Radiator Sizing All aspects of plumbing questions and answers, help, tips and information

[aaronmcclenaghan]

All of my radiators appear to be undersized in terms of BTU, Do I need to change all of the radiators???

[uk_ducati]

hi

if all the rooms are cold with them full on then yes. if the rooms are ok the rads are ok

paul

[bobplum]

hi
ducati is quite right
but if this becomes an obsession you can do some research on the net regards radiater sizing or go to a supplier of central heating supplies and you can purchase some form of "matrix"device to work out the correct size
bob

[plumbbob]

In fact this site in the projects section has a link to a radiator calculator.

What you need to be careful of is not to unbalance a system by fitting larger rads in some rooms and not others. If you do, some rooms may become very warm whilst others are cold.

[TheDoctor5]

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