They're delivered complete, in a cardboard and plastic packaging, no boxed frame unfortunately. The Buckingham valves in copper look very nice with them 
but at £200ish a set are VERY expensive 
My customer had four in mottled copper with the buck valves. They'll probably take around six weeks to be delivered.
As has been stated already, ideally they should be stored/transported on their feet, however they may be laid flat very carefully if desired, provided the surface they're on is flat. Note that you must not pick them up flat as the longer heavier ones will sag in the middle if you do, leaving you with a banana, so always pick them up in the upright position.
When you're fitting them, make sure you get the flow at the right end (from memory I think it's the opposite end to where the air vent goes). They have a fitting inside one end to help spread the hot water more evenly through the radiator. Having not noticed this myself initially (and not read the instructions, after all it's only fitting a radiator, nice and easy) I can say that it does make a bit of difference if you accidentally fit one backwards, although the rad will work either way round.
With the mottled copper ones we found the supplied chrome Aladdin automatic bleed vent to look too shiny against the finish, I would suggest you purchase some brass-coloured manual air vents and stick the Aladdins on eBay (you can get about £8 each for them quite easily ) This was also the reason for our customer choosing Buckingham valves - standard chrome ones don't look so good on the mottled copper rads, although they're fine on the white ones.
The Anconas are supplied with wall brackets, however if you don't have a perfectly vertical wall they are of no use at all, and in any case look quite fiddly to use. I chucked them all in the skip as we were working in a 400-year-old house with sloping cob walls. There are, however, holes in all the welded feet, and some Nº5 or Nº6 screws through all of these holes are more than sufficient to secure them into both wooden and concrete floors and prevent tilting/toppling.
If you're installing them in rooms with carpets or lino, buy yourself a 28mm end feed tee from a plumbers merchants. Use a half-moon file to sharpen the end of the branch and you have yourself a perfectly-sized cutter to remove the carpet where the feet are to go. It's much better to install them on a solid surface than on carpets where they may be unstable. To level them up if they are out use penny washers or get a holesaw and cut some feet out of a plank of decent hardwood timber if you have a large amount to make up.
I think that's a fairly comprehensive guide (although you didn't ask for one but I thought my experience may help). If you have any questions feel free to ask!
but at £200ish a set are VERY expensive My customer had four in mottled copper with the buck valves. They'll probably take around six weeks to be delivered.As has been stated already, ideally they should be stored/transported on their feet, however they may be laid flat very carefully if desired, provided the surface they're on is flat. Note that you must not pick them up flat as the longer heavier ones will sag in the middle if you do, leaving you with a banana, so always pick them up in the upright position.
When you're fitting them, make sure you get the flow at the right end (from memory I think it's the opposite end to where the air vent goes). They have a fitting inside one end to help spread the hot water more evenly through the radiator. Having not noticed this myself initially (and not read the instructions, after all it's only fitting a radiator, nice and easy) I can say that it does make a bit of difference if you accidentally fit one backwards, although the rad will work either way round.
With the mottled copper ones we found the supplied chrome Aladdin automatic bleed vent to look too shiny against the finish, I would suggest you purchase some brass-coloured manual air vents and stick the Aladdins on eBay (you can get about £8 each for them quite easily
) This was also the reason for our customer choosing Buckingham valves - standard chrome ones don't look so good on the mottled copper rads, although they're fine on the white ones.The Anconas are supplied with wall brackets, however if you don't have a perfectly vertical wall they are of no use at all, and in any case look quite fiddly to use. I chucked them all in the skip as we were working in a 400-year-old house with sloping cob walls. There are, however, holes in all the welded feet, and some Nº5 or Nº6 screws through all of these holes are more than sufficient to secure them into both wooden and concrete floors and prevent tilting/toppling.
If you're installing them in rooms with carpets or lino, buy yourself a 28mm end feed tee from a plumbers merchants. Use a half-moon file to sharpen the end of the branch and you have yourself a perfectly-sized cutter to remove the carpet where the feet are to go. It's much better to install them on a solid surface than on carpets where they may be unstable. To level them up if they are out use penny washers or get a holesaw and cut some feet out of a plank of decent hardwood timber if you have a large amount to make up.
I think that's a fairly comprehensive guide (although you didn't ask for one but I thought my experience may help). If you have any questions feel free to ask!
