Lord John Prescott is to open the building on the 16th June.
My involvement? The radiator covers of course!
Showing posts with label Bespoke Radiator Covers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bespoke Radiator Covers. Show all posts
Tuesday, 14 July 2015
Laminate Radiator Covers
Laminate radiator covers are available in a range of bright colours.
Such as Orange.
Or Lime Green.
Wednesday, 13 May 2015
Grand Designs Live 2015
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| Paisley Radiator Cover |
Two new radiator covers for Grand Designs Live.
The first is a new fabric cover in a paisley design.
The second is a copper coated cover.
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| Copper Powder Coated Radiator Cover |
Thursday, 4 December 2014
Snap!
More customer photos.
This is an interesting radiator cover, with this project I had to source a laminate to match the sink storage unit.
Sunday, 26 October 2014
Long Radiator Covers
I recently made a couple of long covers for a customer, they were kind enough to send me a couple of pictures once installed.
The dining room cover is just over 2 metres long.
This is a big one at just over 2.3 metres.
Monday, 1 September 2014
Saturday, 24 May 2014
Cool Cherry!
2014 is proving to be a very good year for cherry radiator covers.
For more timber radiator cover options visit me at
Monday, 5 May 2014
More Loves! from Grand Designs Magazine
It's the third year that Grand Designs Magazine Have
My radiator cover design.
Loved!
My radiator cover design.
Friday, 2 May 2014
Saturday, 29 March 2014
A New Radiator Cover for 2014!
A new look for my covers in 2014. This cover has been finished in a HPL (high pressure laminate). Simply put, a hard wearing surface that is available in hundreds of colours.
For more information contact me and ask about my laminate range.
Sunday, 15 December 2013
TV Fame!
TV fame at last! Well one of my radiator covers made it on to Peter Andre's 60 Minute Makeover. For more info on the episode visit the ITV website
Wednesday, 15 May 2013
Wednesday, 17 April 2013
New Additions to the Gallery
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| White floor standing radiator cover |
Very busy today, making crates for covers ready to ship. However, I could not pass on the opportunity to take a couple of photos of these floor standing radiator covers.
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| Sapele floor standing radiator cover |
Thursday, 28 February 2013
Grand Designs Live 2013
It's that time of year again!
Well it will be in only two months....
See me on stand E40 in the Design Arcade.
Wednesday, 28 November 2012
Deco Delight!
The latest design from the workshop!
Decoupaged radiator cover in Deco Delight fabric.
Now we can coordinate your radiator with your soft furnishings!
Want to learn more? Contact me via email
Sunday, 28 October 2012
New Photos Old Covers
The first question I am asked about my radiator covers is "Do they warp with the heat?"
"No."
These first two pictures taken today are of radiator covers that were install over 16 months ago. They are looking as good as the day they left the workshop!
A close up of the oak radiator cover.
Wood & Form is over for another year and the ash (with oak end panels) radiator cover is back on the wall.
Saturday, 13 October 2012
Sunday, 30 September 2012
Exhibition Piece
I bought a new camera today. So I took the opportunity to take a picture of one of my radiator covers, this one is in ash. This particular cover will be on display at Wood & Form 2012 in Canterbury. For more details visit www.woodform.org.uk
Tuesday, 10 July 2012
Pop-up Department Store
If you are in the Faversham area and would like to see some of my covers or furniture in the flesh then come along to Genuine Originals. Once a month until Christmas there will be a pop-up department store in the Alexander Centre. I will be at all the events except October's when I will in Canterbury for the WoodForm 2012 exhibition.
Sunday, 3 June 2012
Good Design v Bad Design
.........or my award winning covers v traditional radiator covers.
First off lets define what we mean by a traditional style radiator cover, basically a MDF box with a grille of some sort at the front. Still not sure? A Google image search will produce hundreds of examples, every 'man and his dog' seems to make or sell them. The idea is that the box hides the radiator, the warmth radiates out of the grill, you gain a shelf and they are cheap to buy, so far so good.
But is that the whole story? Well, no. Time for some design.
What is good design? In my opinion good design elegantly solves a problem or in other words it works and looks great.
So what is the problem we are trying to solve? In a nutshell, to hide the ugly radiator without seriously effecting the heating performance.
A traditional cover will hide a radiator, it is however debatable if they are visually more appealing that the offending radiator. What about the effect on the heating performance? This is where is gets interesting.
Modern radiators (the standard white ones most people have) despite their name mostly work by convection. Simply put, convection is cold air in at the bottom of the radiator and hot air out of the top, the hot air circulates around the room before cooling, falling to floor level where the cycle starts again. The fixed shelf on top of a traditional cover stops the convection cycle, the performance of your radiator has now been seriously impaired.
So, what about my award winning radiator covers? Firstly my covers are open at the bottom and allow the hot air directly out of the top, the convection cycle is not interrupted and your radiators work as designed. Do they look good? I like to think so, but you be the judge!
Finally the issue of cost. You can buy a traditional style cover very cheaply, however the associated reduced performance of the radiators will mean running your heating system longer to warm a room.
Good design may not be cheap but bad design can be expensive!
First off lets define what we mean by a traditional style radiator cover, basically a MDF box with a grille of some sort at the front. Still not sure? A Google image search will produce hundreds of examples, every 'man and his dog' seems to make or sell them. The idea is that the box hides the radiator, the warmth radiates out of the grill, you gain a shelf and they are cheap to buy, so far so good.
But is that the whole story? Well, no. Time for some design.
What is good design? In my opinion good design elegantly solves a problem or in other words it works and looks great.
So what is the problem we are trying to solve? In a nutshell, to hide the ugly radiator without seriously effecting the heating performance.
A traditional cover will hide a radiator, it is however debatable if they are visually more appealing that the offending radiator. What about the effect on the heating performance? This is where is gets interesting.
Modern radiators (the standard white ones most people have) despite their name mostly work by convection. Simply put, convection is cold air in at the bottom of the radiator and hot air out of the top, the hot air circulates around the room before cooling, falling to floor level where the cycle starts again. The fixed shelf on top of a traditional cover stops the convection cycle, the performance of your radiator has now been seriously impaired.
So, what about my award winning radiator covers? Firstly my covers are open at the bottom and allow the hot air directly out of the top, the convection cycle is not interrupted and your radiators work as designed. Do they look good? I like to think so, but you be the judge!
Finally the issue of cost. You can buy a traditional style cover very cheaply, however the associated reduced performance of the radiators will mean running your heating system longer to warm a room.
Good design may not be cheap but bad design can be expensive!
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