Radiator stand-off
 

Whilst Im in the process of fitting a new radiator, I got to wondering
about which way round to fit the wall hanging brackets. They have two
orientations that give two different stand-off distances. What are the
pros and cons of narrow versus wide stand off?

Tim


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Radiator stand-off
 

On 19/06/2019 23:42, Tim+ wrote:
Whilst Im in the process of fitting a new radiator, I got to wondering
about which way round to fit the wall hanging brackets. They have two
orientations that give two different stand-off distances. What are the
pros and cons of narrow versus wide stand off?

At a guess, the wider gives slightly better convection, and the narrower
is more aesthetically pleasing. In reality it might be just to allow a
bit more adjustment room to match the position of existing pipe tails.


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Radiator stand-off
 

On 20/06/2019 00:00, John Rumm wrote:
On 19/06/2019 23:42, Tim+ wrote:
Whilst Im in the process of fitting a new radiator, I got to wondering
about which way round to fit the wall hanging brackets. They have two
orientations that give two different stand-off distances.Â* What are the
pros and cons of narrow versus wide stand off?

At a guess, the wider gives slightly better convection, and the narrower
is more aesthetically pleasing. In reality it might be just to allow a
bit more adjustment room to match the position of existing pipe tails.

Mine tend to be large stand-off for single panels and short stand-off
for doubles.

The singles have fins on the back and the doubles don't (there are some
in-between), so it makes them about the same.

SteveW

Radiator stand-off
 

Steve Walker wrote in
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On 20/06/2019 00:00, John Rumm wrote:
On 19/06/2019 23:42, Tim+ wrote:
Whilst Im in the process of fitting a new radiator, I got to
wondering about which way round to fit the wall hanging brackets.
They have two orientations that give two different stand-off
distances.Â* What are the pros and cons of narrow versus wide stand
off?

At a guess, the wider gives slightly better convection, and the
narrower is more aesthetically pleasing. In reality it might be just
to allow a bit more adjustment room to match the position of existing
pipe tails.

Mine tend to be large stand-off for single panels and short stand-off
for doubles.

The singles have fins on the back and the doubles don't (there are
some in-between), so it makes them about the same.

SteveW



I agree - standard bracket for two types of rad