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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 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.
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.
How to use a BTU Calculator
The BTU requirements of a room are determined by a number of variables. This will vary from room type to room type.
How to use a BTU Calculator
A BTU (British Thermal Unit) Calculator or Heat Output Calculator is a really useful tool when choosing a traditional radiator for your period property. A BTU Calculator helps calculates how many BTUs are required to heat a given space or location and therefore helps determine the right sized radiator for that location. A Heat Output Calculator is exactly the same thing measuring the Heat Output required to heat your rooms.
The history of heating and Victorian radiators
Victorian radiators are constructed of cast steel, known as a sealed steel hollow container filled with hot water feed with piping supplied by an electric pressure pump.
The history of heating and Victorian radiators
Early man would build a fire in the centre of his combustible hut or damp cave. Even when coal came into regular use the efficiency of each open fire place meant that most of the heating went up the chimney, (it would have been warmer to sit on the roof), with added danger of chimney fires or sparks causing the home, especially dwellings with a thatched roof, to burn to the ground.