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I have lived in several houses, including my current one, where there is a large radiator behind a curtain, and a window above the radiator.
My question is - just how bad is this for heat efficiency? Are there any good methods to improve the situation (apart from keeping the curtains open.)
Thanks.
It is terrible, shorten the curtains. This is like putting a towel over traditional vents. You are paying to warm up the curtains and probably getting a small fraction of the actual heat the radiator should be dispersing. But you will have warm curtains!
