cast iron wall radiators

Al Letellier_9

Not sure what you have for rads, but if steam, good luck. I would do everything possible to do it in one piece. Make sure you CYA with disclaimers. You touch it you own it. You know how that works. Don't mean to be negative, but experience tells me not to do something if I'm not 100 % sure I can fix it if my efforts fail. IF these rads are long with multiple sections, protect them from bending at the joints. It won't take much to make them leak.

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karr

wall radiators

we were asked to remove cast iron wall radiators for painting. Do they have to be taken down in one piece or can you seperate them between the sections. There a connections at the top and bottom with coupling with what looks like looks reverse threads. I hope they can be taken apart since they built walls around them

bob young

good luck....you will need it

Maybe you can spray them in place. to remove may not be worth the effort & taking them apart will probably be instant suicide.

Cosmo_3

oooooh be careful


I heard a similar story that a guy lost his shirt because of this- mansion remodel, all the rads were removed and all the long wall rads leaked afterwards.

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Cosmo

karr_2

wall radiators

Thanks for the input. Found a company: Shaffer Bros. in Monteal,Qc. that stocks the reverse thread couplings. They were helpful in giving advice on how to dismantle and reassemble the radiators

Daniel_3

I would say it not worth it having installed and de-installed even shorter sections of wall rads myself. You'll snap the lugs by using a long lug wrench for reverse thread nipples especially with steam wall rads.