Underfloor Radiator

gerry gill

gang together some cast iron convectors?

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Looking for a little help with this one. We have a company in Western Mass. that has one of these Underfloor Radiators in a home that has failed. They are looking for something to put in it's place in the box under the floor. Problem is the orientation of the tappings to prevent condensate from being trapped.

Has anyone ever dealt with this before and if so, what did you use in place of it?

Glenn Stanton

Manager of Training

Burnham Hydronics

U.S. Boiler Co., Inc.

DanHolohan

How do the tappings approach the box?

Is it just like the Excelsior?

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I spoke to the owner of the company today and he is going to pull the cover down and take a closer look. I spoke with Fran at A-1 today and he has never seen one like this.-

Glenn Stanton

Manager of Training

Burnham Hydronics

U.S. Boiler Co., Inc.

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Glenn, see if they can pinpoint

the exact point of failure. If it's a push nipple, as I suspect it might be, they can have some new ones made up. The following info is from Dan's Hot Tech Topic, "An Old Radiator Q&A":

"If the old push nipples don't look so hot, get new ones. And don't waste your time shopping around for these because there's only one place you can go: Oneida County Boiler Works (Phone: 315- 732-7914). Give them a call. They’ll want you to send a sample of the old nipple (no matter what condition it's in) and they’ll take good care of you. They regularly helps people all across the country, and they assure me that Oneida is the only company around that still supplies these fittings. "If people could get 'em any closer to home, they wouldn't be calling us!" they say. I believe them."

They will want to replace all the push nipples in that rad, of course. And, it would be a REAL GOOD IDEA to try to find out why the old ones failed. If this is a steam system, I'd suspect acid condensate from inadequate air venting- read about this in Chapter 8 of "The Lost Art of Steam Heating".

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Gerry

Due to the offset tappings these have to properly return any condensate, using standard type tube or column type radiators isn't feasable. Cast iron convector elements are a cosideration but may not provide enough heat.

Glenn Stanton

Manager of Training

Burnham Hydronics

U.S. Boiler Co., Inc.

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Thanks Frank!

I will have him take a close look to determine the real cause of leakage. By the way, I got a call from one of our representatives last week who really enjoyed the time he spent with you!

Glenn Stanton

Manager of Training

Burnham Hydronics

U.S. Boiler Co., Inc.

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As I did

meeting with him. Let us know how the leaky rad works out.

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