Radiators - height

[Goofy]

Is there some rule out there about the height radiators should be above the floor? (everything else semms to have one!)

[KARL]

There is no precise rule but for efficiency's sake it should be set off the floor and wall far enough to permit easy circulation of air around it - the brackets supplied with them usually ensure the latter is satisfied. Many aim to have it 30-40mm above any skirting board for aesthetic reasons - in practice the minimum height is likely to be of the order of 150mm or more.

[Catso]

I've forwarded your question to the ODPM, and they have promised legislation will be introduced in the spring.

[Goofy]

thanks both - we'd read somewhere that it should be 8", but glad there is (as yet) no rule.

[Catso]

There will be! A gaping hole in the legislation, on an important subject; how could the government resist this one!

BTW, easier to paint both the wall and the skirting board if you have them a bit higher than is usual.

[KARL]

You can't be serious ! A law for how to mount radiators ?! Time to leave Britain - or is this just a wind-up (surely it is) ?

[Goofy]

hey - what's the point of living in a nanny state if nanny leaves anything to chance!