Radiator in hallway: Yes or No

CTricky80

Hi All

So I am having some much needed new radiators fitted and have asked the guy to remove the radiator from the hallway and not replace it. He thinks this is bad idea so I wanted to get some other peoples views on this. Have people done it and regretted it?

Some further information to help. I live in a two bedroom, ground floor flat. The hallway is not that big. The pipes for this radiator run behind two kitchen cupboards and heat them up so I can't use them to store things that shouldn't get hot.

Am I crazy to want to do this? :undecided

JJ_Egan

LPG or Oil??

CTricky80

JJ_Egan wrote: »

LPG or Oil??

Combi boiler - gas. Not sure I know what LPG is?

cattie

My flat is also a ground floor 2 bedroom & I insisted I had a radiator in my small hallway, even though installers were telling me they thought it unnecessary. My kitchen is fairly compact & no room for a radiator there & I'm thankful that I had a small radiator in the hall, otherwise it would have been quite a chilly zone when coming from other heated rooms.

To me it's always better to have too much heat rather than not enough as you can always turn radiators down or off completely if you're feeling the heat.

Owain_Moneysaver

A cold hallway will suck heat from every other room.

Insulate and box in the pipes behind the kitchen cupboards.

JJ_Egan

CTricky80 wrote: »

Combi boiler - gas. Not sure I know what LPG is?

LPG, Heating Oil, Solid & Other Fuels

Hasbeen

The question oil or LPG was asked because you have posted in that forum not the correct Energy one.

Yes it would be silly not to put one in the hall.

matelodave

If you don't have it fitted initially then it will cost a lot more to have one retrofitted if you later decide that you really do need one.

As said above, you can always turn it down or off if you find you don't need to use it but having a cold hall will suck the heat out of the other rooms. Make sure that it's got a TRV (unless the thermostat is located in the hall)

Don't forget that for the heating system to work properly you need a radiator in the room where the thermostat is situated. Although most place have the stat in the hall it's not always the best place for it.

I would strongly recommend that you get a programmable thermostat which will give you much more control over times and temperatures that a bog standard stat & programmer/timer.

If you want to reduce the heat transfer into the cupboard then insulate the pipes