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Hi all, I wasn’t sure which section to put this into but this stuff keeps peeling off onto my floor and just wondering what the cause/remedy would be? Images included to what I am referring to. Obviously the radiator hasn’t been turned on for a long time now, wouldn’t think it’s related to that, I really have no clue what it is or the cause so any help would be most appreciated.

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Peeling off from where? (You don't say)
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Someone-Else wrote: Mon Oct 09, 2023 4:34 pm Peeling off from where? (You don't say)
That’s the thing I can’t decipher? It’s a total mystery to me where it is emanating from, just hoped someone may have come across this before?
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:dunno: my best guess would be summat put on behind the radiator to reflect heat back in the room that has broken down.

Can you get a torch down behind the radiator ?
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wine~o wrote: Mon Oct 09, 2023 5:02 pm :dunno: my best guess would be summat put on behind the radiator to reflect heat back in the room that has broken down.

Can you get a torch down behind the radiator ?
Just tried to look down the back with a torch, can’t see anything obvious so it’s a mystery
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Thermal lining from the back of the curtains?
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Post by dewaltdisney »

Actually T that might be it. Is it a thermal layer in the curtains breaking down. It could have dried out over time and got brittle.

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Post by Wandadorff »

Looks like what just happened to me. I was given some of those curtains with the rings already in them to thread over the pole I think they are called eyelet. Turns out it is the interlining for the section where the rings are attached
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