Old baseboard heaters unknown manufacturer

martianwannabe

Can anyone identify these baseboard heater/fins. They are both the fins and covers of the system. You can’t take them apart without removing the pipe completely. Unfortunately our male cat decided to urinate on them. The house reeks when the heat is on. We have sprayed them from the outside with urine smell destroying products and attempted cleaning them the best we can. Scraping each fin out with a small flathead screwdriver and vacuuming each section with a straw…no luck.

HVACNUT

Almost a faux cast iron baseboard. 
I've never seen that design so I couldn't tell you if it was still in production. 
Are you sure you can't unscrew the front and pop the panels off? Maybe there's more screws behind the floor molding or is the molding holding the panels in place?
It didn't go on in one piece because it needed to be secured to the wall first, then the covers put on, so there must be a way.
Can you show a wider pic?
I love the union connection with built in bleeder.

EdTheHeaterMan

@HVACNUT, It appears that @martianwannabe has described that baseboard radiator exactly correct. If you look at the close up photo of the last fin on the copper pipe, you can see that the fin must be made of steel or a much thicker aluminum in order to hold it shape after years of use. The tell tail bottom inlet opening is part of the fin. The end cap is most likely attached to the face of the fin with sheetmetal screws, where the inlet and outlet openings are located.


That is going to be tough to clean the innerds of that fin. Unless there is a chemical (like vinegar) that can cut the urine odor, the only fix I can come up with is to replace the sections that stink with a readily available modern baseboard. I wonder if your homeowner's insurance would cover something like that?

EBEBRATT-Ed

And get rid of the cat

mattmia2

I think you'll have to take the whole thing outside, spray it with an enzyme cleaner, then hose it off. It might be hanging on wall brackets or have screws or nails that were put in through the vent slots. If you take the molding and trim caps off then see where it doesn't move if you pull on it you can probably figure it out.

martianwannabe

These heaters run the entire length of the wall and around 3 corners. I have them in multiple rooms. I don’t think they are really mounted to anything other than the pipe that comes through the floor and back down. Since the fins are so large it’s very stable. And I wish I was allowed to get rid of him.

Steamhead

@mattmia2 has the right idea. I'll add that I would spray the cleaner into the top while sucking the spent cleaner out of the bottom with a wet-vac. This would make the process a little less messy.

If the cat isn't "fixed", he should be.