How to hide radiators and heating pipes: 15 discreet camouflage solutions

Points to consider when masking a battery

Before you start disguising, you need to know a few important nuances:

• The first step is to understand that with any method, heat loss will occur.
• Convection air flows should not be protected by anything, only in this way it will be possible to maintain uniform heating of the room, and the windows will not fog up.
• For various emergency situations, it is worth considering in advance free access to threaded connections and a radiator - it can be a window or a removable structure, for example, a door with hinges.
• For repairs, a tap, a thermal head and other elements of the heating system should remain in good accessibility.

Best Ways to Hide Radiators Beautifully

There are several ways to hide batteries, in this section we will consider the most popular and effective ones.

Hinged screen

It is by far the most practical and demanded method, most often such a structure is created from metal and has its advantages:

• easy installation;
• heat exchange remains the same;
• can be manufactured with rounded corners, which reduces the risk of injury.

Glass screens

The glass screen will be an interesting and stylish solution, especially for those who choose minimalism or modern style in interior design. Photo printing or various patterns can be applied to the glass, but this method is not a budget option. Installation is carried out on a screw holder, but you will have to drill holes in the wall. However, the radiator will be stylishly protected. This option will fit into any interior.

Screens-boxes

Screens-boxes are a great option for decorating radiators.

• They will help to completely hide the battery.
• The box can become an interior item.
• Erans are easy to install, easy to care for.
• Protect against burns or other injury.

On the pictureoriginal green wooden box in the interior of the nursery.

Floor-length curtains

Do not forget about the most popular way to hide batteries - just curtain them with opaque or translucent curtains. Using this method, over time, you yourself will even forget that there are pipes and a radiator behind the curtains. The main thing is to choose curtains that will look harmonious and not show with all their appearance that there is something behind them.

Painting in the color of the walls

How to hide a radiator on the wall if other designs are "prohibited". There is only one way, paint it the same color as the wall.

Frame made of wood

The tree will create coziness and warmth in the apartment, and the masking of the battery will be graceful and beautiful. This option is for those who equip their home in an eco-style using natural materials. These ways to hide batteries can be used as a home decor stand.

On the picture ordinary wooden blocks stylishly hide the battery in the kitchen.

Built in furniture

Another common way to close the radiator is custom-made furniture or built-in furniture (shelves, wardrobes, folding tables, seating).

Hide the radiator with furniture

Arrange furniture, such as a chair or desk, so that it covers the battery. A cast iron battery is not attractive to many, but pieces of furniture can hide it.

Replace with designer model

For those who do not want to invent anything, unique design ways have been developed to hide batteries, which already initially have a beautiful appearance and simply do not want to hide them.

Original ideas

There are many creative ideas that can turn batteries into a decorative element:

• Forged products

• Hide the radiator with a cloth

• Painting and decoupage of batteries

On the picture with the help of beautiful painting, the battery merged with the wall.

Hide with drywall

Separately, I would like to talk about how you can hide batteries using drywall. It should be noted right away that the material has its drawbacks, however, the drywall construction is still very popular for repairs.

• The material is environmentally friendly, while it is not subject to combustion.
• Several varieties of this material can be found on the market.
• This masking option is budgetary, and the installation can be carried out in different ways, as it is convenient for you.
• Also, it is drywall that will allow the owner of the apartment to come up with any design, which will help not only close the pipes and the battery, but also make additional decorative elements.

Minus lies in the fact that drywall is afraid of external influences, with careless actions, it is easy enough to pierce or pierce it. And if a breakdown or leakage occurs, then the entire finish will have to be changed again, but this material is cheap.

DIY plasterboard box installation

In order to close the battery, you need to measure it, and then buy metal profiles and other additional goods.

• What materials are needed: gypsum plasterboard 12 millimeters, metal profiles 27x28 and 60x27, self-tapping screws for plasterboard and metal, dowel-nails in size 6x40, construction serpyanka, perforated corners.
• Instruments: screwdriver, puncher, metal scissors, stationery knife, construction stapler, pencil, tape measure, building level.

Attention, for the construction of a drywall box there is an important requirement: it is necessary that the window sill extend beyond the radiator by at least 3 centimeters.

Work order:

1. Installation of the frame. The profile should be mounted on three adjacent sides: floor, wall, window sill. Press the metal profile 27x28 with your hand to the base, drill a hole with a puncher immediately in the profile and in the wall. Screw the dowel-nail into the hole with a screwdriver. At the bottom of the window sill, a 27x28 metal profile is mounted on self-tapping screws, the length of the screws should not be greater than the thickness of the window sill. Next, you can put jumpers from a 60x27 metal profile.
   

   

2. Choice of the grill size This hole must be made slightly smaller than the lattice size. You can focus on three recommended sizes: 60x120, 60x90 or 60x60.
   
3. Plasterboard installation. Plasterboard sheets can be cut with a clerical knife. Screw on with a screwdriver.
   

   

4. Installation of corners. They must be fixed in the corners with a construction stapler, or attached to gypsum plaster. Serpyanka should be applied to all seams of the drywall box and covered with plaster. Before painting or wallpapering, the plasterboard box must be putty, sanded and coated with a primer.
   

   

Heating pipes masking

It doesn't matter if it is an apartment or a house, a bedroom or a kitchen, everywhere I would like to have a good renovation.Questions immediately arise: how beautifully to hide the heating pipes and how can this be done with minimal costs and maximum efficiency? At the same time, the method of disguise should be truly invisible and inconspicuous, blending into the room.

The pipe can be hidden inside the wall, or it can be closed into the floor. Remember that the old heating system should not be hidden in this way, this option is possible after a complete renovation of all elements.

Box on the frame

It is best done with wood, plastic or drywall. Do not place heating pipes close to each other, there should be at least three centimeters between the duct and the pipe.

Hide behind decor

Decorating pipes with various options, for example, wrap with jute rope. But remember that this will reduce heat dissipation. Many owners decorate pipes with flowers, this can be done using bamboo with leaves. Only imagination should work here, even an old pipe can look completely different.

Painting the color of the walls

The easiest and most practical method is to paint the radiators or risers the same color as the walls, without reducing heat generation.

On the picture the pipes in the interior of the kitchen are painted in the color of blue walls.

Hide under the skirting board

A good invention was the floor plinth, in which you can easily hide batteries that are located horizontally and low to the floor.

Photos in the interior of the rooms

Kitchen

The kitchen is the ideal room where all the ways to hide batteries will be practical and convenient. If the room is small, then you can hide the battery with the help of a beautiful tabletop or make a folding table, which, if the opportunity arises, will unfold.

Plants of metal-plastic structures offer a large selection of beautiful large-sized window sills that imitate stone, wood and other materials. A modern window sill does not break under the weight, is not afraid of external factors, it is easy to care for it, wipe it, it is not afraid of scratches and so on. In this way, you can hide any type of battery, including cast iron.

On the picture wooden boxes were used to mask the radiators.

Living room

If the radiator is in a niche, then a wide window sill will help create a work area.

You can put souvenirs, vases or flowers in pots on a constructed wooden box. You can also close the unsightly batteries in the living room with blackout curtains.

On the picture modern living room. In order to hide the radiators, a wooden structure is mounted, which also serves as a place for rest, storage and decoration.

Bedroom and nursery

In the interior of a bedroom and a nursery, batteries can be used as another place to relax, a countertop for decorative items or a workplace.

Bathroom

You can hide pipes in the bathroom using a jalousie door, plastic grates or a cabinet with opening doors.

We hide the heating batteries with wooden, glass or plastic screens.

On the picture the radiators in the bathroom are hidden with a wooden box.

Hallway

For radiators in hallways, glass screens or wooden boxes are suitable. In a small room, you only need to cover the battery from the point of view of practicality. This could be a shoe storage cabinet, or the battery becomes a small coffee table where keys and other essential items can be stored.

Examples in different interior styles

Modern style

For a modern style or high-tech and minimalism style, any material made of wood, glass (glass panels) or metal is suitable.

Classic style

It is recommended to use natural materials, it is better to opt for a wooden lattice.

Provence

The tree also loves styles such as Provence, country, chalet and eco-style.

Scandinavian

Wooden lattices in light colors will look appropriate in a Scandinavian style.

Loft

In the loft style, old batteries and pipes are most often not covered, they are left for display or exchanged for interesting design options.

Photo gallery

Below are photo examples of masking batteries in rooms for various functional purposes.