Heartwarming Curtains On Baseboard Heater
Youre better off sticking with blinds or roman shades.
Curtains on baseboard heater. Avoid the usage of traditional curtain from ceiling. If you hang the curtains so they float on top of the baseboard heater like you would on the floor then the curtain itself holds in the heat and doesnt let it heat up the room. Requirement standards 4 clearance 101 cm 24 x 5 61 cm x 127 cm.
Curtains and any other flammable items should be a minimum of 12 inches away from your baseboard heaters to prevent a fire and to allow for proper airflow thats necessary for the unit to operate. As noted most baseboard heaters are designed so that their ends can touch baseboard wall trim but this applies only to the very ends of the heater unit. Although they come with guard covers the covers can get damaged and you.
Anything placed to the side of the. In addition to adding elegance to a room floor-length drapes control light and privacy and offer some energy benefits. Baseboard heaters get hot inside especially if they are electric and operate on 240-volt power.
Make sure you have at least five centimetres two inches between the back of the drapes and the front of your heaters. If you are hanging curtains near electric heaters make sure you are following safety precautions. I have a friend who has baseboard hot water heat she has two sets of window treatments for her LR and MBR.
The windows are short windows too. If youve got electric baseboard heaters please BE VERY CAREFUL as your drapes could ignite. The fabric and decor has a MCM feel so this feels kind of retroauthentic.
Correspondingly how do you hang curtains with electric baseboard heaters. The bottom of your drapes should end at least 10 centimetres four inches above your heaters or if your drapes run floor-to-ceiling at least three centimetres above the floor. Easy to use.