Sorry to hear that, hope you were covered and have been able to get things back into shape. Water seems to be to be the ultimate destroyer, because you can’t immediately replace things, you have to wait for all the affected areas to fully dry out before you can do any remedial work.
I think that’s very much the argument against doing it. If the property is well ventilated and doesn’t suffer from any damp issues then just having the one rad on might make sense.
If after a few days/weeks/months you’re noticing mould forming (often near/around the windows where there’s...