The Case for These Is Cast Iron

When we say something is cast iron it usually means it’s a certainty. It’s often used to describe the likely outcome of a legal case where the evidence for or against is irrefutable.

Then again cast iron may simply refer on a less abstract note to the metal that has been used since the era of the age that bears the name.

Modern cast iron has gone through a controlled procedure of smelting with all sorts of processes to produce a strong yet workable alloy. Its uses are many and in Victorian times wasthe primary metal to make all central heating radiators.

In the late twentieth century most radiators were then made with steel or aluminium. Steel is just another alloy of iron oxide but it is very different to cast. You can find plenty of cast iron radiators UK as they have come back into fashion.

They are mostly column design and loosely based on those older Victorian ones. They look particularly attractive in older period properties and have a very solid presence. The simple principle of radiating heat is the more the surface metal area heated-up the greater the output.

This is why there are so many little tricks to increase the surface area no matter what metal is used. With many of the cast iron radiators the design is column in shape and this creates a bigger area in a smaller space compared with a single flat panel.

With steel and aluminium radiators the design often incorporates two or three panels and also multiple fins on the reverse of the front panel.

Cast iron is the opposite of aluminium when it comes to radiators in the sense cast takes a little longer to heat up and equally is slow to lose heat when the system is turned off. Aluminium is the quickest to heat up but equally it cools very quickly when the boiler is turned off.

There are so many designs and metal finishes with all the radiators at Designer Radiators Direct that you are almost spoilt for choice.