Plumbing and Piping - Radiator
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Spanky
03-17-01, 03:41 PM
Hi I have and old Radiator in my bathroom I would like to remove it and replace with baseboard heat, can it be done and can I do it my seft Im petty handy, If this can be done can I use the existing plumbing that is already there or do I have to ues new plumbing or can you direct me to like maybe the libarey on this job. please help Thank You
Sal
Sal
halfwet
03-17-01, 04:30 PM
I cant even begin to call myself an expert at this, but I also have hot water heat in my house and I love it. However, if you want to replace a radiator with a baseboard type hot water convector, you will need alot of baseboard space to get the same amount of heat that a radiator puts out, that is why a radiator [and I assume it has a convector around it?] was used in the bathroom, because of space limitations. I too wanted to change mine when I remodeled the bath, but I would have had to run a baseboard radiator about half way around the room to generate the heat the radiator gives. Hope that helps.