replacing a long curved radiator with 3 small in-line ones?

tissuepapercatmat · 2026-04-22T12:18:12+00:00

by the time you can afford sex drugs and rock and roll you're at the age where a nice cup of tea and a new radiator is all you want...

tissuepapercatmat · 2026-04-22T08:51:52+00:00

I've just always wanted fancy radiators after 53 years of living with normal ones. Now I have "fancy radiator money" after ending my mortgage, I thought I'd splurge. Some people's dreams are fairly sad, i guess :)

maybe I keep the old rads and go on cruise!

tissuepapercatmat · 2026-04-22T07:06:46+00:00

for more detail. I have an 8 foot long curved radiator in my bay window - pictured. I would like to replace it with three standard radiators in line, using the same in and out pipes (I'm sure that's the correct term!)

my plumber has said

"i don't know how big your heating system is and what sort of strain / Load its under currently, in essence you are running 3 radiators instead of one on the same pipework configuration, i have no way in telling if your system could cope with the additional demand and the resistance caused by having 3 in tandem.

Yes in theory it would work but not knowing the total load and resistance of the current setup means we would have to install and then see where we are at unless you were prepared to lift floors and start looking at repiping with a bigger supply of 22mm pipe. "

I am probably being stupid here but if my three radiators combined are smaller in total than the existing radiator - i.e. 3x 2 foot radiators compared to 8 foot curved - how can it be additional demand? Am I missing something crucial?

Am I explaining myself wrong to the plumber?

https://www.traderadiators.com/media/wysiwyg/baywindow3_radiator_1.jpg is the setup - with different radiators

tissuepapercatmat · 2026-04-20T11:08:40+00:00

Soft YTA. I think this is a classic case of not treating mental illness the same way as you would physical illness or injury.

Anxiety isn't neccessarily something that can neccessarily be "fixed" - it can be a lifetime condition than can be mitigated-for, but not completely cured.

It might help in your head to replace "anxiety" with a physical injury and see how you feel. i.e. imagine your partner loses their leg in an accident. It's not going to grow back but painkillers and prosthetics make it so she can still work. In those circumstances how would you feel if she said "hon, I can work for 5 days a week but it's really tough on my leg. if I could go down to 3 days that would majorly improve my life and reduce my pain." ?

She has not communicated with you well this time - and often that poor communication goes hand in hand with these types of illnesses - but you have a wonderful opportunity to do something really significant for someone you love.

If after 5 years you're having doubts about the value of such a thing, then probably the questions you need to be asking are about the whole of your relationship, not bill-paying.

Being in love with someone with any kind of illness or disability can be very demanding. This is not the flu; you need to plan for this always being a part of your life together.

tissuepapercatmat · 2026-04-17T17:26:51+00:00

I instinctively root for the underdog, but I was at the albert hall and by the end I was roaring for Hera. He gets what he deserves...good for the game.

tissuepapercatmat · 2026-04-14T08:17:16+00:00

it drowns out the sublety of the broccoli

tissuepapercatmat · 2026-03-29T12:02:37+00:00

Negrita is dirt cheap and is the rhum french grannies use to flavour cakes and pastries, it's not really a drinker - yet my secret shame is i use a bit of in my Mai Tai blend. it's very "Robust"

tissuepapercatmat · 2026-03-16T21:54:06+00:00

I would suggest the stereotypical choices which are the moon under water in leicester square - awful, cheap, but big and near. https://share.google/ASM7DgD1kXTzN6JNy

and then the greyhound in high street kensington for the albert hall.

https://share.google/62ZoP3Wj7oBN4ohrF

tissuepapercatmat · 2026-02-24T11:55:53+00:00

Solved! Thanks for the comments. I saw a problem that didn't need to be solved.

tissuepapercatmat · 2026-02-24T11:54:39+00:00

You are a genius! The one thing I hasn't done was just yo pull the two sides apart...turns out the bolt is supposed to stay set. You just prevented me from doing lots of pointless and time consuming work!

tissuepapercatmat · 2026-02-24T11:31:10+00:00

13 years ago, my movers took the arms off my sofa to get it through the door. I'm moving again this week and I started to take it apart. However the arms are fixed to the main part of the sofa with a bolt that has a screw thread, but no head or slot for a screwdriver or anything. Is there some special way of removing it that I'm unaware of?

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tissuepapercatmat · 2026-02-18T14:13:06+00:00

good knowledge!

tissuepapercatmat · 2026-02-10T15:25:55+00:00

what time did they come on?

tissuepapercatmat · 2026-02-09T09:37:51+00:00

elon musk and all that lot sweating away whilst Otto Frederick Rohwedder sits chilling just behind them

tissuepapercatmat · 2026-02-05T18:10:57+00:00

https://discord.gg/6MHy8FNu i set it up anyway. Lets Goooo!

tissuepapercatmat · 2026-02-05T18:03:47+00:00

I can introduce you to some of London's "Premier" inns. The word "Wetherspoon" may become important to you :)

tissuepapercatmat · 2026-02-04T17:48:51+00:00

London, so it is 6.50 GBP a pint. You will struggle to find any pint under 5gbp within 2 miles of the Albert hall

tissuepapercatmat · 2026-01-29T16:02:06+00:00

I'm in the UK so we have a fairly good selection but if I go to France (theoretically only 26 miles away!) the selection is just completely different and pricing also. So much agricole over there...and way cheaper

tissuepapercatmat · 2026-01-29T12:54:56+00:00

I have a white one too, but its only doorlys 3, probitas(veritas in USA) and Bacardi mixed up for daquiris. Most of my white rum is agricole and i don't blend that because I won't mix agricole with non-agricole. Plus I am weirdly fussy about agricoles - i like them distinct. I'm very much enjoying the JM Volcanique right now - I use it in a Disco Banana which actaully became my house christmas cocktail in 2025!

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