skirting board rads

i've got the central heating up and running in my motorhome, but the eberspacher is going into standby mode a bit too often for my liking, i.e. it's putting out more heat on low than my system takes out.

so i want to add one more rad to the system, but i dont have any more wall space that i can run pipes to for another wall mounted rad.

I do have a space at the base of one of the sofa's where i could mount a low rad, and was thinking of something like a plinth/skirting board radiator,

thing it, my dog lies there occasionaly, and the rads on this system get to

85 degrees C, so i dont want her lying against a normal rad.

Are there skirting board rads available that have a cover on them so they put out a fair bit of heat, but are not so hot to touch the front panel?

And what other names do these types of rads go under, as googling for skirting board radiators only brings up one site that sells them, any links to sites that sell them will be handy, i am running 15mm speed fit pipes on my system, and the only ones i've seen use 22mm pipes.

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CampinGazz
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I don't think that you need to worry about the dog. While not quite one of God's brightest creatures, and naturally gravitating to something warm, they will soon move if it becomes too hot.

The effect of flatulence caused by dog, heat and a confined space is another thing of course.

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Andy Hall

You may find it doesn't give off enough heat to solve your problem. I looked at using one in my hallway, but even with all available wall space used, it didn't add up to a small radiator's output.

My parent's have a very effective 20' one heating their living room, but it's bigger than the ones you see today -- it's cast iron, made by Cannon, and my dad fitted it 50 years ago.

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Andrew Gabriel

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The 'skirting board' rads that I have (Myson) have an enemaled front plate that is in contact with the 'cooling' fins of the 22 mm pipe. The front plate doesn't get eny hotter than the circulating water temperature. The rads are surmounted by a one-inch thick wide mdf(?) 'shelf'.

AFAIK; the heat-dumping 'rads' consist of a 22 mm copper pipe which passes through (or onto which is mounted) a sequence of Aluminium fins. It's the fins/air interface that transfers the heat to the room. To connect separate sections of 22 mm pipe and/or make connections to the CH circuit , I used

22-22; 22-15; and 22-10-15 plumbing bits as appropriate for that item.
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Brian Sharrock

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