The Wooden Radiator Cabinet Co.

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Sep 14, 2006

Tipped off by our mom, we hereby post a good resource for your NYC radiator woes. Started in 1990 by Tom and Peg Kennedy, who found wood radiator covers WAY too expensive, The Wooden Radiator Company offers three general styles (traditional, shaker and prairie) at affordable prices. They have also recently added bookcases and baseboard covers to match.

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Just discovered that you listed us and we're amazed at the response level!! Thought I'd answer some of the questions asked (Hope that's OK)...The tops remain room temp. because of the insulation on the underside and that helps push the air into the room and away from cold windows and exterior walls.(So you can put plants, TV's, etc..on them) Otherwise some of the heat off the rad. is trying to heat the cold glass which is inefficient. (Rule of thumb... the more heat you get to the ceiling the warmer you'll be.)

As for warping...we experienced some problems when we started in 1990 but thru trial and error learned just how to build them to withstand the heat. After almost 46,000 cab's...we've gotten pretty good at it.

As for cab's that cover forced air units (PTAC's) in many prewar buildings, we do that too. We add a louvered vent on top for those with an access lid. We've covered about 3000 to date.

Tom Kennedy on Sep 15, 2006

Any idea where to get something like this for those central heating/cooling units that blow from the top? nellie on Sep 15, 2006