Radiator brackets - which way round?

[Lobster]

I've never been sure about this one... ordinary radiator brackets have an 'L' cross section (eg

and are obviously intended to be able to be fitted either way round so that the radiator hangs 'nearer to' or 'further from' the wall. Is this just personal preference, to allow the plus of more airflow behind and less heating of the wall itself, versus the minus of protruding into the room?

Or does it depend on whether it's a small or large radiator, or a single or a double? Or something?

Thanks

[Andrew Gabriel]

Yes.

No.

[Bod]

It's a personal preference,ie; further from the wall to allow thick curtains behind or if the skirting board is rather thick etc. Further out also gives you a better chance of painting behind the rad. Whatever suits the situation.

[fred]

In article , Lobster writes

Personal prefs, I keep both single and double panel convectors close to the wall.

It's been a long time since I fitted just a single panel (without added convector) but I think as that didn't have fins and the welded bracket was direct on the skin that the large stand-off option was required on those when mounting.

[John Rumm]

You can make use of the bracket variability to allow tails in one place to be used with single or double panel rads - just by rotating the brackets. (i.e. double panel goes closer to the wall to move the rail connection in a bit).

[Scott M]

I've seen it specifically mentioned in the destructions for some that the short arm is for doubles and the long for singles.

[Andrew Gabriel]

The spec sheet for one of the makes of radiator I used (probably Ultraheat) did mention that the larger wall spacing increases the heat output a little. It will be relatively more for a single panel (of which I have none), and less so for the double and triple panel radiators I actually used.

[RJH]

If doing a single, make sure there's space for the valve. On the ones I fitted recently, there's only a couple of mm using the brackets close to wall.

[sm_jamieson]

New rads seem to have the valve fixed to the back of the radiator rather th an inline with the main radiator body. That makes less space for a thermost atic valve. The rad I fitted in the kitchen I wanted as close to the wall a s possible so I actually recessed the brackets into the wall. There was jus t enough space for the slimmer Drayton TRV, but a bulkier cheaper TRV would not have fitted. Simon.

[Chris French]

The rads I've just fitted have the valves in the normal place

[RJH]

Yes, these are basic Wickes 'inline' - and I meant to say fairly chunky but not enormous TRVs.

[sm_jamieson]

I mean the single panel radiators like this:

The valve is on the back of the panel, not inline with the main body.

Which make did you fit ?

Simon.

[RJH]

That's what I used, and you're right, the TRV was a tight fit next-to-wall wise.

Top tip - check the welded radiator bracket lugs on those. A couple of mine had folded into the rad because of poor handling.

[Chris French]

In message , sm_jamieson writes

Kudox, from Screwfix.

But I was fitting double panel rads - sorry, I forgot that modern single panels rads seem to have the valve behind the panel (my old single panel ones here have it inline)