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The benefits of Aluminium Radiators
As aluminium is the most abundant metal in Earth, it’s a wonder that it’s not used for everything, but surprisingly, steel is still the most common material for radiators – in the UK. The reason for this is that steel has typically been a much cheaper material to produce than aluminium, which whilst more abundant, requires more energy and effort to extract from the bauxite it’s deposited in. It wasn’t always steel – in the mid 1800’s cast iron radiators (patented in 1861 by Messer’s Briggs & Nason) were the d’rigeur in Victorian Britain and the original design has been much copied ever since. The cast iron ‘school radiators’ are still fashionable in renovated period properties.
