyway?
  3. rwb196884

    Replacing one central heating radiator with two

    There are thin plastic pipes to the current radiators; so I'd guess 10mm.
  4. rwb196884

    Replacing one central heating radiator with two

    I want to replace one radiator underneath the window (which is useless when it's cold and dark becuase it's behind the curtains) with one tall radiator at each side of the window. I imagined plumbing them in parallel like this. (The dark squares in the middle are where the existing pipes go...
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    Fitting a radiator that's too short

    TL;DR: Office workers should not be allowed spanners. Just bought a house and found the living room wasn't getting much above 15 degrees. It had a type 11 1400x600 radiator that seem to be about 3,500BTU but online room BTU calculators come out at about 8,000 to 11,000. Bought what I thought...
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    Room thermostat not always starting boiler

    You were correct SavageW. The valve failed completely on 24th December, followed on 27th by the other. Specifically, the lever in the valve was not pushing the microswitch properly and therefore not sending the signal to the boiler to start up.
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    Room thermostat not always starting boiler

    Hi, Our house has two central heating zones: the living room which has a programmable thermostat, and the rest of the house that has a simple dial (Honeywell) in the hall (it will be 10 years old). We have the heating on continuous and use the thermostats to turn it on and off. I have noticed...

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