What can I use to cover radiator pipes?
What can I use to cover radiator pipes?
Also known as pipe sleeves, pipe shrouds, or piping kits, these radiator accessories are used to cover the pipes that connect to your radiator. This creates a tidy, seamless appearance that hides unsightly pipework and complements your radiator.
How do I cover exposed pipework?
Cover them up! You can purchase plastic or wooden pipe coverings at most hardware stores to match your decor. Simply spray some adhesive spray over the pipe and wrap your covering around it. Once you’re done, cut off any excess with a box cutter or a utility knife – be careful and watch your fingers!
How do you cover exposed copper pipes?
- Go retro.
- Add Decorative Wood Pipe Wrapping.
- Other Pole and Pipe Coverings.
- Use modular blocks.
- Build a bookshelf around and/or in front of your pipes.
- Use plants to conceal unsightly pipes and other exposed items you want to hide.
- Stitch a sink skirt to hide the pipes under your sink.
- Wrap your bathroom pipes with rope.
How do you cover a radiator?
So here are some things you can do to hide your ugly radiators:
- Pick radiators which reflect your interior style.
- Hide ugly radiators with a radiator cover.
- Paint your radiators.
- Create a radiator seating area.
- Hide your radiator with a table or sideboard.
- Use a magnetic radiator wrap to hide ugly radiator.
Are radiator covers a good idea?
Yes. The good news is that well-designed radiator covers leave plenty of space for the warm air to travel through. A radiator cover could actually even improve your heat efficiency if the cover includes a reflective foil backing, which we mentioned earlier.
How to hide exposed copper radiator pipes?
There are few different ways that your exposed copper radiator pipes can be hidden, some of these ways will improve the aesthetic whilst being safe and others are more of a disguise. What you do depends on the reason that you want to hide the pipes in the first place. Boxing is one of the more common ways to hide your radiator pipes.
Can You box in radiator pipes?
You can box in the pipes. Boxing in is the most popular way of concealing radiator pipes. You can achieve this feat by constructing a box around the pipework starting from the wood to the plasterboard covering all pipes along the line.
How to hide radiator pipes with skirting board covers?
Skirting board covers are more practical in terms of size and placement heights for the radiator pipes. To achieve the best results, you need to reach out for radiator pipe covers that accommodate pre-existing skirting board with pipes that you want to hide from the view.
What are the different types of radiator pipes covers?
There are various sizes of plastic and metallic covers for radiator pipes that you can purchase from nearby hardware shops. These materials always look neat and are readily affordable with one positive aspect of being removable for maintenance.
