Screens for heating radiators will perfectly ennoble your batteries, besides, adding to the design of your apartment style. Of course, if you make the right choice among all the screens that the modern market offers us.
Most often get screens for cast-iron radiators that look, to put it mildly, not particularly stylish and very much cumbersome. Such batteries absolutely do not add a style apartment and do not make it more attractive. And if you replace batteries with modern aluminum or steel ones, nevertheless, reluctance, then the screens for them are the best way out. In addition, the screen for the battery will play a protective role. But also sometimes they get screens for newer batteries, even though they do not completely ruin the designs. Yet decorative screens for heating batteries add zest to the interior, this they do not take away.
How to choose a screen for the battery?
So, let's look at this issue and consider which of the many screens offered to us on the market are the best. But first, let's see what criteria are the most important when choosing a screen.
- The screen should not block access to the rinsing valves of cast iron batteries.
- Also, the screen should not block access to the throttles or valves, because at the beginning of the heating season or its end you may need to adjust the temperature.
- Since the cast-iron batteries may need repairs due to leakage between the sections, it is desirable that the screen can be easily removed. In this, of course, ideal hinged screens for the battery.
- And last but not least, screens should by no means seriously impede heat transfer, otherwise you can freeze in an apartment, and then the batteries will somehow lose their meaning.
The main criteria for choosing a screen were sorted out and there were very few of them. Now let's go directly to the varieties of the screens themselves and see which of them are the best.
Metal screens for heating batteries
Metal screens are made of steel or aluminum mesh. The larger the size of the cells, the better will be the heat transfer. The advantage of such screens is that the metal has a high thermal conductivity, thanks to which the screens, when heated, begin to give up heat themselves, that is, "work with a battery". But anyway, the heat transfer will be somewhat reduced.
Wooden screens for heating batteries
Wooden screens are, so to speak, already a classic of the genre. They will perfectly fit almost into any interior and will become its perfect decoration. Heat transfer, they do not particularly interfere, their design is very diverse. In addition, it is convenient that usually wooden screens are made add-ons and if there is such a need, they can be easily removed.
Glass screens for heating batteries
Such screens are most often a design from a rectangular thick sheet of glass, which is held by steel holders. The glass screen closes the battery in front, leaving space on top and sides. It does not interfere with heat transfer, it has a pleasant and stylish appearance, and it can be easily dismantled.
Plastic screen for battery
Plastic screen is the most inexpensive among its relatives, but it has more disadvantages. It strongly hinders the heat transfer, and it is much more short-lived compared to other screens. But it is quickly removed from the radiator, besides it is very light.
How to attach the screen to the battery?
The entire process of installing the screen on the battery you can find in the instructions. In principle, the installation of the screen is not particularly difficult, if you follow all instructions, but in case you do not have the experience or skill, it is better to contact a specialist who will correctly and quickly install it.
Screens for radiators of heating - perfectly design solution for your apartment. The main thing, do not forget - make the right choice.