Most often, bimetallic heating radiators are installed in apartments and country houses today. This type of battery is low cost, has excellent performance and looks aesthetically pleasing. Sometimes living quarters are heated using cast iron, steel or aluminum models. The dimensions of heating radiators are one of the key factors that you should definitely pay attention to when buying.
Advantages of bimetal heating radiators
The popularity of batteries of this variety is explained very simply. Cast iron radiators are quite reliable, but do not look too aesthetically pleasing. In addition, they are difficult to install. Aluminum batteries look modern and attractive. However, this metal does not tolerate contact with oxygen in the coolant very well. Therefore, aluminum radiators quickly fail and begin to leak. Steel batteries last longer. However, at the same time, they do not look so aesthetically pleasing.
Bimetallic models combine the advantages of aluminum and steel radiators. In a modern interior, such batteries fit just perfectly. The sections are made of aluminium. At the same time, they serve for a long time, since the pipes through which the coolant flows through them are made of steel.
Things to consider when choosing battery sizes
Radiators are usually installed under the windows. This arrangement allows you to spend the energy of the coolant as rationally as possible. With this in mind, they usually choose the size of heating radiators.
The battery is mounted in such a way that the distance from its upper edge to the protrusion of the window sill is at least 10 cm. At the same time, the radiator should be located at a height of about 8-12 cm above the floor. efficient air exchange. And consequently, the potential of the radiator is not fully used. Thus, when choosing a battery, the first thing you should look at is the height. It should be less than about 20 cm than the distance from the ledge of the window sill to the floor.
Dimensions of bimetallic heating radiators: height
In the manufacture of heating batteries, like any other equipment, of course, certain standards are observed. Bimetallic radiators (depending on modification) according to the passport can have a height of 200, 350 and 500 mm. All of these options are quite popular, and you can purchase them if necessary without any problems. Howeverthe figures 200, 350 and 500 mm are not the actual height of the radiator, but only indicate the distance between the centers of the inlet and outlet pipes. But the battery sections themselves are usually slightly longer. What sizes of heating radiators in height will be the most convenient, you can find out if you add 8 cm to the center distance. Thus, a battery marked 350 will take about 430 mm under the windowsill, a 500 mm model - 580 mm, 200 - 280 mm.
Width of radiators
According to this indicator, the battery should be chosen as carefully as possible. The width of the radiator depends on the number of sections, which can be different. The required number of such cells for one battery is calculated using a special formula. It is believed that heating 10 m2 of a room requires 1 kW of radiator power. The formula for calculating the required number of sections, therefore, looks like this: N \u003d S x 100 / Q. In place of S, you need to substitute the indicator of the total area of \u200b\u200bthe room in which the radiator will be installed. The Q value is the power of one section. The last indicator is easy to determine. The manufacturer usually indicates the power of one section in the technical data sheet. This indicator may be different, but most often its value is close to 180 W (for 500 mm models). 8 cm is the width that in most cases one section of the heating radiator has. The dimensions of the battery thus directly affect its capacity.
For example, let's calculate a heating radiator for a room of 30 m22. In this case, the formulawill be like this: 30 x 100/180=number of sections. That is 16-17 pieces. In this case, the width of the radiator will be large - 16 x 8=128 cm. Radiators are usually installed under the windowsill in a special niche. Such a wide radiator may not fit in it. In this case, you just need to purchase two batteries of 8 sections. The width of each will be 64 cm. When choosing the number of sections, among other things, it should be taken into account that the length of the radiator should cover at least 70-75% of the window opening.
Battery thickness
Dimensions of bimetallic heating radiators, therefore, may be different. Their depth is usually 80 or 100 mm. Sometimes on sale there are also options for 90 mm. In this case, the choice depends solely on the personal preferences of the owners of the house. If the niche for the battery is deep, you can purchase a thicker radiator. If the wall is in the same plane as the edge of the window sill, you should, of course, buy an 80 mm radiator. In this case, if necessary, it will be easier to disguise it.
Dimensions of cast iron radiators
Standard Soviet batteries of this type had a height of 580 mm, a rib width of 94 mm and a thickness of 140 mm. Many owners of houses and apartments still consider such models the most reliable. Therefore, cast-iron radiators are still in demand today. Manufacturers, of course, noticed this and began to supply the market with retro-style cast-iron radiators, which have a very attractive design. If desired, for the home you can buy, of course, andsuch batteries. Their sizes can be different. There are low, standard and high models of this type on the market. The approximate dimensions of different types of cast-iron heating radiators can be found in the table below.
| Battery | Center distance (cm) | Height (cm) | Depth (cm) | Section width (cm) |
| Low | 30 | 38, 8 | 14 | 9, 3 |
| Standard | - | 64, 5-66 | 10-17, 4 | 4, 5-6, 3 |
| High | - | 66-98 | 60-203 | - |
Very often stylish cast iron retro radiators have small legs. In this case, the height is calculated, of course, taking them into account.
What are the sizes of steel heating radiators
Structurally, such batteries differ from both cast iron and bimetallic ones. Represent steel radiators as a single rectangular panel. Inside it there are channels designed for the coolant. On sale there are also tubular steel radiators. In appearance, they resemble cast-iron models. In turn, tubular batteries can be sectional or solid.
Steel heating radiators dimensions in height and width can be very different. When choosing such radiators, first of all, pay attention to the thickness. The higher this value, the more powerful the battery. The thickness of steel radiators depends on the number of panels and rows of fins. The latter indicator can range from 0 to 3. Thus, the thickness of a steel radiator is most often 61-170 mm.
The width of tubular heating radiators depends on the number of sections used in them. Models of this type, due to their special design, are usually installed only in offices or administrative premises.
Aluminum Models
There are aluminum heating radiators with significant or small dimensions in height and length. But the most common option is such batteries with a center distance of 350 and 500 mm. Approximately 80% of all aluminum models on the market have this height. But sometimes radiators with a center distance of 20-80 cm are also on sale.
Recently, manufacturers have begun to produce very interesting plinth models of aluminum batteries. Visually, the dimensions of heating radiators of this variety are very small. It's all about their low height. However, the length of such models can be quite large. If you wish, you can find very interesting vertical aluminum radiators on the market today. For such models, the height can reach 2-2.5 m, and the width can be insignificant.
The depth of the radiators of thisvarieties, like bimetallic ones, can be equal to 8 or 10 cm. The width of the aluminum battery section in most cases is 8 cm.
Features of mounting radiators
The dimensions of bimetallic heating radiators, as well as cast iron or aluminum ones, should therefore be selected as carefully as possible. Whatever dimensions, however, the battery has, it must, of course, be installed correctly. Heating radiators are usually mounted on brackets to the wall. Before installing them, markup is mandatory. Radiators are mounted either strictly horizontally, or with a slight slope in the direction of the coolant current. In the latter case, it is easier to remove air plugs from the sections. Batteries can be connected to the highways in three ways: from below, diagonally and from the side. In any case, an individual valve should be installed on each radiator. This allows you to repair the battery without having to turn off the entire heating system as a whole. Also, a Mayevsky faucet (or some of its modern analogues) must be installed on each radiator.
