Radiators???

covbaldy

Right,
I've got a plumber whos happy to fit what we supply, he will just suplly pipework & fittings, (all good stuff though!) I've sourced a boiler (Glow worm 30cxi) and TRV's + lockshields (danfoss), now what I need are the rads, I've seen some VERY EXPENSIVE ones out there, can anyone recommend some sites for decent rads, and maybe some brands? I haven't a clue on what to go for.
Oh hes also recommended a Drayton RF-1 digi stat, anyone come across one of these?


Thanks Alan

Hunnymonster

Nip to your local PlumbCenter and any other plumbers' merchants local to you and hoover up their paper catalogues - they usually have everything you ever wanted to know about the radiators in - sizes, weight, thermal output, etc.

You can usually strike a deal in there - I've never failed to walk out of a plumbers' merchant with less than 20% off the 'list' price just from asking.

alanobrien

covbaldy wrote:

Right,
I've got a plumber whos happy to fit what we supply, he will just suplly pipework & fittings, (all good stuff though!) I've sourced a boiler (Glow worm 30cxi) and TRV's + lockshields (danfoss), now what I need are the rads, I've seen some VERY EXPENSIVE ones out there, can anyone recommend some sites for decent rads, and maybe some brands? I haven't a clue on what to go for.
Oh hes also recommended a Drayton RF-1 digi stat, anyone come across one of these?


Thanks Alan

RADS, got mine from screwfix, low cost and effective, thats good enough for me.

http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/sea/searchresults.jsp?_dyncharset=UTF-8&q=radiator&pn=1&pd=1&pi=1&cn=1&cd=1&x=0&y=0

alictait

Try your local adtrader - always loads of new radiators on there.

Myson seem to be a budget range that are recommended by several plumbers.

HTH

penrhyn

I can recommend Drayton as a reliable make.
You plumber is probably recommending the RF-1 as being radio controlled it saves a lot of wiring and you can position it where you like.
I would consider going for a slightly better one such as the Digistat RF3 programmable thermostat which will give you far greater control for only a few pounds more.

http://www.avenuesupplies.co.uk/index.php?id=751&pid=3511&sid=1

sportmonkey

i know it ha s allready been mentioned recently had to buy 11 rads and the best for value was definetly screwfix.all installed and working fine

gromituk

sportmonkey wrote:

i know it ha s allready been mentioned recently had to buy 11 rads and the best for value was definetly screwfix.all installed and working fine

Yes, I agree, although you can get exactly the same slightly cheaper from toolstation.com - I just bought one.

The Screwfix/Toolstation ones aren't quite as good in terms of watts per unit area than Heatline 2000, but are a lot cheaper. The really cheap ones aren't worth it - you just need to buy larger ones to get the same heat output. Look at the specifications.