To get narked off viewing houses where the owners have painted the radiators to match the walls???

[Fimbo]

Well I am?

Saw a house last week and each and every radiator was painted. Ranging from sky blue to burgundy. Why???????????

The whole lot would need to be replaced.

Grrr

you can strip em and paint em gloss white can't you?

Have just got details for another house today and this time bright lemon radiators.

Pah humbug

Can't bear the thought of stripping radiators it was a large house and there were loads of them!

better than painting them something that contrasts vividly with the walls, non?

(although sky blue and burgundy paint anywhere would put me off a house)

get radiator covers.

Bingo! Rad covers perfect.

I like white radiators.

rad covers cost mucho dinero

make them yourself - much cheaper

we have painted our radiators to match the walls in some rooms depending on the colour

I have painted my radiators to match my walls

you can buy special stuff hat you paint over them then repaint

it is no biggie, I presume you'e want to repaint the burgundy rooms anyway

The rads in this houe were so old we had to paint them. We are replacing them slowly and I mean slowly.

YABU
you will never get a new house like this Fimbpo

But will you not redecorate anyway. As soon as all the furniture is out houses look tired and dirty. Far more important things when buying a house than rads IMO

I hear y'all.

But I want white radiators. White, white, white.

Blame Ann Maurice.

Ann Maurice it's all your fault.

paint them white then you lazy cow

You can make radiator covers - don't cost that much. Or at least my DH can.... not sure I'd know where to start.

MOO

We have rads that blend in in a few of the rooms, albeit fairly inoffensive colourschemes. I think white rads against a dark wall would look worse than ones which blend in.

I don't do coloured walls either I am afraid. My house is white.

lol at "shitty sludgy colour". It's right, tho, I always pmsl at the f&b colour chart."Mouse ear" - what's that all about????

I think it would look ok in Farrow & Ball paint colours but believe me sky blue and burgundy cheapo is not a good look.

And also you can then have a nice shelf over the radiator to put geegaws on.