Mike Lamb Posted December 9, 2016 Report Share Posted December 9, 2016 This is taking the global warming thing a little too far. It still gets cold in Chicago. Click to Enlarge 28.24 KB Click to Enlarge 38.03 KB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted December 9, 2016 Report Share Posted December 9, 2016 That's pretty funny. Unclear on the concept...... One doesn't remove 300 lbs. of cast iron thermal mass and 50x the radiant surface area and replace it with 2 lbs. of fin tube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlparham Posted December 9, 2016 Report Share Posted December 9, 2016 That's pretty funny. Unclear on the concept...... One doesn't remove 300 lbs. of cast iron thermal mass and 50x the radiant surface area and replace it with 2 lbs. of fin tube. One can and will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted December 9, 2016 Report Share Posted December 9, 2016 There would have to be active components (fan/controller) to duplicate the thermal dissipation of the radiator that was there before. It definitely calls for engineering. Anyway, I get the gist of the thread. It's another amusing DIY fumble. Marc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted December 9, 2016 Report Share Posted December 9, 2016 One can and will. True enough. Interestingly, I hardly ever see stuff this stupid. Chicago is big on hydronic heating; most people get it. It's not common to see stuff that idiotic around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Lamb Posted December 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2016 The flippers in the poorer, distressed areas are ridiculous. Just about every conceivable thing that can be done wrong is done wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted December 10, 2016 Report Share Posted December 10, 2016 That's true. Thank you, HGTV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Amaral Posted December 11, 2016 Report Share Posted December 11, 2016 The idiocy is never-ending... and it's getting worse... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Raymond Posted December 12, 2016 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 I had a house in a distressed neighborhood in Buffalo where they did that to all the rads on the ground floor. 2 feet high and a foot off the wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garry Sorrells Posted December 12, 2016 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 How about? Heating system froze, rads cracked. To be a living age there it has to be conditioned (heated). So flipper puts in as little as possible. Room has a heat source and meets definition. Like in sports. Tell me the rules and I will figure out how to play the game. Seem like it was applied to this house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Raymond Posted December 13, 2016 Report Share Posted December 13, 2016 Baseboard convectors are under $10/foot. Iron rads scrap for 10 cents a pound and salvage for $100 a piece plain, double for highly decorative units. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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