Long thin "radiator"

Nick Atty · 2005-03-13T11:35:08+00:00

I want to add an additional radiator to a loft converted to a bedroom.I think the radiator fitted is just about adequate for the room, but:a) SHMBO likes her bedrooms about 10 degrees hotter than I dob) the radiator (which is on the only vertical wall in the room) isbehind where we have the bed-head, so it's hard for the air to get out,and the bed tends to push up against it, boiling my head in the night.Along one side of the room is a suitable surface for putting a long,thin, radiator - it's about 4 metres long but only about 20cm wide.I've got easy access to the heating pipes at either or both ends of it.From my canal boat experiences, I know about "finrad" - a copper tubewith thin metal squares attached to it, which is very efficient butlooks nasty, cuts you if you brush against it, and collects more dustthan a dyson.A prolonged google has only turned up some "designer" radiators, but at400quid a metre, this is more than I really want to spend - by at leastone order of magnitude.Currently my thoughts are running to a loop of chrome tube, on chromestand-offs, so I end up with about an 8 metre run, with feed at returnat the same end. But the joints are going to have to be compression andwill look a bit nasty with 6 inline couplers as well as the elbows atthe end.How much heat is this likely to give out? Will 22mm tube work better than 15mm (greater surface area)? Can anyone think of anything better at a sensible price?Or any improvements to the idea?

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Brian Sharrock 21 years ago

I've lurked while various comments have been made: Have you considered installing skirting-board radiators? These are:- long, not very high (about 9 inches); only protrude into a room by 2 inches; can be 'interrupted' where doors into eve-storage doors are extant; can be fitted with TRVs; etc. etc. Lots of armchair sceptics will scoff - but, so what?

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