Lifting Radiators Higher

[diyjack]

Hi

I want to replace all of the skirting in 2 of my rooms, both have 1 rad in them. However, the skirting I want will be taller than the skirting I previously had. I don't know exact measurements but I guess the rads would need lifting by about 5-10mm.

Is this possible? I mean is there a maximum height that a rad can be off the floor?

Thanks

PS. I also have a gas pipe running from the supply outside to my C.H boiler above the skirting. Could this be lifted to?

 

[cajar]

No minimum height but I think you'll find it'll be much easier to notch the skirting behind the radiator, likewise with the supply pipe as that could be well costly.

 

[tryitandsee]

All down to aesthetics really.

Installers when fixing rads to walls, have their own preferences of setting the rad heights, most level bottom of rad with top of skirting, some an inch above or below, whatever they do, as long as it looks ok.

If all your rads in the house, upstairs and down stairs, are level with the top of the skirting, then it probably is worth doing, especially if your going to all the effort of replacing boards with period stuff.

 

[diyjack]

I won't be able to notch behind the rads or the gas pipe. The skirting is going to have a thickness of 25mm.

 

[big-all]

skirting will be between 18 an 22mm it will also be around 6mm shorter plus around a further 1 mm per inch because off the planing proses as the inch size is the stock used so 6 inch skirting comes out at around 145mm
what size is your skirting

 

[diyjack]

I recently laid new flooring and the gaps around perimeter are between 12mm and 24mm.

The walls I worked off are fine as they have the 12mm gap, so out of four walls only two of them have the varying expansion gaps.

Its just the end boards boards that I have had to cut and the last row that has beeded to be scribed that has the larger gaps. They average from anything between around 10 mm to 18mm but it a few places they are larger with 24mm being the worse.

Scribing and sawing is not my strong point I admit!!!

The 24mm will behind a sofa and at worse I would use a sealant fill the gap.

I have seen a few skirting boards 1 in B&Q which has a 28mm depth and a some online with a 25mm depth.

I was thinking of getting either the 28mm or the 25mm so I would conceal all of the expansion gaps.

I have removed all of the original skirting which was around 15mm as I wanted to fit the skirting on top of the floor and not use any scotias.

 

[big-all]

can i have a link to the skirting in b&q ??

 

[Agile]

While thinking about skirting, it used to be the practice to leave a gap between floorboards and boittom of skirt of about 8-10mm.

That made it easier to lift floorboards and enabled carpet to be inserted into the gap.

What is the usual current practice?

Tony

 

[diyjack]

I just noticed I mentioned depth in my previous post I meant the thickness of the skirting board.

Here is the link to the B&Q skirting:

http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav.j...onsProductType=skirting__dado___picture_rails

Here is another one I found:

http://skirtingboardsdirect.com/prod6.asp?prod_id=632&id=279&sub_cat=682&grpid=632&msg=&offset=

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[big-all]

if its only one room i would trim the bottom off the boards for the room
other idea is to turn the radiator brackets round to space further off the wall

 

[diyjack]

There wil be plenty of room between the bottom of the rad and the floor its just the bottom pipe going it to the inlet or outlet valve. Its downstairs so pipes are not coming through the floor. There won't be enough room between the wall and the pipes so slide the skirting in either.

I have a mate in work whos a plumber (i'm off this week), so I'll ask him how much it would be to adjust the piping and the rad.

Personally I would like the skirting to be the same level throughout the room but if I have to trim the skirting to go under the rad then so be it.

Thanks for all your help!

Cheers

Diyjack

 

[big-all]

if you turn the radiator brackets round you can space the radiator and associated pipework around 20mm more off the wall

 

[diyjack]

ok, i'll have a look at that. Cheers