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wozzy Trade Member Offline Ask The Trades Posts: 584 Total Thanks: 4 For This Post: 0 Gender: Trade: Electrician	New radiator May 28^th, 2011, 2:50pm Hello, I currently have a 600x900 single panel single convector radiator in a bedroom, the room doesnt get warm enough when its cold, would changing this to a 600x900 double panel double convector make much difference or would i need to get a physically bigger rad? cheers
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Reply #1 - May 28^th, 2011, 3:27pm

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http://www.simplifydiy.com/plumbing-and-heating/radiators/power

600 x 900 single is approx 735W
600 x 900 single with fins is approx 1080W
600 x 900 double is approx 1050W
600 x 900 double with fins is approx 1650W
600 x 900 double with double fins is approx 2010W

but lot depnds on rad temperature and room heat loss.

Is there another room thats similar (eg similar size, similar outside wall area, similar windows) that does get warm enough? What power of rad does that have in it according to the chart?

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wozzy Trade Member Offline Ask The Trades Posts: 584 Total Thanks: 4 For This Post: 0 Gender: Trade: Electrician	Re: New radiator Reply #2 - May 28^th, 2011, 5:04pm cheers, so its roughly doubling the power, I will bolster the loft insulation at present 100mm if im here when it turns cold.
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london GDPR opt-out Total Thanks: 4 For This Post: 0	Re: New radiator Reply #3 - May 28^th, 2011, 9:28pm You can work out the BTU needed by measuring the room.
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wozzy Trade Member Offline Ask The Trades Posts: 584 Total Thanks: 4 For This Post: 0 Gender: Trade: Electrician	Re: New radiator Reply #4 - Jun 1^st, 2011, 7:05pm ok Im going to give a double double a go a bit more heat will be sufficent. Ive got prices around the £55 mark, as radiators pretty much all the same quality / output wise? Is this a job I can do myself? will i require anything i dont already have? cheers
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Lectrician Administrator Trade Member Author Offline Ask The Trades Posts: 8815 Total Thanks: 109 For This Post: 0 Braunton, North Devon United Kingdom Gender: Trade: Electrician	Re: New radiator Reply #5 - Jun 1^st, 2011, 8:47pm Stelrad seems the defacto around these parts in terms of top end.
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CWatters Super Member Offline "Daddy fick it" says James Posts: 5150 Total Thanks: 58 For This Post: 0 Gender:	Re: New radiator Reply #6 - Jun 1^st, 2011, 11:11pm wozzy wrote on Jun 1^st, 2011, 7:05pm: Is this a job I can do myself? will i require anything i dont already have? cheers Carpet cleaner :-0
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