Anyone Have A Vertical Radiator InThe Kitchen?

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And this is a consumer and not a plumbing question. I did raise a similar thread in ‘Plumbing’ but I really want advice from consumers who have vertical radiators fitted rather that from those who fit them. So do you have a vertical radiator in your kitchen and if so, does it do the job? I am not in the slightest interested in hot air movement or the qualities of the bog standard horizontal radiators. I have 14 of them and know exactly how they work.
I am looking for a chrome vertical single or double radiator with a highish BTU if that’s the right term and no more than 550mm wide. Can you recommend one and if so can you provide me with a link please?
 
I've got a kick space heater. Wasn't sure about having it initially but it turns out to be brilliant. Dead simple to fit. (well, fairly simple)
 
We had some in the old house about 12 years ago when hardly anyone we know had them. Downside if you do not already have the chtome type, the finger marks, daily cleans required if you have kids, grandkids.

In the old house as kitchen was small about 10 x 12 feet and we have the boiler in there we had no rad and it was really cold turned on the gas for a few mo's but the rest of the house heating plus heat from the combi in the cupboard warmed it up then the gas cooker and over really heated it up.
 
jeds said:
I've got a kick space heater. Wasn't sure about having it initially but it turns out to be brilliant. Dead simple to fit. (well, fairly simple)
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Great. I have one on the bottom run of my stairs its great. Im in the planning for a new kitchen. Im going to ditch my Tall designer rad and install a kick heater under a unit.
 
We have one in our en-suite and, as mentioned above, the mark very easily from finger marks, shoe scuffs etc. (Also if you bend over too close you burn yer bum.)
 
conny said:
We have one in our en-suite and, as mentioned above, the mark very easily from finger marks, shoe scuffs etc. (Also if you bend over too close you burn yer bum.)
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I did that once, a fireman come up behind me with what he said was his hose.... I'm not sure it was... :eek:
 
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jeds said:
I've got a kick space heater. Wasn't sure about having it initially but it turns out to be brilliant. Dead simple to fit. (well, fairly simple)
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Is that simply a fan heater built in to the kick board and if so isn't it quite expensive to run?
 
bolo 2 said:
Is that simply a fan heater built in to the kick board and if so isn't it quite expensive to run?
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No .... it is essentially a radiator..... piped up the same
The fan is what the electric is running.
 
The island in my kitchen is bigger than the average kitchen, probably the breakfast table too.

I quite like the style of most of the modern radiators on the market today, I really do sometimes wish I was back in the cut & thrust of developing properties & using them to help create fantastic living spaces. Sadly, we went with underfloor heating & I've never looked back.

I do have upright verticals in all the bathrooms though. My on suite is a custom made 7' x 4' stainless pipe work jobby that keeps all the towels & the dressing gowns lovely comfy warm.
 
bolo 2 said:
Is that simply a fan heater built in to the kick board and if so isn't it quite expensive to run?
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As Bod says, heat is provided by the CH boiler, the fan is just a trickle fan. Running cost is negligible.
 
I have a kitchen with a tall towel rail, chrome ladder variety, which works fine. Have never notices marks on it, probably because it doesn't have any flat surfaces. Output obviously isn't as much as a double convector but being tall you feel it more.

I also have a kitchen with a sort of projection into the garden, which was cold in the mornings. The rest of the kitchen has UFH. I got two Myson plinth heaters into it off their own timer and 2 port valve. They were retro-fitted so the pipe is just plastic, shoved under the units resting on the floor. A wireless stat sits on the window sill, which turns on the fans. The fans make a huge difference to the output - 2kW versus 200W or something. Problem solved.
 
The only access to the kitchen units would be via the floor which is concrete with tiles on top. Sadly that means that the plinth heater is no longer an option so I’m back to square 1- vertical radiator in chrome with a high heat output.
 
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