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Designer Radiators
The heat is on for Radiator
designers to raise the
temperature with new ideas
T
he radiator market has never been so
diverse and exciting, thanks to an
undiminished consumer interest in interior
design among homeowners. Even the
slowdown in the UK housing market is leading
many people to improve their homes instead
of moving.
Designers have gone to great lengths to find can even pull up a chair to one which is both a
alternatives to the classical white panel radiator, column radiator and a breakfast bar!
without compromising on output. Radiator It’s worth remembering that radiators can add a
manufacturers have championed ‘slim line’ models, wide range of colour, as well as style to the room –
designed to fit in narrow alcoves or thin pillars, to from the bold and vibrant, to the subtle and
maximise wall space. Radiators are certainly entering elegant. Now, more than ever, there’s something
a new dimension, as models with widths from just for everyone.
300mm and heights up to 2100mm have
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demonstrated.
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KEVIN GUNN
Designers are becoming daring in other ways too. For further information, please
Sales and Marketing Director,
There are an increasing number of products on the
contact Purmo on 0845 070 1090,
Purmo Radiators
market which serve just as well as furniture as they
do as heat emitters. Electric bathroom shelves can
email: uk@purmo.com or visit
keep towels warm, while wall mounted heating
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panels illuminate rooms with fluorescent light. You
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Hitting the heights
– the new Faro and
Kos from Purmo
P
urmo has made both its distinctive high perforated side covers, while delivering a high heat industrial stainless steel, a practical material known
output vertical and horizontal Faro radiators output like their vertical sibling. Prices start at for its quality, durability, low maintenance and
available in the UK. around £180. resistance to corrosion. It can also be supplied with
Dubbed “the radiator that’s not afraid to stand tall” Also recently introduced to the UK market is the an additional rail, which enables it to transform into
across Europe, its profiled front emphasises clean new vertical Kos V radiator. Coupling a minimalist a towel warmer. Prices start at around £332.89.
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ascendant lines, while the curved side covers give it a appearance with high heat outputs, the Kos V 0845 070 1090
pure, exquisite appearance from every angle. The achieves a perfect balance between its flat front
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design not only creates a sense of height – it also panel and closed, curved side covers. Enquiry no: 402
allows you to install a powerful heat source where Shrinking to widths of 300mm and stretching to
wall space is restricted. For more conventional heights of 2100mm, the Kos V fits into awkward
settings the horizontally mounted versions are an alcoves or on narrow pillars, and is available in a
ideal choice. They share the same profiled front and range of RAL colours, as well as fashionable
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