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stevebrown1939

Vertical radiators - grey or white?

stevebrown1939
8 år siden
What are your thoughts on the above?

We are in the design stages of a living room makeover and are planning to replace the old radiators with vertical ones.
We are going for a modern contemporary look with medium dark wood flooring and a light mink colour on the walls.
I have always liked the contemporary dark grey radiators but I'm not sure if we might regret not going with white when it comes to changing the colour scheme next time around.

Any comments appreciated and if anyone has any photos, which may help us decide, that would be great.

Thanks,
Steve.
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  • PRO
    Sort Our Stuff
    8 år siden
    If you have white skirtings and ceilings then white rads are part of the 'infrastructure'. Unless the rads match the wall colour exactly then they might as well be white. If they were camouflaged they could fade into the background.

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    • stevebrown1939
      Forfatter
      8 år siden
      Thanks for your comment SOS. Gives us food for thought.
    • Resh
      8 år siden
      My skirting and architraves are an F&B colour called "clunch". The floors are stripped Victorian planks, and hallway walls are a combination of stripped brick and F&B "pointing". One column rad is mounted on the brick, one on a painted wall. I had the same question as you, and went for a bare metal lacquered finish, and polished the copper pipework from the floor. It looks great and is a bit different! The radiators are from Revive Radiators, by the way, and they come in white and grey too. I recommend them - high quality construction and finish, and they perform well too.
    • Resh
      8 år siden
      Also, don't forget that some designs of column rad allow you to see through them. Meaning that either you pick a specific patch of colour for behind the rad that will stay no matter how you change the rest of the room, or you need to drain the system and take the rad down to repaint the wall behind when you redecorate...
    • stevebrown1939
      Forfatter
      8 år siden
      Thanks Suresh. Any chance of a photo of yours? Sounds interesting.
    • PRO
      creativeorg
      8 år siden
      Hi Steve
      Depends if you want to make a feature of them. White would be the obvious colour but you could paint them the same as the walls so they blend in completely. If they're easily paintable then why not go with the dark grey, they can always be repainted when you best change your room.
      If I were you I'd go for it, they're beautiful so you may as well make a feature of them!!
    • PRO
      Cameron Interiors Edinburgh & Glasgow
      8 år siden

      Never paint a radiator - it impacts on the heat they send out - advice from the friendly gas engineer! I have white vertical ones on a purple wall and they look great and also a copper effect on a grey backdrop - they look great as features.

    • PRO
      Phoenix Whirlpools Ltd
      7 år siden

      Aluminium Radiators provide a great range of styles and provide super heat output...Aluminium Radiators

    • Lauren
      7 år siden

      I bought a column rad from best heating for our kitchen a while ago. I would describe it as a pale dove grey rather than brilliant white (which is what the wall behind is painted). This may blend in a little better with your light mink walls.

      You can see the colour contrast against the protective polystyrene in this pic -

      http://www.bestheating.com/milano-windsor-traditional-8-x-2-column-radiator-cast-iron-style-white-1800mm-x-383mm.html

    • Resh
      7 år siden
      Steve sadly not a great pic, but rad is in the far corner...
    • PRO
      Feature Radiators
      6 år siden

      Hi Steve, here is an example of a lacquered bare metal column radiator, our best-selling Core. I think this finish is an excellent suggestion as will be much easier to change the colour scheme around in future.

      http://www.featureradiators.co.uk/Prices/Contemporary/2017%2002%2001%20-%20Core.pdf

      Radiators in narrow spaces · Mere information


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