Cast Iron Radiator Install

Post by **StokerDon** » Tue. Apr. 12, 2016 6:29 pm

I would definitely put one under the picture window. That has to be the coldest part of the house right there. My picture window, you could feel the cold radiating across the room from it. With the radiators under it, it makes kind of a heat curtain keeping the cold from coming into the room.

If that makes sense.

-Don

Post by **Rob R.** » Tue. Apr. 12, 2016 6:37 pm

Ask your wife. Easier to just install it once.

hotblast1357 · Post by **hotblast1357** » Tue. Apr. 12, 2016 7:13 pm

Lol thanks rob.

Yes don I'm sure it is the coldest, besides the two exterior doors.

so maybe I will put one under each window in the living room.

Post by **Rob R.** » Mon. Sep. 12, 2016 6:14 am

How did you make out with the radiators?

Scottscoaled · Post by **Scottscoaled** » Mon. Sep. 12, 2016 4:50 pm

Rob R. wrote:How did you make out with the radiators?

Yeah! What's up with the radiators!!!!!!

hotblast1357 · Post by **hotblast1357** » Mon. Sep. 12, 2016 5:50 pm

The radiator install came to a stop, they are sitting in the corner of the garage, we are in the process of buying land and starting a new home build next summer so this home will be going on the market soon... I will save them for my new garage maybe, as the wife said they will NOT be going in the new home lol

Post by **Rob R.** » Mon. Sep. 12, 2016 6:24 pm

What a let down! I was ready to see the new system.

New house? Very expensive option, but you will have the opportunity to make it energy efficent and hopefully remodel free for 8-10 years.

hotblast1357 · Post by **hotblast1357** » Mon. Sep. 12, 2016 6:31 pm

Not to bad, I am building it myself, the plan is to build efficient.. Once the time comes I will make a new topic here for it.

Post by **StokerDon** » Mon. Sep. 12, 2016 7:00 pm

I would at least plan for radiators in the new house. That way when the wife decides she likes cast iron radiators, you will be set. You might need to find some nice, ornate rads though.

-Don

hotblast1357 · Post by **hotblast1357** » Mon. Sep. 12, 2016 7:06 pm

Haha trust me, my new house will not have a radiator in it, unless I can get them in the basement, we will see.

Post by **Rob R.** » Mon. Sep. 12, 2016 7:09 pm

They would work very well in the basement, and be a lot more cost effective than in-slab radiant.

hotblast1357 · Post by **hotblast1357** » Mon. Sep. 12, 2016 7:13 pm

Rob R. wrote:They would work very well in the basement, and be a lot more cost effective than in-slab radiant.

really?? Cuz the in slab has been a thought but I know the cost is out of my budget.. I just don't know how I could nearly plumb them so that you don't see pex running up and down all around the basement lol

Post by **Rob R.** » Mon. Sep. 12, 2016 7:19 pm

Don't get me wrong, radiant heat is very nice...but if the basement is well insulated (which it should be in a new home), the heat in the basement slab won't be used very much at all. My brother has it in his basement, which has an IFC foundation, and I don't think the basement heat kicks on more than 10 times per year.

As for the pipes and how they look, copper always looks better than pex, and if the basement is unfinished, the appearance shouldn't be a huge deal. Run the pipes close to the wall, and if you ever finish it they can be hidden from view. I have one my cellar like that.

hotblast1357 · Post by **hotblast1357** » Mon. Sep. 12, 2016 7:49 pm

Rob R. wrote:Don't get me wrong, radiant heat is very nice...but if the basement is well insulated (which it should be in a new home), the heat in the basement slab won't be used very much at all. My brother has it in his basement, which has an IFC foundation, and I don't think the basement heat kicks on more than 10 times per year.

As for the pipes and how they look, copper always looks better than pex, and if the basement is unfinished, the appearance shouldn't be a huge deal. Run the pipes close to the wall, and if you ever finish it they can be hidden from view. I have one my cellar like that.

the plan is for the basement to be un-finished, but I could always hide it in the walls if I do decide to finish any of it, the way it's looking now in my mind, is I might only be going down with a 4' concrete wall, and then building 4' wood wall above ground, it's probably going to be a walk in basement, I am also contemplating upstairs going with a 2x4 wall, and then come in 6" and building another 2x4 wall, so that I have roughly 12" of wall to insulate, giving me a nice window sill also, and a easy way to run all my electrical. It's all just a thought right now, I am waiting for the surveyor then the town board before I can purchase it.

hotblast1357 · Post by **hotblast1357** » Sat. Dec. 03, 2016 7:32 pm

So I ended up hooking the bigger one up in the garage temporarily today as I've never felt heat from a radiator before, I've gotta say, not what I was expecting, but maybe it's cuz the floor and wall are sucking a lot of heat? At 145 degrees I have to pretty much touch it to feel the heat.

Also now that it has had a couple heat up and cool downs, it's sprung a small drip at one of the bottom joints, I will have to keep an eye on it.

Cast Iron Radiator Install

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