Remove or keep radiator in kitchen.

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Kitchen is tiny. 3m x 1.8. My heating engineer suggested turning off the radiator in there about 18 months ago and I've not really noticed a difference. Having a bee kitchen installed. Not sure if to replace the radiator with a vertical one, or just remove it completely.

Is it not cold on a morning in winter etc?
Vertical ones are nicer to look at.

we had the same dilemma but ended up putting in a plinth heater - basically a fan heater in the plinth of one of the cupboards. We hardly ever use it but good to have it as an option

If you've not noticed it being off, I'd get rid, you can get heaters that go under the cupboards and blow out heat from the kick board, my friend has one - have a look at the price/running costs of those and if you can afford it you could get one just in case you need it on occasion maybe?

Ha - great minds ......

I'm planning a kitchen for my new house and I'm looking at plinth heaters, they seem like a good option for taking edge off.

Are you in a house or a flat?

I'd go for a plinth heater, at the coldest end, which is probably where the window and sink are.

They clog with sediment more often than ordinary radiators, so consider how it can be accessed for maintenance. If the unit is thoughtfully fixed, it can be unscrewed and slid out, but this is much more difficult under a sink.

Ours is under a standard cupboard. It's basically an electric fan heater. It does the trick when needed, but as I say we've hardly ever used it. The time it came into its own was when we had our oil boiler removed and replaced with an ASHP during the Beast From The East snowstorm!

If you haven't felt the need in a year, perhaps you don;'t need one.

I didn't have one in an upstairs flat, and never noticed/needed one. Likewise, there is not one in my new house (no idea yet if I will feel the need later on!)

I think with the appliances etc & the fact that I'm standing not sitting around in the kitchen I've never felt cold in there.

Maybe leave space for a wall radiator if there is a need for you later/to avoid curses from your next owners :)

The kitchen is so small. That I'm not in it much and when I am, the oven is on etc.

An upstairs flat usually receives heat from the room below, that's why I asked.