rescue/refurbish cast iron baseboard

Bob Vennerbeck

Anyone here within rational spitting distance of Providence, RI who has the tools, chops and patience to salvage and use some American Standard and/or Burnham Base-Ray cast iron baseboard? I inherited an unfinished home renovation some 20 years ago and managed to finish fitting up my late friend's heating system he'd built up from salvaged baseboard. Some while later I rediscovered the rest of his salvage stash in the collapsing yard shed, and dragged it indoors. If you can use it, it will be VERY affordable. If you just plan to scrap it, be honest and let me do that myself. I'll try to shuffle stuff for more photos and a better inventory - there's about twice what shows in this photo, as well as two clean 8' assemblies [in the attic!] There's a very limited number of end pieces - apparently was salvaged from a mill building where it had been installed in very long runs. It is possible to tap the push nipple borings for threaded pipe end connections - but it's challenging [ask me how I know…] - and you'll have to source or make a bunch of push nipples to assemble sections. But it's oh-so-nice when it's pushing out the warm!

Vbob

Mad Dog_2

Any good sandblasting yard will nake then look like brand new...My contact in on Long Island...mad Dog

Bob Vennerbeck

Mad Dog - I’m no longer in a position to need the baseboard myself - but it seems a sin to scrap it without checking to see if any of the brave & talented fools here want to take it on…..