Cloakroom. I've painted my bedroom so this is next on the list. Samples cost a fortune these days. Anyway, I saw that Wickes had an offer on certain Dulux emulsions so that decided that choice.
I backed all my outside wall radiators this afternoon with magnetic insulation panels. Bit more expensive to use, but a doddle to fit. Took less than 90 minutes to do five. Something I should have thought to do a long time ago.
Cloakroom. I've painted my bedroom so this is next on the list. Samples cost a fortune these days. Anyway, I saw that Wickes had an offer on certain Dulux emulsions so that decided that choice.
When I did the hall I had seven or eight sample pots when you add them all up it gets really expensive but unfortunately a necessary evil as the colours on the paint charts and tin bare little resemblance to what ends up on the wall. I remember when you bought your paint you could give them the seal from the top of the sample pot and they'd deduct the cost of it, those were the days!
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I backed all my outside wall radiators this afternoon with magnetic insulation panels. Bit more expensive to use, but a doddle to fit. Took less than 90 minutes to do five. Something I should have thought to do a long time ago.
That sounds interesting Frazz. I knew about the foil reflectors but haven't heard about magnetic one's, it'd be good to have some feedback on their effectiveness once you've had them in place for a while
People who are wrong are just as sure they're right as people who are right, the only difference is they're wrong
Make sure you have a wide enough gap at the back of radiator to get a stick or something down the back, to guide the panels down without them clinging to the rad. I also used my flat feather duster to make sure they had attached all over.
It will be difficult to judge any advantage cost wise because of the energy increases since October. I have solid walls so will notice here if it warms up faster. I'm sure it will make a difference because I can feel with my fingers that it is cooler between rad and wall. I bought mine on eBay free P&P (ha ha), but they are widely available. My rads are all different sizes, but worked out I needed 3 boxes, which was spot on.
I backed all my outside wall radiators this afternoon with magnetic insulation panels. Bit more expensive to use, but a doddle to fit. Took less than 90 minutes to do five. Something I should have thought to do a long time ago.
I did all mine a few years ago and my bills went down.
Cloakroom. I've painted my bedroom so this is next on the list. Samples cost a fortune these days. Anyway, I saw that Wickes had an offer on certain Dulux emulsions so that decided that choice.
When I did the hall I had seven or eight sample pots when you add them all up it gets really expensive but unfortunately a necessary evil as the colours on the paint charts and tin bare little resemblance to what ends up on the wall. I remember when you bought your paint you could give them the seal from the top of the sample pot and they'd deduct the cost of it, those were the days!
If my memory serves me well, samples were about £1.00 when they first came out. I've got loads of sample pots in a box in the garage. Most are rusty (Farrow & Ball were always in tins) and quite a few have separated in the tubes. Yes, they are a necessary expense seeing as a pot of Dulux is going for 32 quid these days. I tried B&Q's Valspar emulsion once. Never again. It was like water.