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Modern shockproof rubber radiator cover: child safety comes first

Home and school, the latter understood as an architectural space, are, in common perception, familiar and reassuring environments. In fact, there is the belief that within those walls, at least in terms of accidents, nothing truly serious can happen to our children.

Detail of DIY radiator cover for children GIWA

Once these have crossed the threshold we feel more at ease and lower our guard.
That is, we almost always unconsciously renounce putting into practice those defense mechanisms that we normally adopt when we are outside. However, the factual reality is very different.
The huge statistical production on the subject is what tells us. State institutions and organizations, with the WHO and UNICEF in the lead, continue to provide us with alarming reports on the number of accidents and injuries that occur in closed environments, especially at home and at school.

And they warn us of the need to limit the risk as much as possible, reminding us that in a world conceived to measure for adults, prevention is undoubtedly the best weapon of defense against the dangers of environments erroneously believed to be protected.

Radiators: useful but not without risks

The watchword to protect the little ones from the dangers hidden in so many of those objects that fill our homes and the school buildings they attend, is therefore prevention. A word that must however translate into concrete actions if we really want to limit the risks of accidents in domestic environments as much as possible.

GIWA Children’s Radiator Cover

In this perspective, the presence of a structure such as the heaterperceived by us adults as harmless and familiar, can become a risk factor that should not be underestimated. That this is really the case is revealed by the fact that repeated legislative interventions have banned the installation of exposed radiators with sharp edges in structures intended for children. The rationale behind the law is that, exposed in this way, they could cause, in the event of impacts or falls, bruises and even serious injuries.

Children’s radiator covers: a happy marriage between safety and aesthetics

Radiators, like other devices, have also been affected by the effects of the regulatory provisions contained in the D.lgs 81/2008 “Consolidated law on health and safety at work”. Thus, several companies have committed to the creation of suitable structures to ensure compliance.

The results of this design effort have been generally appreciable. So much so that today the precepts of the law on safety are largely satisfied by the so-called radiator covers.

GIWA shockproof radiator cover

Furthermore, these structures, essentially designed to solve problems related to the danger of radiators, have also become furnishing accessories, creating a happy marriage between safety and aesthetics.

For spaces inhabited by children, whether those of the school, the playroom, the gym or simply the bedroom at home, beautiful and captivating, colorful and joyful ones have been created, which fit in and integrate perfectly with such environments.

And above all, they have drastically reduced the number of injuries and traumas that occur to the little ones during their play and leisure activities, of which exposed radiators were, in fact, the main cause.

Choose GIWA to adapt radiators to technical safety standards

There are several companies that have decided to make the production of safety devices the core business of their business.

Among them stands out ELEPHANT a young and cutting-edge store based in the north-east of the country, precisely in Ghisalba (Bergamo).

GIWA is in fact a company that from the beginning has focused on the quality of its materials, always innovative.

Today it can boast the presence in its catalogue of a consistent range of products and safety systems that go from anti-trauma floors to safety and anti-slip floors and which includes various outdoor and garden games as well as items for free time, sport and entertainment, among which we also find the radiator coveran essential element for safety at home and in places frequented by children.

All these equipments comply with the dictates of the law, i.e. the technical safety standards. IN 1176 which specify the general requirements for equipment and surfaces for public play areas.

GIWA: modern modular radiator covers

For the compliance of heating devices ELEPHANT proposes his radiator covers made with strictly quality materials non-toxic e antitrauma.

They consist of a primary structure tubular load-bearing structure which is light and resistant and is almost always made of PVC shockproof or EVA.

Complete the security system with a secondary structure said buffer composed of tubes placed at a distance of 7 centimetres from each other: a space that guarantees the impassability of the barrier created to protect the heating elements and at the same time ensures the normal passage of heat.

GIWA anti-trauma radiator cover

The structure thus composed, with its bright and lively colors, fits well in the spaces dedicated to children and acts as a safe screen in the event of accidental impacts or falls. It is fixed above the heating elements with special brackets and blocked with pressure screws or with a special snap-fit ​​accessible only to adults.

How much does it cost to install radiator covers for children in compliance with the law?

If we reflect for a moment on the fact that in Italy in 2020 alone over 3 million domestic accidents and considering that the accidents caused by radiators appear at the top of this list, we understand that there is still a long way to go to reach an acceptable level of safety for these systems.

GIWA modern radiator covers

Yet the issue has been addressed at legislative level so much so that appropriate remedies have been included in the more general lsafety law mentioned. A plausible explanation is that the information was not so incisive as to determine consequent behaviors.

In fact, many are still convinced that such interventions are prohibitive both for the cost of the materials and for their implementation. Both beliefs are far from the truth.

The same ELEPHANT proposes radiator covers in PVC non-toxic, fireproof, shockproof, scratchproof in many models and colors at a very interesting price. Furthermore, the same company is available to provide any information regarding the installation of its products.

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THE EDITORIAL TEAM RECOMMENDS

The company ELEPHANTa sure reference in the field of safety devices, is able to offer ad hoc solutions for every type of need.

Her anti-trauma wall protections and his radiator covers they are the result of a careful selection made based on the quality of the materials and their characteristics.
Such as non-toxic and fireproof class 1 PVC polyvinyl chloride, all in compliance with current regulations.