Positioning of radiators

mayoman1973

Does anyone have know what the science is saying now about positioning of rads in a room? From what I have read everything is not saying you should try and position them opposite the window to get the most benefit from them as regards settinig up a convection current around the room. Old school of thought, and rightly so, had them under windows but the kicker in that case was the assumption that the window was drafty. Not so now and I certainly hope not after dropping 400 a pop on triple glazed ones. Any links would also be good as to what the research says.

johnny_adidas

One of the main reasons for positioning them under windows is it frees up wall space in the remainder of the room allowing for more furniture/storage options

paddy147

mayoman1973 wrote: »

Does anyone have know what the science is saying now about positioning of rads in a room? From what I have read everything is not saying you should try and position them opposite the window to get the most benefit from them as regards settinig up a convection current around the room. Old school of thought, and rightly so, had them under windows but the kicker in that case was the assumption that the window was drafty. Not so now and I certainly hope not after dropping 400 a pop on triple glazed ones. Any links would also be good as to what the research says.

under the window is the best place to position them for heating and general wall location purposes


I have tripple glazed windows and internaly insulated/slabbed out walls....House is lovely and snug.......barely ever have to use the heating,especially in wintertime.

mayoman1973

Good point, I never even considered that.

mayoman1973

@ Paddy, No, Opposite the window is what I have read in HouseBuilder UK and one of those DIY magazines. Theory being that your window will have a cold airflow from it downwards while the rad on the opposite side has an upwards rising airflow. These two air flows combine to form a continuous moving air current through the room. But as other poster said, a rad on an internal wall may take up valuable real estate. ....... Edit. For the leaving cert in the early 90s, I rem we had a project that proved they worked best under a window, but that was under a single glazed, drafty steel window.

corkplumber

air movement has a lot to do with radiator locaction. under window IMO is the best option with out the radiator been obstructed by curtains ect and a foil behind radiator to stop heat penetrating into the external wall.