Been waiting for these to come on offer, just ordered £80 radiator for £65 and got the valves free.
22 comments
davewave
5 Sep 17#1
These are excellent rads, fitted twice.
phead to davewave
5 Sep 17#2
True, much better construction than the supposedly better stelrad's.
Lando
5 Sep 17#3
Thanks.
Do they put the price up when giving the free valves?
As been waiting to get one. For a few months but looks like I'm only going to save £2-3 overall.
Either way a saving is good.
Have sime radiator heat
shadey12 to Lando
5 Sep 17#4
I've been looking at £80 one to go down for a few months, I paid £65 for same one last year without TRV and lockshield.
Dylan1357
5 Sep 17#5
Replaced every radiator in my previous house with these, rate them highly and the free TRV does the job nicely.
mutley1
5 Sep 17#6
hey shadey, do i need a gas safe engineer to replace radiators or can a plumber do this? i don't know if replacing the radiators will require someone who understands central heating as they may need to reset the boiler or something like that? i am thinking of replacing radiators for a system with a combination boiler.
shadey12 to mutley1
5 Sep 17#7
Do it yourself, you may need a lift with the rad onto the wall brackets.
Noeldude to shadey12
5 Sep 17#10
Of course, if you're in an older house you may have imperial sized radiators (inches) and be coverting to these metric (millimetres). If this is the case, you'll need to fit expanding tails and refit the radiator brackets.
Then again, maybe you're lucky and already have metric sized radiators :grin:
mutley1 to Noeldude
5 Sep 17#13
i didn't know there are imperial and metric radiators. i was going to measure their size and expected that to match one from screwfix. thanks for pointing this out. i hope it will be obviously different, the two different types of radiators.
snoopy18 to shadey12
5 Sep 17#11
Are the brackets generally a standard width apart, I can remember changing one in the bathroom years ago and it was painful because of this
mutley1 to shadey12
5 Sep 17#12
this is too big a job for me. i would rather pay someone else to do it, but from your answer, it means that i won't need to get a gas safe engineer to do it :smile:
EN1GMA
5 Sep 17#8
Great post. Need 18 rads in total, most of which will be these types. Anyone know where I can get vertical rads that are not just for styling. Actually want them to give proper heat. Was thinking of going for vertical ones in the style of the ones in this deal but I don't think they look good in vertical.
pibpob to EN1GMA
5 Sep 17#17
Search for high output vertical radiators.
CrazyBob
5 Sep 17#9
Nice spot, thanks OP
sparky.shark
5 Sep 17#14
Thank you very much was about to order from b&q a d then this came up :thumbsup:
snoopy18
5 Sep 17#15
Are these more efficient that the old type from 20 years ago. i would be swapping a doubly for a do i have a problem with a bit of sludge in the bottom of one of mine, I've treated the system a few times and took radiator off and given it a good whack with a rubber mallet while flushing a nod whilst it's ok I still think it could be better. the plus size look a bit less bulky but are not available near me
pibpob to snoopy18
5 Sep 17#16
Doubles have more output than same-sized singles; convectors have more output than non-convectors; double convectors have more output than single convectors; dense convectors have more output than sparse convectors. Look at the data sheets.
UZOR to snoopy18
6 Sep 17#18
I don't think "efficiency" is a word that means anything regarding wet central heating radiators. If your problem is that your radiator isn't getting hot enough, first, check your boiler temp is set correctly, secondly, try to balance the flow across the whole system by turning the flow down on radiators closer to the boiler by adjusting the lockshield valve. This will equalise the flow to all the radiators.
snoopy18 to UZOR
6 Sep 17#19
That's all been done, problem is the radiator isn't as hot at the bottom as it could be , hence I've flushed the system etc. I'd read modern radiators were more effective, are you a plumber
pibpob to snoopy18
6 Sep 17#20
If the outlet pipe is hotter than areas at the bottom of the radiator then it is filled with sludge; if not, then there is insufficient water flow through the radiator which should be fixable by balancing the system. If you mean "have I done extensive plumbing work" then the answer is "yes", but if you mean "am I paid to do plumbing work as a profession" then the answer is "no".
snoopy18 to pibpob
6 Sep 17#21
Yes pipe is hotter ,I've had system balanced I think radiator is about rotten
OrangeAgent
22 Sep 17#22
Anyone know when this offer ends? As away til next week
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Up to 20% off and free TRV and lockshield.
Been waiting for these to come on offer, just ordered £80 radiator for £65 and got the valves free.
22 comments
Do they put the price up when giving the free valves?
As been waiting to get one. For a few months but looks like I'm only going to save £2-3 overall.
Either way a saving is good.
Have sime radiator heat
Then again, maybe you're lucky and already have metric sized radiators :grin:
i would be swapping a doubly for a do
i have a problem with a bit of sludge in the bottom of one of mine, I've treated the system a few times and took radiator off and given it a good whack with a rubber mallet while flushing a nod whilst it's ok I still think it could be better.
the plus size look a bit less bulky but are not available near me
I'd read modern radiators were more effective, are you a plumber