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Gothic Western Decor - Romantic Americana meets melancholic foreboding?
What’s America Gothic to you? We look at the American trend and how our cast iron radiators can help you achieve the look?
Gothic Western Decor - Romantic Americana meets melancholic foreboding?
In the labyrinthine sprawl of decor styles, the Western Gothic aesthetic stands as an audacious silhouette against the banality of modern conformity. To remodel one's domicile in this fashion is not merely a renovation; it is a resurrection of the whimsical, the macabre, and the theatrically morose. This is a journey not for the faint-hearted or the lovers of minimalist Scandi-chic. No, this is for the brave, the bold, and the slightly…
The History Of Cast Iron Radiators
With their intricate patterns and robust construction, cast iron radiators bear witness to a bygone era, a time when craftsmanship and design were inextricably entwined.
The History Of Cast Iron Radiators
These elegant embodiments of warmth and architectural grandeur have graced our interiors for centuries, silently serving as both functional heating devices and aesthetic marvels. With their intricate patterns and robust construction, cast iron radiators bear witness to a bygone era, a time when craftsmanship and design were inextricably entwined.
Why Choose an Electric Cast Iron Radiator?
Electric cast iron radiators have becoming popular again and effectively been resurrected, repurposed, and reimagined for the modern age. But what is it about these cast-iron objects that has captured the public’s imagination?
Why Choose an Electric Cast Iron Radiator?
Electric cast iron radiators, those old fashioned remnants of a bygone era, seem to have undergone a renaissance in recent years. Once consigned to the dustbins of history, these clunky and cumbersome heating appliances have becoming popular again and effectively been resurrected, repurposed, and reimagined for the modern age. But what is it about these cast-iron objects that has captured the public’s imagination? And are they really as…
How to paint a cast iron radiator
This guide shows you how to prepare your newly purchased cast iron radiator for painting or if you have an old cast iron radiator in your house that has flaking or old paint that you would like to restore.
How to paint a cast iron radiator
You can purchase your cast iron radiators from The Victorian Emporium painted or primed. If you purchase your radiator primed in order to save money or because you are undecided about the paint colour you require at the time of ordering your radiators, you can paint the radiator yourself by following our simple steps.
How to bleed a cast iron radiator?
A brief guide on how to bleed your cast iron radiators which will help ensure that your radiators work as efficiently as possible.
How To Bleed A Cast Iron Radiator
Cast iron radiators are a significant investment and if they are working efficiently, they will provide a powerful and reliable source of heat in your period house. If however they are not working properly and contain air pockets which prevent them outputting their full heat capacity, the warmth they provide will be much lower than the level of heat you may require in the depths of winter.
Our guide to ordering and installing cast iron radiators
Cast iron radiators are expensive items and as such you will want to make sure that you are choosing a suitable radiator that will work effectively and look beautiful, and that installation of your radiators is as problem-free as possible. When you order a cast…
Our guide to ordering and installing cast iron radiators
Cast iron radiators are expensive items and as such you will want to make sure that you are choosing a suitable radiator that will work effectively and look beautiful, and that installation of your radiators is as problem-free as possible.
Are cast iron radiators more expensive to run?
Cast iron radiators can be very beautiful and are available in a wealth of different heights, widths, designs, paint effects and as such generally cost more than their modern steel equivalents. They are also very heavy and each section is hand cast so can have…
Are cast iron radiators more expensive to run?
Cast iron radiators can be very beautiful and are available in a wealth of different heights, widths, designs, paint effects and as such generally cost more than their modern steel equivalents. They are also very heavy and each section is hand cast so can have slightly different characteristics. We often get asked by uncertain customers whether, because of the volume of water they can hold and how heavy they are, are cast iron radiators…
How to clean cast iron radiators
This is a simple guide about how to clean cast iron and column radiators. These radiators can be tricky to clean with their vertical columns with narrow gaps in between them, which attracts dust and dirt. A small cast iron radiator with 12 columns can take a…
How To Clean Cast Iron Radiators
This is a simple guide about how to clean cast iron and column radiators. These radiators can be tricky to clean with their vertical columns with narrow gaps in between them, which attracts dust and dirt. A small cast iron radiator with 12 columns can take a good half an hour to clean but this is not something that needs to be done every week. If you are not careful dust can really accumulate without you realising leaving a very mucky…
Reproduction Cast Iron Radiators
Period radiators is a phrase which is almost a contradiction in terms. The first radiators were invented around the mid 19th century so the Victorians were the first to benefit from central heating to any great extent and even they took time to become…
Thing To Consider When Looking at Reproduction Cast Iron Radiators
Franz San Galli invented the heating radiator in St Petersburg between 1855-1857, although in actual fact the taste for radiators in Great Britain did not gather pace until the early 20th century. The earliest radiators used steam which caused numerous issues and was responsible for many a scald injury; the introduction of hot water radiators made them much safer and therefore more popular.
What To Look For In A Traditional Victorian Radiator
Traditional radiators fall into two main camps: plain column radiators, that are usually white but sometimes black or grey. These are usual sold in an array of standard sizes and number of columns.
What To Look For In A Traditional Victorian Radiator
Traditional radiators are becoming more popular. 10 years ago they were a specialist item and not in common demand, however more recently, with the vogue for period house restoration, there is more competition in the manufacture and sale of traditional style heating solutions. There are is a choice of many different styles, sizes, heat outputs and prices for a traditional Victorian radiator. And because of the competition, prices have…