Sunday, January 13, 2013

cabinets - Can I build storage in front of heaters? - Home Improvement

We're in an NYC pre-war apartment building. Under every window, there's a built in radiator:

Radiators

Each has a knob that supposedly shuts the radiator off but it doesn't always work. Meaning you can tighten it down and the radiator still gets hot.

I saw a nearby real estate listing where someone had built a cabinet below their windows, creating a bench and some storage. I'm interested in trying the same thing, but I'm worried that storage over and around the hot radiators would be a mistake.

Storage

Does anyone have suggestions on insulating the radiators so that we won't be melting crayons? Or for turning them off? Anyone tried this?

Note: these photos are both from real estate listings. The first isn't our actual unit, but does show how the radiators are flush against the wall.

Source: http://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/23279/can-i-build-storage-in-front-of-heaters

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