An 80-year-old French pensioner remained brave and steadfast this week in the wake of an accident which saw her enduring three days with her head wedged under a radiator. Reports referred to the woman only as Renée from the town of Annecy in the French Alps, but detailed how she fell head first in her [...]
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A somewhat bizarre “charity single” hit the headlines this week when a Norwegian band going by the name of Radi-Aid launched an appeal for Africans to send radiators to freezing Norway this winter. A much-viewed YouTube video accompanies the single, which urges Africans to spare a thought for those poor chilly Norwegian children, forced to [...]
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A recent Swedish study found that modern radiators are actually more efficient than underfloor heating systems. The study by Rettig ICC and Professor Harrysson, at Sweden’s Orebro University involved looking into the energy-efficiency of 130 homes and their resultant heating consumption. Its findings were startling – overall, the heat consumption of buildings with underfloor heating was [...]
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Good news for Italian and Polish producers of energy-efficient aluminium radiators this week – the European Union has moved to support their industries by sticking Chinese imported aluminium radiators with a five-year special tariff. The radiator tariff enables customs authorities to impose duties of up to 61.4 per cent on Chinese exporters such as Zhejiang [...]
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A recent crime report from Dallas revealed just how they deal with radiator thieves in Texas – when a business-owner shot a suspected robber in the act of stealing radiators from his auto shop. Police revealed that the owner of Gabby Hall Auto Parts had been keeping an eye on his store at night following [...]
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If you don’t fancy new designer radiators, but want your existing radiators to look prettier and perhaps less obtrusive, then radiator covers could well be the option for you. Radiator covers can be metal or wood, and the best-designed ones do not inhibit the function of your radiators or the amount of heat they produce. [...]
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The warm weather has brought with it a long-awaited sense of summertime – but don’t let the balmy days and low heating bills lull you into a false sense of security: now is the perfect time to check how your boiler and radiators are working before temperatures plunge and you really need to use them. [...]
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Scientists in Germany have released research showing the massive energy-saving potential of replacing old radiator valves with new heat transfer technology. The researchers from the Technical University of Dresden said that replacing radiators’ old thermostatic regulating valves with more efficient versions, Germany alone could reduce its CO2 emissions by some five million tonnes a year, [...]
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The Manufacturers’ Association of Radiators and Convectors complained this week that the government’s so-called Green Deal ignores the option to retro-fit radiators and central heating systems. The initiative is meant to improve the eco-friendliness of Britain’s homes by providing subsidies to construction companies and heating engineers who wish to use the most energy-efficient heat sources, [...]
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We all know that a decent set of radiators can be a highly desirable set of items, but police are currently trying to trace the whereabouts of one man who has apparently taken his desire to own the perfect radiator too far – stealing them from a house in Royston, North Hertfordshire. Investigating officers said [...]
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