Moving radiator

Stephen2023

The radiator is my living room is badly located behind a sofa. I want to move it to under the window. Problem is a concrete floor. Can a pipe be chased along the skirting board? Otherwise suppose the option is to dig a channel in the floor (costly?)

Glad for advice. Thanks.

XsApollo

You can run a pipe out or chase it anywhere, I presume you’ll be coming off the original pipes?

only issue maybe is there a door or something along the route.

you can get hollow skirting also so you might not have to chase so deep into the wall you might get away with just taking off the plaster , which wouldn’t be so messy.

Stephen2023

Thanks. Very helpful.

No door fortunately and an adjacent wall. Original recently installed pipes but a design mistake when locating the radiator.

Wearb

It's not unusual nor necessarily faulty design to have a radiator behind a sofa. About 80% of the heat emitted (despite its name) is through convection. So if you have adequate air circulation, the sofa will barely interfere with it.

Dial Hard

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120674211#Comment_120674211

I was about to say, would it not be easier to move the sofa? Also, is it not considered poor practice these days to put a radiator on an external wall? I know traditionally they were placed under windows to best make use of convection but I thought this was no longer the case with modern double and triple glazing?

Stephen2023

Thanks for comments. It may be easier to live with the radiator as it is. The room has good internal insulation and A-grade windows as it is.

timmyntc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120674654#Comment_120674654

What style of radiators are they? Certain types convect air vertically better than others, which would be preferable in your case

Stephen2023

Thks. New steel panel radiators

10-10-20

Just keep the sofa >7 or so cm's away from the rad to encourage convection when it's on, it should be fine.