You are reading a single comment by @jellybaby and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
London Fixed Gear and Single-Speed is a community of predominantly fixed gear and single-speed cyclists in and around London, UK.
This site is supported almost exclusively by donations. Please consider donating a small amount regularly.
konastab01
@jellybaby
I'm refurbing a bedroom. Sorting out a knackered ceiling, new plaster, new carpet. Lots of mess. The radiator in the room is old and in a mess so I'm going to replace it.
Radiator calculators say I need about 4500 BTU for the size of the room. B&Q will sell me a radiator that easily fits in the room which is 9600 BTU for not too much money. It's massively overspecced but there will be a TRV which will keep it in check a bit and in theory it might be useful having a very big radiator if I ever feed it with lower temperature water in a future world where gas boilers are banned.
Are there any drawbacks to overspeccing a radiator like this?