Replacing Hot Water Baseboard Heaters

In this video this old house plumbing and heating contractor richard trethewey reveals a quick easy way to replace a damaged baseboard heater.

Replacing hot water baseboard heaters.

Hi my husband and i are first time homebuyers and our new house is a 60 yr old colonial with hot water baseboard heaters. Runtal baseboard radiators are attractive durable and comfortable replacements for fin tube or cast iron baseboards. However not because these heaters are more efficient that it means they are indestructible. Hot water baseboard heaters offer many advantages over standard baseboard heaters.

20 gage galvanized powder coated steel baseboard heater covers with end caps and optional brackets. Nuheat does not use more electricity than electric baseboard heaters as the common myth states. In fact a most adequately sized electric heating device will need almost the same amount of power to maintain or change a room s temperature. Cost of replacing baseboard heaters.

End caps cost about 16 to 28 apiece. Replacing hot water baseboard heaters. Last update was on. 1 slide wood shims behind the back plate of the baseboard heater.

Can be cut to length with a jigsaw and fine metal tooth blade. While baseboard heating remains extensively popular across the region there may come a time when you eventually must remove these because of the high operational costs they generate as a result of inefficiencies and the introduction of smarter more efficient baseboard heating systems in the marketplace. There comes times when replacing hot water baseboard heaters is indispensable if the heater is not working properly and it is damaged at some point. 2 use reciprocating saw to cut nails or screws holding back plate to wall.

Replacement baseboard heater covers hydronic hot water heat. With a choice of heating elements for hot water or steam systems multi pak 80 is built with hefty brackets and an 18 gauge front panel. 3 pull the adjustable damper from the hangers and discard. The easiest option is to replace just the front covers and end caps with aftermarket ones made of plastic or metal which are available at home centers and online.

4 prop up heating element then use slotted screwdriver to pry the back plate from the hangers. These are more efficient heaters than the others in additon to being less noisy.