Zehnder magnificent metals:
How new radiator finishes can complete a home By Jackie Kilgallon, Showroom Manager at indoor climate solutions provider, Zehnder Group UK
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esigning a kitchen or bathroom is a harmonious mix of art and science – creating a functional space that maps to people’s behaviour within it, while also being aesthetically pleasing. Layouts and designs naturally track and flow to the trends of the time, from style and form, to colour, patterns and materials used. Particular attention is paid to worktops, cupboard handles and taps but few stop to think about how something as functional as a radiator could help to bring all these elements together. Afterall, a radiator just sits on the wall and heats the room, right? Wrong.
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Radiators are no longer seen as mere functional devices to keep rooms warm and modern radiators are now designed to be more than just heat emitters. Now decorative radiators have evolved to become an interior design component as well as providing innovative high performance – and with new finishing techniques available it is possible to create that seamless and complete look between all the kitchen or bathroom elements. The majority of customers who walk into our showroom, be it end users, architects, interior designers or installers, have ideas - like a colour pallet, set of taps they have chosen or fabric swatch - that helps to influence their thinking. But
few realise the breadth of choice that is on offer when it comes to being able to match their visions with a heating option that not only looks sensational but performs technically too. New finishing techniques have pioneered radiator design in recent times and now allow us to offer even more options than ever. Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) coating, also known as thin-film coating, is a process in which a solid material, such as chrome or bronze, is vaporised in a vacuum and deposited onto the surface of the radiator tubes. These coatings are not simply metal layers, however, but a process whereby compound materials are deposited atom
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