Moving pipe

jcormie1

The only place I can put a sliding door in my house is by taking out a window that a radiator is under and moving an adjacent pipe that goes to a second floor radiator. What's the best way to move the pipes? ps. it's a one pipe system

Paul Mitchell_2

Very carefully

You can not use copper. You can not change the size. You must maintain proper pitch etc. Quite a project for a slider. Get a nice new regular back door and leave the poor radiators.

Big Ed

What's the best way to move the pipes ???

The answer is out of the way ...


Sliding doors needs big headers which eats up space.No easy way. Years ago we ran the risers right through the first floor in the corner of the room to get upstairs. In the wall you need to pitch it right.... Wish I were on site to help you...

jcormie1

Even a door

Even if I put only a door there I'll have to move the pipe going to the upstairs... I'm assuming that they used black pipe? If so what did they use to join it? Meaning- with having black pipe I'm also assuming that all of the joints are threaded and probably have some type of pipe dope and not welded or something else? What is the best way to free teh joint? I've got pleanty of room in the basement to move it over a couple of feet and still keep the rise. Another ?, can I bury it in an adjacent interior wall? are there any concerns there?

Uni R

What is the best way to free the joint?

Two large pipe wrenches, with emphasis on the word two.

jcormie1

another?

the pipe going up stais has a coupling on it about 1/4 of the way up (it looks just like a copper type coupling, obviously bigger, and not copper) is this threaded as well?

Uni R

Should be...

I do know how else outside of threaded fittings that iron and what we might presume to be brass could be joined so that it doesn't leak. You might want to study up a bit on some of the readings available here so that you can get a better handle on your heating system and what your piping entails.