Pics of old ceiling radiator!

Daniel_3

Very clever indeed. I just noticed that but figured that it was the manufacturer of the plug (co.with the A and R!!) since nowadays everything is outsourced in parts.

Daniel_3

Here are the pictures of the ceiling radiator that I took down from a concrete garage ceiling which was used to heat a kitchen directly above. I can't seem to find the make/model. I believe it's close to a National Aero wall radiator from the library except for the curved edge at the vertical supplies. I plan to re-use it as a wall radiator but of course when taking it down the unions snapped and the threads on the longest portion were stripped a bit. A chunk of cast iron was taken off in one of the supply pics shown. I wonder if they look re-tappable with a 2" pipe tap to you wallies. I think the rad looks pretty cool and it's fairly clean on the inside after I did a bit of cleaning. Enjoy!

Dave Stroman

That is your basic American Radiator wall hung. You may find that if you are going to rejoin the two you will need a left/right nipple. Clean the threads with a wire brush on a drill.

Dave in Denver

scott w.

same radiator

Daniel,

I have the same eight section radiator hanging on the ceiling of my garage. My house was built in 1928.

All the other rads in the house were made bye the American radiator company.

It so happens my kitchen is right above the basement garage. Unless you had an open grill in the floor above the rad there is no way this monster will heat the space above. It will only heat the 10' high garage if the boiler water is at 180* and you turn up the thermostat in the house to 74*. Even then if the outside temp is in the teens it is still a might chilly in the garage. The ceiling fan in the garage helps.

bob young

a beautiful thing

that is a beauty, for sure. re-tap it and it will be fine. better test it before you hook it up. don't wanna hang that baby twice ! lol

Daniel_3

S.H.,

Funny that it was the same set-up in your home. Clearly that monster was heating a vacuous space with no insulation on the riser and concrete/steel mesh/tongue and groove pine subfloor with vinyl above it. It might have served to heat the garage somewhat on a cool day. I will use the smaller section in my bathroom that has a derelict sunrad with improper vent placement and vertical 1" copper riser. I like the look of a viewable wallhung instead. I took this out of a home that is owned by my church. The demo guys wanted to cut it up with a sawzall, good luck. I caught them in teh act just as they were making the first cut and I shrieked! it turn out the hoisting it down was th only way it was coming down from that 10' garage ceiling.

Daniel_3

Lol! so true, that would need some strength to go backwards especially since we had gravity's help the way down. . .

Steamhead (in transit)

That's either a Rococo or Peerless wall rad

made by American Radiator Co. You can find ratings in Dan's book "E.D.R.".

Those threads don't look that bad, they should clean right up with the proper tap. Use plenty of thread-cutting oil on the tap so it doesn't get dull. Check before tapping since they may be left-hand-thread!

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D107

that symbol on photo 1971 is really clever

it's actually a capital A and R divided by a vertical line, with Co at the center--American Radiator Co. as the man said...

Tombig_2

Cieling Radiator

Took this one out of the coach house and installed at the laundry room cieling. It was 40" by about 11ft and went up in two pieces w/ standard unions. Careful threaded rod layout. Up on the horses. Up on the scaffold. Block up into position. Glad we don't do this every day. It actually helped considerably with the underradiated kitchen above running off a basement zone.

Posted these pics awhile pack but their worth another look. We added a couple basement zones to a gorgeous old converted gravity HW system. I refused to install copper fin to such a fine old standing iron system and Father Larry agreed. We drilled and tapped the top of Burnham Baseray CIBB and scribed some 12ga. top covers to follow the limestone foundation. This was in a basement chapel for a "priest in training" learning center and living house.

scott w.

dead men

Wow, that looks like a really heavy lift to get that monster in place. I wondered how the dead men put mine in place. Mine rests on 4 steel rods that are tied into the floor joists above. I suppose the dead men must have put it together two sections at a time & put it together in the air.

Daniel_3

Definitely worth the look Tom. Thanks for the pics. God bless.