During the winter months it is more important than ever to ensure your heating system works at its peak. Whether you have traditional cast-iron radiators, or modern designer radiators, there will be occasions when they become compromised by air bubbles. Try a simple test – when your radiators are switched on, feel them at the [...]
Continue Reading →Britons need to make better use of energy-efficient gadgets such as radiator boosters in order to cut hundreds of pounds from their heating bills, according to switching service uSwitch. The service said that more than 11 million households – some 43 per cent of those in the UK – are failing to scoop these savings [...]
Continue Reading →As China’s middle-class becomes more affluent, it seeks the comfort and attractive contours that designer radiators can bring. A number of design magazines, newspaper sections and commentators have recently noted the emergence this year of a new, mass-market range of designer radiators produced especially for the emerging Chinese middle-class market. Chinese firm Sampux has been [...]
Continue Reading →As Britain shivers through the winter months, heating bills inevitably rise – and for many people rise sharply. Nobody likes the thought of a big bill at the end of the quarter, but keeping warm in winter is a necessity. Luckily there are ways and means to get the most out of your boiler and [...]
Continue Reading →The Scottish Government was in for a toasting this Christmas when Liberal Democrats in Holyrood revealed that none of the administration’s buildings had managed to achieve the top ratings when it came to energy efficiency, with too much heat being wasted through inadequate insulation, lights and radiators left on unnecessarily and many other infractions. Released [...]
Continue Reading →Many households this year have availed themselves of the advantages of electronic thermostatic radiator valves (eTRVs), with new parents particularly able to benefit from the new technology. Only available on the market since a few years ago, eTRVs give a householder more control over the output of their radiators than ever before, and are both [...]
Continue Reading →British Gas called on Britain’s businesses last week to prepare for a cold winter this year by making sensible regular checks on their boilers, pipework and radiators. The energy provider and maintenance business said that around a third of all UK businesses are caught with their trousers down every year when the weather turns frosty [...]
Continue Reading →Householders across the UK are finally facing the genuine chill of winter after the unusually warm months of October and November, and along with it, the need to keep homes cosy but heating bills down. Effective insulation is a great way of acieving this, and with many apartment complexes and family buildings fitted with either [...]
Continue Reading →With kitchens becoming the centre of many homes, and an oasis of cosiness in their own right, more householders are fitting radiators in the room. Here’s a quick guide to some of the most important features when choosing the right radiator for the kitchen. The first and most important factor has to be a radiator’s [...]
Continue Reading →Horwich Heritage Centre in Lancashire gave a salutary lesson in the importance of safe and effective radiator placement this week when the local authority warned that many of its exhibition displays needed to be removed because they were “boxing in” the radiators and causing potential dangers. The displays surrounding the radiators were not only preventing [...]
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