1 hour ago andrew smith asked ... 2009 fiesta 1388 cc titainum?    |    Eric asked ... Strimmer fuel line?    |    Frank asked ... Working fine. No cold air?    |    c.m.brown asked ... Replace chuck on aeg power drill sb2e 700r?    |    tom dimmock asked ... How can i mend the lid on russell hobbs elec?    |    Click here to ask your question

how many rads can run from a potterton celsia f1 40?

i have a potterton celsia f1 40 how many rads can run from it ? or btus can it opperate? my living room dosnt seem to get warm enough. its a standard 3 bed house the rads all seem small and are single can i change the living room rads for double rads? please
john brunton, November 2009
Fao John Brunton.I am not familiar with this boiler.Does the 40 pertain to 40.000 btu's I wonder?
If so you may have problems putting bigger radiators in and and could excede the capacity and eventually knacker the boiler.A boiler of that size in a 3 bed house maybe only sized for back ground heat.
If you put bigger rads in you may need to increase the pipe sizes and then find the boiler isn't big enough to produce enough heat.
If you go to a heating merchant such as Plumbcenter or Pts you can obtain free of charge a radiator list catalogue,this list included rad sizes and btu outputs.
Do a rough calculation of your existing rads and you will see if you are reaching your capacity,allow 8,000 btu for the hot water 'domestic' and 10% for extreme weather conditions.

Glen., November 2009
yes

b, November 2009
link Click here to see other fixes for Potterton Celsia F1 40.