Radiator Light

[Mike Lamb]

This is taking the global warming thing a little too far. It still gets cold in Chicago.

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[kurt]

That's pretty funny. Unclear on the concept...... One doesn't remove 300 lbs. of cast iron thermal mass and 50x the radiant surface area and replace it with 2 lbs. of fin tube.

[mlparham]

That's pretty funny. Unclear on the concept...... One doesn't remove 300 lbs. of cast iron thermal mass and 50x the radiant surface area and replace it with 2 lbs. of fin tube.

One can and will.

[Marc]

There would have to be active components (fan/controller) to duplicate the thermal dissipation of the radiator that was there before. It definitely calls for engineering.

Anyway, I get the gist of the thread. It's another amusing DIY fumble.

Marc

[kurt]

One can and will.

True enough. Interestingly, I hardly ever see stuff this stupid. Chicago is big on hydronic heating; most people get it. It's not common to see stuff that idiotic around here.

[Mike Lamb]

The flippers in the poorer, distressed areas are ridiculous. Just about every conceivable thing that can be done wrong is done wrong.

[kurt]

That's true. Thank you, HGTV.

[Rob Amaral]

The idiocy is never-ending... and it's getting worse...

[Tom Raymond]

I had a house in a distressed neighborhood in Buffalo where they did that to all the rads on the ground floor. 2 feet high and a foot off the wall.

[Garry Sorrells]

How about?

Heating system froze, rads cracked.

To be a living age there it has to be conditioned (heated).

So flipper puts in as little as possible. Room has a heat source and meets definition.

Like in sports. Tell me the rules and I will figure out how to play the game. Seem like it was applied to this house.

[Tom Raymond]

Baseboard convectors are under $10/foot. Iron rads scrap for 10 cents a pound and salvage for $100 a piece plain, double for highly decorative units.