Which Type of Radiator Should You Have In a Kitchen?

This question is asked often, and the answer is clearly dependent on the type of kitchen you have and also on your own personal preference regarding heat. However, there are a few things that you can think about when considering new radiators for your kitchen. This will help you to work out exactly what your needs are.

 Do you need a kitchen radiator?

The first thing to ask yourself is whether you even need kitchen radiators. In a small kitchen, it’s probably irrelevant. First, you probably don’t spend a lot of time in there. Second, when you are in there you’re probably using the oven/grill/toaster/kettle – all things that introduce heat to the room anyway. Finally, your fridge and freezer probably supply a fair amount of heat to the room too.

 We used to have a very small kitchen, and while it did have a radiator, we never used it. In our opinion, then, small kitchens don’t need a heater. 

Nowadays, our kitchen is much bigger, and we have a separate seating area. In this area, we do have a radiator, and it is a standard double panel one. This works well for us. We set it to a low-medium heat, and it’s great. 

Do you want to try tea towels?

We hang our tea towels over the oven, and that keeps them dry, but for those of you who don’t like doing this, or for those of you that don’t cook very often, a towel radiator can prove ideal.

 Do you have a lot of food out on the side?

If you’re anything like us, you have bread, butter, fruit, potatoes, and onions lurking around your kitchen surfaces and on the floor (we keep our potatoes on the floor). Kitchen radiators can sometimes be problematic here, because they produce unwanted heat, which can make these foods spoil more quickly. In winter, we don’t use the kitchen radiator until very deep into the season. While the rest of the house has warm radiators, the kitchen is cold. This sometimes leads me to think that the kitchen radiator is largely redundant. If we didn’t sometimes spend hours working in the kitchen (we do our homework in the kitchen) we wouldn’t bother at all with a radiator.

Hopefully, we’ve given you some food for thought, and you now have a better idea as to whether your kitchen suits a radiator, or not. If you would like to browse a fantastic collection of radiators, then please visit Designer Radiator Direct.