It seemed very very hot in our kitchen on the day I took the photo for this post. It was hotter than we normally have with our radiators on. We were thinking that perhaps our new window was at last keeping warmth in rather than always being a bit cold because the old window was about to fall out at any time.
By lunchtime the heat in the kitchen was much tooooooo hot and so I thought I ought to turn the radiators down. I was surprised to find the heating wasn’t on – we have it come on and off at different times in the day and evenings.
Sooooooooooooooo, what was causing the room to get hotter and hotter? Then I found what it was:
Original photograph taken by me - copyright 2012
This is a little radiator that always sat under the old window and kept on at a low heat to help keep the walls dry because the window was always streaming in condensation and the walls around it were always dampish. Which also explains why it is looking a little rusty!!
Since having the new window we haven’t really needed this little radiator but have kept it on to hopefully completely dry the walls out before the replastering is done.
Somebody (and it wasn’t me!) has moved the seat from a scooter I use to get about outside and it looks like the seat handle has caught the radiator and pulled off the side of it!!
I unplugged the radiator as I felt that this might be a fire risk as it was just getting hotter and hotter in the room. I didn’t like it that all the wires were on show either, especially if our doggie Pippin came wandering in and maybe sniffed at the radiator!
So now the little radiator will probably be retired from doing it’s little job and end up in scrapland!!
