ideal places of radiators

badgerhowlin

I know the theory of why the radiators were placed under the windows in old houses with single glazed windows, but what about modern houses with double\triple glazed windows.

yoshytoshy

The best place for a radiator is centred on any available wall. If you put a radiator in a corner ,the diagonally opposite corner will take a long time to heat.

heinbloed

The OP wrote:

I know the theory of why the radiators were placed under the windows in old houses with single glazed windows, but what about modern houses with double\triple glazed windows.

The "theory" still stands.

The central heat source belongs into the coldest spot. That is under the window in most rooms, be it four or five fold glazed.

yoshytoshy

The main reason radiators are put under windows is because that area is seldom used for furniture.
There isn't even theory about it ,it's just people with too much time on their hands.

paddy147

yoshytoshy wrote: »

The main reason radiators are put under windows is because that area is seldom used for furniture.
There isn't even theory about it ,it's just people with too much time on their hands.

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paddy147

heinbloed wrote: »

The OP wrote:



The "theory" still stands.

The central heat source belongs into the coldest spot. That is under the window in most rooms, be it four or five fold glazed.

+1.

yoshytoshy

paddy147 wrote: »

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All sorts of cronies on this site.

Stove Fan

I generally don't fit them under the window as most clients don't like the heat dissapearing behind the curtains or long curtains covering the rad. But most people have good double glazing. If they were old sashes I would put them under the window as they are very draughty. We had a listed 240 year old georgian house with old sashes. The rad was under the window:)
I would ask my clients where they wanted them.

Stove Fan:)

littlemis

our house, has all the rads in the house on the dividing walls. council house with old timber windows, only house in the block with rads this way this way.. plummer says it was cheapest and easiest to do this way ,due to where the hot press with cylinder is.the plummer is the same one who put them in and said this was the response the clerk of works gave him at the time,he says he remembers it as it was the only house done this way......

JohnnieK

I was always thought in collage that they should be always under the windows because it is the coldest point in a room and aids the natural convection of the warm air around the room, the next best would be adjacent and the worst would be opposite. my daughters room had the radiator opposite the window and I changed this to under the window and the room is a good bit warmer now according to the baby monitor so there must be something in it:).

littlemis

Well hun, all mine are opposite the windows.:(

paddy147

yoshytoshy wrote: »

All sorts of cronies on this site.

Who me????

I merely edited and deleted my post as I replied to your post by accident.

yoshytoshy

paddy147 wrote: »

Who me????

I merely edited and deleted my post as I replied to your post by accident.

.. ,would mean I don't know what to say in a conversation ,no ? . Deleting a post is straightforward.


It's pointless telling people to put radiators under windows ,windows are for curtains and downstairs curtains are always full lenght.
It gets far to anal here to have any straightforward conversation.

I've been in bolton street myself ,installed thousands of radiators and can safely say it doesn't make any difference. A good set of curtains will keep the cold out and thats better than fighting it with a radiator.

Like I first posted the worst place for a radiator is in the corner of a room ,after that it doesn't really matter.

FYI ,I live in a realitively new thermo efficient apartment complex in Dublin and not one appartment has a radiator under a window ,funny that.

Billy Bunting

In my early days i was always taught to place rads under windows, towards to end of my apprentiship that idea changed and we were told rads to be placed on internal walls, today with triple glazing i don't think it really matters just so long as the heat transfer to the room isn't interfered with by curtains and the like.

,would mean I don't know what to say in a conversation ,no ? . Deleting a post is straightforward.

Is deleting a post possible after the post has been replied too??? i havn't tried, on most forums it is not and so i think possibly i would have also edited my post in the same way, i will though in future be sure to explain my reason for my edit in fear of upsetting cronie hunters. :P

testicle

I remember being told that the worst place for a rad in a house was under the window, because any heat generated rises, and straight out the window.

youtheman

When I moved into my 1990 built house I found that all the radiators were either a) under the window and thus preventing me from fitting full length curtains or b) in a bay window preventing me from fitting a straight-across curtain or c) just happened to be where I wanted to sit a couch.

So I've done various upgrades over the years and I always go for a vertical radiator. Even if it's behind a couch it will not be fully covered, and they are not located under a bloody window. They are also a nice feature (I think anyway). I've tended to put them near a corner of the room to avoid a clash with anything else, and to be honest I wasn't aware of the advice not to locate them there. It doesn't seem to affect their performance though.

yoshytoshy

youtheman wrote: »

I've tended to put them near a corner of the room to avoid a clash with anything else, and to be honest I wasn't aware of the advice not to locate them there. It doesn't seem to affect their performance though.

It's just the far ends of the rooms youtheman ,if the rad is oversized it probably wouldn't make any difference.
Most popular upgrade at the moment is vertical radiators to the left or right of the downstairs windows and internally insulate the walls.