Foil-back your radiators to save energy

Nic demonstrates how easy it is to foil-back your radiators in your home. Adding the foil-backing means heat gets reflected back into the room rather than escaping through the walls of your house, saving you both energy and money.

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Howto & Style

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• energy
• saving
• heating
• radiators
• diy
• money
• climate
• change
• save

[benitocarbone54321]

I put it on the wrong side

[mimgreene]

you are very cute! :)

[Magerage20]

Cheers for this

[savearthusesolar]

This is a good idea. Thanks

[fevkin50]

Thank you. I had a hard time finding the right keywords to locate your video but eventually got it!

[MISSEDHERSIR]

This helped extremely well. I employed a foil backed Dupont

1/2 in foam. Not only does it insulate the wall behind the radiator,and doesn't have to heat the wall first, but sends

heat out immediately to the room. PERFECT!

[Gobblercat]

Thank you for your video, you have made what we thought would be a complicated job very easy. We have been thinking about how to install tin foil behind our radiators for quite some time. In your final analyse does it make a great difference in the cold? Thanks all the same. Bridget uk

[welshdragon2008]

im wondering if its easier to simply take off your radiator. Then do the foil thingy then put the radiator back on the wall.

thats what i did.

[MikeAK147]

Nice vid, cheers.

[tellytunes]

Been meaning to get around to doing this for a while myself but had been put off by the expected hassle of it! You make it look easy though - hopefully that will be the case!