How to Fix Loose Baseboard Heat Covers | Make Your Heat More Efficient!
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- Опубликовано: 21 фев 2024
- In this video, I reattach some baseboard heat covers. The home owner recently had their floors done and the brackets were not reattached to the walls causing the covers to not go back on. Just a few self tapping screws and a quick clean up, they are back to normal. I also show you a quick tip on how to help your heaters work a little better!
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I'm always so impressed with someone, that has your knowledge of so many different areas of home repairs. All the years of hands on experience, can't think of better education, so much you can't learn from a classroom. I enjoy all your videos, tips & tricks. TY
I appreciate you explaining your steps . We have needed you a long time.
I sub to a few channels where I don't wait until the end to decide if I want to hit the 👍 or not-this is one of them. Good stuff as always. God bless.
I live in SoCal and will never be in need, but keep up the great work you do.
I cannot be the only person who subscribes to both The Fixer and Steve Wallis (two completely different channel types) but finds both guys to have the same style in their humor and temperament. Yeah, I don't have baseboard heating, but I'm still watching. I don't camp, but I still watch Steve as well.
You are a man of a thousand talents. 🎉
I was an HVAC tech for many years , and this video is great for diy home owners . I’ve seen some banged up ,and dirty slant fin baseboard over the years . One way to clean fins is with a paint brush and vacuum cleaner . They make a fin comb tool that helps to straighten the fins . I’ve seen many times the damper was closed causing inefficient heating ,as it needs to be open to let convection of air flow thru the bottom to top of radiator . Boiler heat is nice n cozy in the winter !!!
Fascinating! I’m constantly frustrated by my baseboards (they’re ancient) but after watching your video, I have new hope we can come to an understanding 😊 Will treat them to a serious review and update. Thank you very much for taking the mystique out of the rattling baseboards. Cheers!
Never seen heat like that but I was entertained! Good job!
"That ain't good" ..the perfect opening!!
Good video. A note on cleaning, as the ones you showed were really clean, honestly. Because these heaters use convection, they draw air from the bottom. This means that they will clog up with animal hair and dust, making them very inefficient. When I was stationed in Alaska, we had to clean our quarters before leaving. The inspector told me how to ace the inspection and it works very well. Place towels along the floor under them and crank the heat up to 90 degrees. Open a window and maybe use a fan to help get fresh air into the house because, you will want fresh air! Mix one cup of vinegar into a spray bottle and fill it with water. Walk along, spraying down through the top of the baseboard heater, taking your time to wash down and out all of the crud. There will be steam, you will need to refill your squirt bottle and you will be able to see the copper pipe gleaming and the aluminum fins too. Hope this is helpful for folks.
That’s a cool trick. Thanks!
@@TheFixerHomeRepair We used the same trick in Wurtsboro, NY. Works like a charm, every fall and spring!
Repairing, and rehanging the base board covers, then cleaning once a year, makes a big difference in the winter. 👍👍👍
Especially if you have pets. When I bought my house, the baseboard heating elements were PACKED with dog hair.
Cool man. We don’t have many radiators down here in Georgia but I still just like watching all your videos.
Thanks, I had floors refinished, and for years, my covers have been messed up, like this.
Well, since I live in Georgia where we don’t have hot water baseboard heat, guess I’ll just watch and enjoy. My wife is from SC and when we were stationed in NJ we had that type of heat. She just loved it and 45 years later still wishes we had it here. In the apartment we rented in NJ I had to do what you just did. The gins were darn near packed with dust and who knows what.
I usually recommend a drill not an impact if someone is new with self tapping screws with sheet metal! You can set the clutch super light and avoid stripping the holes. Great video as usual!
I have No clue why im watching this video Because i have no plans on getting or neither do i have baseboard heat... But its you , i will watch and Like it lol
I Be wondering how does hair get in spots like that lol
So happy to hear that. 😀 As for the hair... trust me this is not even bad. My dog sheds pretty easy and the hair ends up EVERYWHERE! And it never stops! haha Thanks so much for watching!
@@TheFixerHomeRepair when i started watching the Video i said... I gonna like it "RIGHT NOW" (while pointing) lol
You?? Im pressed for his videos, hes so neat & fixes any & everything ❤ him!😅
@@sisterkeys Right lol, i just be watching them. I love that he used affordable tools also.
I don’t even have a house or will have one anytime soon but I’ve been watching his videos for over a year now 😅
Hi Matt u did awesome 👌 u always explain everything so well ❤I love watching ur channel! keep up the great work 👍 and have a awesome day ❤
I have electric baseboard heat. I have a few pieces that have popped off the brackets so now I know what to do! I was afraid I would break them but now I know they need a little more pressure but not too much. Thanks for the help!
i could watch 5000 hours of this sorta content whilst im sick, (darn flu) always calming entertaining and keeps my brain actually learning sobit doesn’t drift off
Good Job Matt, always appreciate a new video. Since spring is around the corner, care to share a bit of what might be coming in the future?
This guy is totally fascinating. I just want to watch!
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Great job as usual!!
Well I know what I'll be doing tomorrow! Thank you, Sir 👍🏻
I was a contractor for several large apartment complexes as “part time “ gig and these boiler fed heat systems were a constant repair fortunately in all those years i never had to replace one. Thanks for your input 😊
I am moving into a house with these type of baseboard heaters. Good to get an idea of what I need to do. I’m not too excited about the work but it will be necessary. Always find your videos informative! Thanks!
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You’re funny!! Thanks for your videos.
Awesome video dude.
I've never even seen heat like this. I live nearly in the Gulf of Mexico so that may be why. I was thoroughly entertained though.
Thanks for posting
Thank you!
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You always entertain me!!!
Gooooooood afternoon. I used to have those exact baseboard water heating. Thanks for the video!
You did ….Great!…thanks!…
I grew up with hot water baseboard heat, and I hated those things because of the very reasons you show at the beginning. They did a good job of heating the house (if a bit slow), were cheaper and more efficient than other available options at the time (nobody was using coal, but the chutes were still there on older homes, and heating oil never was a thing in Montana), but the covers were always a pain.
I have an old New England house as well (1847?) and I keep taking my baseboards apart so my cat can chase the mice. I have never figured out how to get them back on until now, thanks for the closeups. Of course, at my age, I'm not sure my knees can take getting down there to fix them.
great job, I wish I had someone (handman) near me, I would keep him busy for a while
Just watched the. Video. I used a butter knife to straiten out the fins. It seems to be the perfect thickness.
I watched for entertainment and I was entertained quite properly (she says with a fake British accent). LOL, 😂
I would agree that the red wire is a ground. Lots of copper to accumulate a charge. Should be green wire.
Was up north for a couple years best heat I’ve ever had; no annoying fans cutting on and off, no cold spots, doesn’t dry you out, etc. Now I’m down south with a crappy heat pump - the worst heat you can have. 😣
You need a fin comb. I spent 37 years working for trane heating and air, they had combs too straighten out bent fins.
Hi Matt. Hope all is well with you and family.
All good here! Thank you and I hope the same for you and yours!
@@TheFixerHomeRepair Were good. I finish my chemo treatments tomorrow and then in a couple of month get a pet scan to see if they worked. I feel fine so being very hopeful.
Great job! But your missing important parts, the plastic/nylon shoes that are supposed to keep the metal brackets, fins and/or pipes separate from from each other for expansion, or you'll get those nuisance rad tinging and metal scratching noises when the heat comes on. I'm sure there is something you could put in those locations to help with this.
any thoughts on how to get the backing piece off? I have a short run of fins and not enough play to get the piece out from behind them. I was able to remove the brackets.
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Compressed air is the easy way to clean the pipe and aluminum fins.
I would call that relocation more than cleaning. 🤣😁
I think you have lost weight. Have you, Matt? You look good!
*Wall collapses* That ain't good, I'll show you how to fix it, right now!
And for a really satisfying fix, rip everything out and put in a ducted heat pump sytem. Only, I miss the warmth of the baseboard heat. Ah, well.
the wire looks like a lan / network cable someone ran by hiding it in the heaters
If I had to guess I would say that the red wire is the ground. The pipes are made out of copper, the heaters are aluminium, and the housing is probably aluminium (or steel) as well. If we add the water heater that's electric, then it makes sense to have an additional safety.
Why use red wire for an earth/ ground
@ume4743 I can only guess it was DIY or the contractor just picked up whatever he had in the toolbox. Skip the video to 3:00 and pause. That solder joint doesn't look good.
In my country we have a saying/meme, that is pretty hard to translate. It's something like: "If you're doing it at your house, do it for yourself; if you're doing it for a customer, do it in a least-effort way". Maybe that's the case?
I know this baseboard heater was damaged so it's not representative, but something about its structure seems flimsy to me. On the other hand, I can see this sort of heating becoming more popular as floor heating is the most efficient and heated flooring...unfortunately is expensive.
Your friends live in Massachusetts and have a Mets jersey on their wall? Blasphemy! 😂
Your work looks more like you should be called THE FUXER than THE FIXER.💁♂️🙆🙋🏻😁😆😅
So the person has to physically move the leaver themselves to open or close the vent? I know this style has been around forever, but does it mean it’s a good design? I think it’s a terrible design.
I live in South Florida, so I wouldn’t know anything about that.🤣🤣🤣
Hi there! What if it’s like falling off the wall?? Like it seems like the people that installed it tried to install it on crumbing drywall
You are a man of a thousand talents. 🎉
Just watched the. Video. I used a butter knife to straiten out the fins. It seems to be the perfect thickness.