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The aesthetics of the interior of the home depends not only on furniture and carpets, curtains and wallpaper colors. Sometimes a small protruding part of building structures or heating appliances and pipes cause more damage to beauty than an unsightly table or cabinet, which can eventually be replaced with a more elegant one. But what about bulky central heating radiators? After all, you can’t replace them with lighter and more modern ones. The way out is simple - hide. How to do this, we introduce readers in today's issue of the Club of Home Craftsmen.

Central heating batteries, which often occupy almost the entire window sill space, to put it mildly, do not decorate the interior of the home. In order to somehow hide these bulky metal objects, I propose to make decorative screens for them. You can make them from any material that is at hand: chipboard (chipboard), boards, beams, thin slats. The main thing to consider is that the screen should not disturb the circulation of warm air. Therefore, it is not placed at the entire height of the niche, but with an indent from the floor to the lower edge by about 100 mm and, accordingly, from the top to the window sill by 60-70 mm.

Screen at the radiator
Rice. 1. Layout of the protective screen: 1 - window sill, 2 - radiator, 3 - decorative screen, 4 - wall

As a rule, window sills in large-panel and block houses are narrow. In this case, they must be increased by making L-shaped racks, to the vertical parts of which a screen is attached, and an additional window sill to the horizontal ones.

Screen at the radiator
Rice. 2. The design of the decorative screen with a narrow window sill: 1 - window sill, 2 - additional window sill, 3 - decorative screen, 4 - L-shaped rack, 5 - radiator.

A decorative screen does not have to be stationary. With the help of brackets fixed with screws on the rear wall of the panel, it can be hung directly on the central heating radiator. Such a screen, if necessary, is easy to remove, say, while cleaning a room or when repairing an apartment.

Screen at the radiator
Rice. 3. Hinged screen scheme: 1 - window sill, 2 - decorative screen, 3 - bracket, 4 - radiator

Before proceeding with the manufacture of the fence, it is necessary to make a sketch and estimate the location of the rails and the pattern on it. It should be remembered that for rooms with high ceilings, horizontal divisions of shields are preferable, with low ceilings - vertical ones.

Rice. 4. Examples of possible design: A, B, C - for rooms with low ceilings, G - for rooms with high ceilings

Decorative finish depends on the material. If the screens are made of chipboard, then it is advisable to use self-adhesive films, wallpaper to match the color of the walls or veneer. Wood panels are easiest to burn with a blowtorch or gas burner and coated with a colorless furniture varnish, but it is better to use wood dyes or bleaches. You can darken the wood with stain or diluted bituminous varnish.

Excellent color relationships are obtained by treating surfaces with a bleach solution prepared according to the following recipes. First: 350 g of bleach and 80 g of baking soda are dissolved in 10 g of water, the composition, periodically shaking, is settled in a dark place for 48 hours. To prepare another, ammonia is added to hydrogen peroxide (15% aqueous solution), the mixture is heated almost to a boil and applied hot.

Author: S. Fedorenko

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