curtain and heater

How much space should there be between the bottom edge of the curtains and the heater?

Re: curtain and heater

What kind of heater?

Baseboard, like this

Re: curtain and heater

Half an inch, or you could have the curtains extend up a little so that they can still come all the way to the floor and look nice, but that would trap the hot air and make an insulation barrier.