I have to hang a two metre long radiator in a room with a floor that
slope significantly. The window sill above the radiator follows the
floor's slope.

My view is that the radiator should be level and ignore the slope on
floor and sill. Others are suggesting that it will look odd (after
propping it in place, the divergence is noticeable) and should follow
the floor. What's the correct thing to do?

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F

F wrote:

I have to hang a two metre long radiator in a room with a floor that
slope significantly. The window sill above the radiator follows the
floor's slope.

If the floor and window are on the (same) slosh, I'd let the radiator
join them.

On 04/10/2013 11:41, F wrote:
I have to hang a two metre long radiator in a room with a floor that
slope significantly. The window sill above the radiator follows the
floor's slope.

My view is that the radiator should be level and ignore the slope on
floor and sill. Others are suggesting that it will look odd (after
propping it in place, the divergence is noticeable) and should follow
the floor. What's the correct thing to do?

Hang it so that it looks right - don't worry about it being "right".

So in this case its easy, as the floor and sill are parallel - so make
it match them.


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Cheers,

John.

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F wrote:

I have to hang a two metre long radiator in a room with a floor that
slope significantly. The window sill above the radiator follows the
floor's slope.

If the floor and window are on the (same) slosh, I'd let the radiator
join them.

Agreed, just make sure the bleed valve is at the high end.
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fred
it's a ba-na-na . . . .

F :
I have to hang a two metre long radiator in a room with a floor that
slope significantly. The window sill above the radiator follows the
floor's slope.

My view is that the radiator should be level and ignore the slope on
floor and sill. Others are suggesting that it will look odd (after
propping it in place, the divergence is noticeable) and should follow
the floor. What's the correct thing to do?

I don't know about "correct", but we have a sloping floor with a long
radiator. The radiator slopes with the floor. There have been no
practical problems, and FWIW the TRV and the bleed valve are at the
lower end. Above the radiator is what used to be a window but is now a
niche, which is level. So the six-inch gap between the radiator and the
baseboard of the niche tapers. It doesn't look weird.

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Mike Barnes