inspectorwill Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 Is there a clearance requirement for the upper grates on older floor heaters? This 50+ year old wall heater has darkened areas on the wood paneling around the top that rather concerned me. Click to Enlarge 44.47 KB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 Is that an electric heater? If so, it has to be opened up a couple of times a year to blow/vacuum out all of the dust, pet hair and lint that accumulate inside. If one goes all summer without cleaning them out, come winter when you start to use them the crud that builds up inside smoulders and the wall gets smoke stained and the home smells like a crematorium. I can walk through a house with those electric heaters, and, before I even open them up, identify which ones will be full of dust and hair and whatever just by all of the smoke stains. ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!! Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inspectorwill Posted March 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 It's a gas floor heater and there was a lot of dust and pet hair on and around the firebox. I suspected this as the cause but not sure. Never seen the staining so pronounced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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