any ideas what to do with radiator?

Irina Vilgers

8 years ago

rental property have no permission to do any thing radical. .

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7 years ago

The radiator is fine. What is that bike doing hanging on the wall?

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Brandi Nash Hicks
8 years ago
Build a box around it, that sits over it that you can remove make it useful by purring atop for storage items
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Feature Radiators
7 years ago
Swap the radiator for something more interesting like a column model and make a feature of it? Wilberforce 2 column cast iron radiator
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Casa Colori
7 years ago
Hi Irina,

I bed you would like to hide the radiators. Since it is not your flat I would suggested that you use a radiator cover. You should find some not expensive in B&Q.

I hope it helps

Silvia
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Amber Jeavons Ltd
7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago
Hello Irina,

Well there are a lot of options but if you're not allowed then I think the cover is a good idea... You can then paint it to blend with the wall colour for example.. Also I love the bike on the wall... There are a lot of fantastic ways to hang a bike! It's a gr8 use of space in a hall! It makes for a rather interesting feature too doesn't it! : ))

Have a look at this for an idea.. cover

Hanging bikes are in! Practical solutions and gr8 where leaving it outside to be stolen is less than desirable : ))
designs7
7 years ago
I haven't done this yet, but love this idea, I'd like to make something like this for my hallway radiator at some point, I've also seen it where they have used patina red copper piping for the legs. it also gives you a useful small table space
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Amber Jeavons Ltd
7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago
Hello designs7,

The bench is a lovely idea where space isn't an issue. Very nice for a country style home. Or period style. It could be made too rather easily. :))
anon2005
7 years ago
Take the bike off the wall! Haha! Couldnt resist that!
163 hrd
7 years ago
I love the bike on the wall. Necessity is the mother of invention.
E D
7 years ago
I too like the bike on the wall.
I would be careful with covering the radiator. This can reduce its heat efficiency quite significantly.
Is it perhaps an idea to fix the timber, currently on top of the rad, as a shelf some 20 cm above it on the wall?
Other than that I would leave well alone.
Jayk
7 years ago
It looks to me like the radiator is in a sitting room and not a hall. I would remove the shelf - which draws attention to the radiator - and paint the radiator the same colour as the wall.

At its simplest, can the furniture be re-arranged to hide the radiator? Put something in front of it to draw the eye away from the radiator?
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Feature Radiators
7 years ago
I would be a bit concerned about putting furniture in front of the radiator. You might get very warm furniture but the heat wouldn't radiate into the room as well. Might be better to go for the blending in option instead like the one pictured.
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Jayk
7 years ago
It wouldn't be a good idea to put a sofa or other large item in front of the radiator but perhaps something that doesn't hide the radiator but ensures it's not a focal point.
Chris Goodchild
6 years ago
I am not crazy about radiator covers as the laws of physics dictate that you are reducing the efficiency of the rad' by interfering with its ability to convect. A small portion of a rad's heat is actual radiation so they are misnamed. However, if you do make or install a cover, make sure to put insulationwith a reflecting surface behind the rad, if wood or MDF use the thinnest you can get away with as wood is and insulator. Finally, to offset the reduced convection,providing the minimum temperature of the rad is 60 Celsius, you could get a little help from a stove top fan ( normally used on solid fuel/wood burning stoves) like this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VonHaus-3-Blade-Heat-Powered-Wood-Burning-Log-Fire-Burner-Stove-Top-Mini-Fan-/272500990777 , build it into the cover facing outward. The heat is turned into power for the motor via something called the Peltier- Seebeck effect, so no wiring or batteries just the heat from the radiatorto run it.