BEAT IT FOR £0
With stuff already in your cupboard
Sock on a coat hanger
Straighten a wire hanger, pop an old sock on the end, slide it down between the fins. Hoover up the fallout.
Does it work? Yes. Simple and it gets right in there.
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5-MIN JOB
Living room · monster 4 of 5
How to clean inside a radiator
Meet The Dust Bunnies. They’ve moved in. They’ve brought friends.
Scare-o-meter0/5
Everyone’s radiator looks like this. Promise.
FIRST MOVE
Heating off, let it cool, old towel on the floor underneath.
BIG GUNS
If the free fix gives up
Long radiator brush
Reaches the back bits. Bonus: great behind the fridge too.
Myth or not? · Sort of
“Blast it with a hairdryer”
Works, but you’ll be wearing the dust. Shut the door, hoover after.
OOPS. DON’T…
- Spraying cleaner into the fins.
- Doing it while it’s hot.
CALL A PRO IF…
It’s cold at the top. That’s trapped air: bleed it or call a heating engineer.
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