Hi Colourhappy, it is Purbeck Stone, which was chosen by our super interior designer (Gina from Create Perfect on here). She's teamed it with shadow white on the ceiling and Wimborne White on the woodwork. The base of the fireplace is in Ammonite. We think it looks beautiful- such a warm and contemporary grey. Excuse the state of the floorboards- they need a good clean as are covered in dust from all the rubbing down of the paintwork but here's another couple of pics now the second coat is on. There will also be a large rug under the sofas to break up the brown of floorboards and the sofas Just waiting to put up our new radiators and Best Heating yes of course I'll share some pics once the radiators go up tomorrow!

We have a large, grotty old radiator in our living room. I'm thinking a nice dark grey tall and narrow vertical number would look great. We want to do exactly the same thing on the other side of the wall, where the same radiator is on our bedroom wall. We have laminate at the moment, how easy would it be for a plumber to take up and access the floor cavity in order to run the new lengths of piping that would be required?

Thanks KWG - this is not good but there is always a solution. 1. The most hassle-free and least bothersome to the plumber is to increase the thickness of the wall. For condensation issues your plasterer has raised, you should ask for 'foil-backed' plasterboard. These are vapour panels that block or limit condensation. Get the best rated one. 2. The alternative is to change your radiators to a configuration that allows the pipe to attach from behind and the valves attach from underneath (see image). It will save you a crucial 8-10cm. On this note, I've just seen that I forgot to post my link for the more detailed BTU calculator: https://www.traderadiators.com/acatalog/heating-calculator.html If you can find something that suits your heating specifications and your taste, this will mean you won't need to compromise on your vision. I hope this has been helpful. Kind regards, Faten

To follow on from some useful posts here: BTU calculation is absolutely your starting point. Better to oversize the rad rather than undersize, especially if you are using a modern condensing boiler that runs at lower temps for greater efficiency. So make sure that the BTU output quoted for the rad is at the temp you will have the boiler set to. A Pro like FR above can give you this info. We used Revive Radiators' steel column rads throughout the house. Being steel, as opposed to cast, they can be tall, and come in a 1500 size, 1200 size as well as the standard 1800mm. We actually have them in 2000 in the pic below. Ordered from mrcentralheating.co.uk who are helpful and reliable (i've used them in all three of my renovations). The rads have been fitted in my flat for over 10 years now and perform perfectly, so they have been tested. I'd definitely go with one tall rad, as it will free up floor/wall space for other stuff, like a feature chair or table, plants on the floor during the summer etc. Not a great pic, but you can see a 2metre tall, 3 column variant in lacquered raw steel finish on the wall of our new house next to the living room door. Behind, in the hallway, is a white, horizontal variant. The ugly plastic device on the valves are Honeywell's Evohome TRV controllers, which I cannot recommend highly enough (apart from the plasticky design), for temp control for each room individually.