Plumbing and Radiator Questions
old_home_lover
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framing question - perimeter radiator plumbing
Comments (0)I am framing basement walls, and want to make it "not impossible" to access the perimter radiator line, should there ever be a leak, etc. I need all the ceiling I can get, and don't have the space to build the wall in front of the line, either. Not a good place for a soffit, either. So I'm thinking of having the wall framing end below the ceiling joists (and below the radiator plumbing), and then attaching the wall to the ceiling joist every so often with some sort of vertical nailer.. I'd then extend the wallboard over the radiator lines. Generally speaking, is that doable or will that get flagged in the framing inspection? Thanks. BTW, I considered furring it down in just a couple spots, but the wall top would still be "in the way"....See MoreRadiator Question
Comments (3)If they are steam radiators, one of the causes could be improperly pitched return lines from settling of the house. If hot water, the pipes could be moving in the joists and hanging up as they "grow" in length from heat....See Morenew radiators and the unsightly plumbing - help?
Comments (4)Frankly, I'm simply boggled that someone would come in and do this sort of hideous installation. There's simply no excuse for this sort of sloppy, ugly work. Have you paid the contractor? If not, I'd howl like crazy and make them come back. There's simply no reason that anyone should be expected to put up with this sort of awful looking installation. If you've given them the final payment....I'd still howl. If they won't make it right, I'd certainly put a negative posting on every available on-line rating system in your area, and complain to the BBB. At the very least, your contractor could have used flat panel radiators with the inlet and outlet connections on the same end of the radiator. There are many available, and that would have at least spared you from so much ugly tubing trailing from one end to the other. I encourage you to complain to your contractor (loudly!). If you can't get satisfaction, then do what you can to spread the word about the awful workmanship from this unconscionable outfit. It's truly outrageous....See MoreSmall, Old House - Radiator heating Question ?
Comments (10)I had not thought about 4 year olds and their ability to imagine toys out of thin air! In DH's house, we have no curtains to deal with, just plantation shutters on 8 of the windows. And I did not put furniture along the exterior walls, as chance would have it. So that was not an issue for us. But I can well understand that it is a problem. Down south, our HVAC vents are mostly in the ceiling or the floor for elevated homes. In have seen a few with vents in the walls, but not many. My attic in Mobile has limited usefulness because of the ductwork and the inside half of the heat pump which is up there. When this house was built in 1950, it had a gas floor furnace in the hall. No ductwork at all, just a heating unit under the house in that crawl space, a grate in front of the only bathroom, and the hall made wide enough that you could walk without stepping on the grate when the heat was working. They took out the grate and replaced it with 1.5" wide oak to match the rest of the floor when they added a heat pump....but the floor will need repair soon, as it seems to be settling. I'm also thinking they left the old gas furnace under the house, something that I really do not like. In the days before whole house a/c, our homes usually had a whole house attic fan in the hall near the heating system. And that HUGE old fan was removed to make room for lifting the heat pump into the attic, and it was shoved into the back of the attic. This kind of thing really irks me, since I believe in clearing the decks before launching new home improvements. Sorry to digress here. No one-size-fits-all heating system is appropriate for all areas of the country. The need to COOL is more important here than heating. But this week, I can truly sympathize with you guys up New England way, where it is around 100 degrees and above, and no rain in sight....See Morebrickeyee
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