How to clean a radiator

Turning off your radiators before cleaning makes the job much safer and keeps them from sucking up additional dust as you clean.

To clean within, around, and beneath the radiator, we recommend using a vacuum. This will aid in dust collection rather than unsettling it with a duster and forcing it back into the air. If your vacuum has smaller attachments, you may use those to get into more difficult-to-reach locations.

After vacuuming most of the dust and dirt out, use a radiator cleaning brush to reach the remaining bits of dust and dirt. If you don’t have a radiator brush, it’s quite easy to make one on your own.

All you’ll have to do is take a stick or piece of wood and wrap a microfibre cloth around it, and then secure it with tape. Also, using a hairdryer on a cold setting to blast out the tiny fragments that get trapped on the radiator fittings is an excellent approach to blow them out onto the towel.

Remember to place a towel below the radiator before beginning any cleaning projects, mainly to keep your floor and everything surrounding the radiator from becoming contaminated with dust and filth.

Once you've removed some of the dust and debris from the rear of the radiator, fill a  bucket with warm, soapy water and wash off the outside of the radiator with a  sponge. Make sure your sponge has a lot of soapy suds on it, and ring it out so that it is moist but not dripping. After that, dry your radiator thoroughly with a microfibre cloth to make sure the metal isn’t left to rust.

Finally, Check the surrounding walls and  skirting boards after cleaning the radiator to see if any of the radiator dust has fallen. As a result of the cleaning process of the radiator, the skirting boards may need wiping down too. As sometimes, the heat can cause dirt and dust to stick to the walls around it. Therefore, give any marks a rub with a soapy sponge, being careful not to damage any paintwork.