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Brian (Tankless) Wood
Brian (Tankless) Wood Member Posts: 222
in THE MAIN WALL
"That pair needs to be well hung :)" didn't quite zip over this swamprats head. Nice one.

Nice rads too. Been in SWLA for 23 yrs now and have yet to see my first radiator.

Brian in Lili-torn Louisiana.

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  • Dave Palmer
    Dave Palmer Member Posts: 186
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    xray vision

    I would like to mount this radiator in my foyer but I need ideas for hangers.According to my EDR book I believe its a H.B. SMITH X-RAY steam radiator from the early 1900's.Hope to make it hot water and pray it doesn't spring a leak.
  • Dave Palmer
    Dave Palmer Member Posts: 186
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    xray vision

    I would like to mount this radiator in my foyer but I need ideas for hangers.According to my EDR book I believe its a H.B. SMITH X-RAY steam radiator from the early 1900's.Hope to make it hot water and pray it doesn't spring a leak.
  • Mike Kraft
    Mike Kraft Member Posts: 406
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    Dave

    Thats a beauty!Real nice.What type of paint job?I'm scratching my head but cant think of something to support them.......that pair needs to be well hung:)

    cheese
  • Dan Peel
    Dan Peel Member Posts: 431
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    Hang on!!

    I've seen them hung on 1/2 moon cast brackets lagged to the wall. These you can replicate with a weldment to suit your install location - grind the edges and paint them flat black, they may even look cast...... Nice little decorative heat emitters. Dan

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  • kevin
    kevin Member Posts: 420
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    if you ......

    support the piping that goes to the tappings well enough it should be a great start to holding up your rad. Its a gem...kps
  • Mike T., Swampeast MO
    Mike T., Swampeast MO Member Posts: 6,928
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    Judging by EDR

    They had lion's paw feet! My plain wall-hung (Triton) has heavy cast "L" brackets.

    Any more where those came from? I've been looking for one of those (X-ray) for my kitchen island.
  • ScottMP
    ScottMP Member Posts: 5,884
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    I've seen them

    > They had lion's paw feet! My plain wall-hung

    > (Triton) has heavy cast "L" brackets.

    >

    > Any more

    > where those came from? I've been looking for one

    > of those (X-ray) for my kitchen island.





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  • ScottMP
    ScottMP Member Posts: 5,884
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    I've seen them

    They usually have some brackets ont he wall that the cast iron hooks onto that looks like a coat hook only larger. Finding those would be a real challange. I would try and frabicate them yourselve. I would be worried about that weight hanging from the pipes.

    Scott

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  • Jim_22
    Jim_22 Member Posts: 53
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    Wall hung

    Dave,
    How tall are your rads? I had some wall hung brackets fabbed for a job a couple of years ago and have some left over.They are made of 2" flat stock and stand the rads off the wall about 1.5" (maybe 2")and have a "J"hook at the bottom to bear the weight. If they're too tall for your rads you can chop them and weld to correct length. If you think you can use a couple, e-mail me your address and I'll ship 'em off.

    Jim Bennett
    jimbenet843@hotmail.com
  • Scott Lind
    Scott Lind Member Posts: 2
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    Hardware

    I came across this link a while back - maybe they can help.

    http://www.hydronics.org/instructions/walney/brackets/brackets.htm
  • Dave Palmer
    Dave Palmer Member Posts: 186
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    thanks

    guys for all the great ideas,Dave
  • j_4
    j_4 Member Posts: 59
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    hang those rads...

    ....i set them on hardwood blocks (2" x 4" blocks of brazillian Ipe, hard as a rock) and tied them back to the wall with long screws & "washers" provided by shafter bros.


    ...love the radiator, never seen one like that before
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