Change radiator in bathroom

[madmart]

Can someone be kind enough to tell me how easy it is to change the radiator in a bathroom from running off the central heating to hot water?

 

[GQuigley67]

what do you mean running off the hot water ?

 

[madmart]

Take a direct feed from the hot water tank to the rad and return to the HWT. I presume the tank will have to be changed if it doesn't have a spare coil?

 

[GQuigley67]

your confusing me mate, what's wrong with your radiator is it not hot enough or something ?

 

[borntohula]

Do you figure it would be easier to run the pipework from your hot water storage cylinder than from your central heating system?

 

[Bartdude]

Do you mean you want the radiator to work when you have the hot water turned on,meaning you can have that radiator working in the summer when the heating's off? That can be done but how easy it is will depend on the layout of your house and the type of system you have.

If you had some pictures of your hot water cylinder layout that would really help.

 

[dontknowitall]

If the object of the exercise is to provide heat in the bathroom whenever the hot water is on (irrespective of whether the central heating is on or not) then the flow has to come from the primary flow before the hot water cylinder (and radiator circuit) and the return to feed into the primary return as the last connection to the boiler.

If you connect it to the hot water cylinder you'll ruin the radiator very quickly as it will rust. With the pipes fed into the primary the radiator will benefit from the inhibitor in the central heating circuit.

Some people like this system because it means they have a hot radiator in the bathroom during the summer when the central heating is turned off.

If the new radiator is replacing an old one and the new one is the same size then all you need do is turn off the valves at each end, empty the radiator, remove then replace and bleed.

 

[madmart]

Thanks dontknowitall, that's exactly what I needed to know.

 

[madmart]

....and thanks to all who offered their help - much appreciated.