RE: Radiator efficiency...

[Chris Langridge <chrisl@xxxxxxx>]

I don't understand why people always stand around naked in bathrooms. It's
hardly surprising they feel cold!

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Paul Gordon [mailto:paul_gordon@xxxxxxx]
>Sent: 14 March 2002 14:58
>To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Radiator efficiency...
>
>
>I do have a thermometer in the room, - a Nice stainless steel
>LCD affair
>with clock/calendar/thermometer all built in...
>
>It's currently showing 17 degrees C - that's middle of the
>day, Central
>heating currently off, but had been on for a couple of hours
>previously.
>
>Perhaps I should attempt to persuade her to let me put in a
>heated lavvy
>seat then!?!?!
>
>
>Paul G.
>
>
>
>>From: "Mark Harrison" <Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx>
>>Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>>To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
>>Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Radiator efficiency...
>>Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 14:20:31 -0000
>>
>>The biggest factor in her assesment (apart from the actual
temperature
>>in the room) is probably the thermal conductivity of the
>surfaces she's
>>in contact with. Apart from when she's actually in the bath,
>this means
>>the floor and the loo seat.
>>
>>Suggest you chuck a bathroom mat in their, get her to stand
>on that, and
>>then tell you whether the room's cold!
>>
>>The other thing is - get a thermometer and read the ambient
>>temperatures, eh?
>>
>>(I assume you've checked the valves, and both rooms are fully on.)
>>
>>Mark Harrison
>>Head of Systems, eKingfisher
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Paul Gordon [mailto:paul_gordon@xxxxxxx]
>>Sent: 14 March 2002 13:08
>>To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>>Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Radiator efficiency...
>>
>>
>>
>> >
>> >This may sound daft, but as you say they are both getting to
hot to
>>touch,
>> >what types of flooring do you have in each room? e.g. Tiles in
the
>>bathroom
>> >and Carpet in the bedroom?
>> >
>>
>>Indeed, the surface temperature of both rads is the same
>(bloody hot!),
>>but
>>the bathroom does have a lot more "cold" surface
materials than the
>>bedroom.
>>- Laminate wood floor, 50% tiled walls, the other 50% is just
painted
>>plaster etc...
>>
>>
>> >Other factors could be effecting the rad, not just its output.
>> >
>>
>>Seems likely....
>>
>>Paul G.
>>
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