Hello, from Brooklyn, NY. This Old House and Ask This Old House have been a staple in many homes for over 40 years and 20 years respectively. I’ve been a fan since Bob Vila was the host. I salute the cast and crew for their service to the home building industry. Cheers to many more years to come.
Mann plumbing on the east coast is a completely different beast. From clay pipes to cast iron to all these different heating systems. I never see any of this stuff in the PNW
Sure you do. Portland and Seattle are full of craftsman houses with systems like this, or at least used to have it. My house outside LA is 100 years old and had an old radiator system that has been removed. My plumbing is still cast iron drains and galvanized water lines. Everything works.. visit the older neighborhoods and you’ll step right into the past.
@VideoNOLA This Old House is out of New England, and there are many many steam installations there. Knowing how to pipe steam is part art, part science.
Hello ... Thanks for all the wonderful video..... they are very educational..... and helpful... i'm a first time home buyer and i'm learning so much from ' THIS OLD HOUSE " channel on youtube....just bought my first home....# a fixer upper that needs work...
Hi, Bob. Is that OK to connect copper pipe Directly to black cast iron pipe without dielectric union. I'm getting different answers for this. Thank you very much . Thank you very much.
I love steam and that number he quoted is correct. When water changes phases to dry steam it expands 1700 times. It that could be harnessed as a refrigerant. Also I think the argument that the needed to upsize the radiator to balance the system I don’t agree with. There are many strategies to balance multiple size radiators. Truth is most homes with were sized to provide heat with the windows open. That little one should have been enough for that room.
Not all cast iron radiators are steam, many systems like mine are hot water. There are two pipes on these, the inlet with the shutoff valve and an elbow on the opposite end. Also an air bleeder on the top.
Yikes. The master plumber I apprenticed under would’ve throttled me if I had ever reused an old spud with a new hand valve - one reason being that the customer is paying for the new spud (comes matched with the new valve).
Wait for failure I would say. Mine I think are at least 15 years old, just starting to run into a failure with one of them and need to replace it. Especially if you have modern ones installed, the rubber gasket is superior to the old leather ones. As always the key is in maintaining the boiler. Skimming off oils, cleaning it annually, keeping it clean on the exterior, and if you can, improving your water supply to remove sediment and hardness will prolong the life of the cast iron pipes themselves (and the boiler), and even the radiators (and every fitting, both to the radiator and in the pipes - which are usually the first locations to fail)
The less you have to unthread and rethread into the radiator, the longer that connect will last. You can replace the stem for it but eventually it'll fail. I get your idea though, but that frequent of "preventative maintenance" may not actually be worth it
@@Brewsy92 Thanks. If I were to go with radiators in a future house, I'd definitely look to putting filters on some crucial lines. As for waiting for valve failure, I take your point.
@@melotone3305 yeah I'm looking at adding filters in this year, had some real bad build up and it messed up the feed water shut off to the boiler, causing it to flood the system and mess up the pipes lol.
I want to get rid of my radiator in my room. Comparing the size of my room, my radiator is overkill. Would it be okay to just close the valve and remove it, or would that affect the pressure of the whole system?
Maybe I’m answering too late but it might help someone else reading this. I did that in my home and it leaked. Water gets trapped and can’t come out and it will start to leak and damage your floor. The valve is meant to do maintenance not to prevent steam from coming into radiator.
Hi, Can you use the hand valve to control the steam into radiator in order to control the room temperature? I have a oversized radiator in a smaller room. Thank you. How can you control the individual room temperature?
Realistically the best way to control room temps with a radiator is to use the correct size. Other than shutting off the steam to a radiator, there is no real temperature control.
Steam works great, is reliable, and the system lasts a long time. You can also zone it with thermostatic radiator vents (there are special single pipe steam ones available)
delaware I hope you are joking. Forced air heat is the worst form of heating. it doesn't distribute heat evenly and spreads alot of dust and you can't have separate zones like you can with radiant systems. There are natural gas hot water boilers that are connected to rads and in floor heating that do a much better job than forced air. Steam boilers aren't used too much in homes anymore but you can get steam boilers that run off natural gas too..
Electrician What about that receptacle behind the radiator they just covered up? They solved the heating problem and created an electrical code violation. You can’t make a electrical box inaccessible.
Electrical/junction boxes are supposed to be readily accessible. NEC definition: Accessible, Readily (Readily Accessible). Capable of being reached quickly for operation, renewal, or inspections without requiring those to whom ready access is requisite to take actions such as to use tools (other than keys), to climb over or under, to remove obstacles, or to resort to portable ladders, and so forth. Since you’d have to use tools, and remove the radiator, to access the receptacle box it’s a violation. You can’t cover up an electrical box or render it inaccessible. The proper thing to do, would have been to have an electrician move the receptacle before the new radiator was installed.
That's not true for all states! I live in Connecticut and that is ok! So please don't throw out info you don't know please. I have worked in the construction field my whole life!
@@derekleesmith76 I’m a master electrician. You can’t block access to a receptacle, junction box, panel, or other electrical equipment etc... , and for good reason. If an electrician has to work on that circuit and replace or inspect the wiring or receptacle, the radiator would have to be removed to gain access to it. The code doesn’t consider it accessible. That is a violation of the NEC. I’m not sure what Edition of the NEC they currently use in Connecticut, but this has been a rule in the National Electric Code pretty much since it’s beginning. 314.29 Boxes, Conduit Bodies, and Handhole Enclosures to Be Accessible. Boxes, conduit bodies, and handhole enclosures shall be installed so that the wiring contained in them can be rendered accessible without removing any part of the building or structure or, in underground circuits, without excavating sidewalks, paving, earth, or other substance that is to be used to establish the finished grade.
Somebody needs to do an episode on whether or not the bottom tiles to a bathtub lip joint should be caulked or not... I think the caulking is a mistake, especially when tubs come with a lip.. It is how I was taught growing up... caulking shrinks and then traps water, so it doesn't matter if it is "mold resistant"...
I have been in construction for 30 years. I always silicone not caulk! Caulking is a mistake. But if you use silicone caulk it does not mold or shrink. I have been back to house I did 10-15 years before and it looks like the first day I did it!
Interesting that the owner saved an old radiator when remodeling the kitchen but some of us want to know what they are now using in the kitchen... and perhaps where that small radiator came from or why they downsized in the first place? That smaller unit seems fit for a bathroom so maybe they swapped something years ago? Also, in a house that age the old radiators would leave a mark on the floor from the cast iron feet. With a close inspection they might have gotten a clue as to the width of the original. (likely centered between the windows) Overall, this seems like an easy fix for their problem and close enough for a room that will usually have the door open.
The floor was probably sanded enough to make the marks disappear. You can still buy new cast iron radiators. The new ones are much smaller and thinner and have similar heat outputs to the old heavier column radiators like these.
Thanks for the videos.. we’re renovating a 1806 stone house and putting the videos on RUclips.. up to 40 episodes.. if you’re looking for a show idea.. haha
No, you would want to install a varivalve air vent to control how warm the radiator becomes. The valve on the supply side is for on or off position only.
You're better off getting a new radiator. Spinning the old radiator around blocks that useful open space which is probably a poor choice. Get a new aluminum radiator which is more efficient. Also, you should just assume the valve needs to be replaced if it's old because nearly all the old ones are broken.
Is the radiator supposed to be 'level'? I thought it was supposed to be a little slanted so that the water flows back down easier to the boiler? Did I miss something?
VIEWER BEWARE!! now that I look at it again and again and again, there is no mention of bleeding the system whatsoever. And maybe I missed a 2-second mention but bleeding the system is THE ONE MOST IMPORTANT STEP. I see this Tim and time again with This Old House. They spend more time talking about the family and filling up the video with exciting animations. No mention of the important stuff.
Nah, I don't think so. Even though the homeowner's side twisted in the same direction as Richard's, I just think that Richard was pulling stronger. The homeowner seemed like a wuss.
Don’t forget melting the sheetrock, and also the floor... then the radiator could fall through to the ground and melt its way to china, and NOBODY in their right mind would want to go there.
I was always taught to replace the valve and the spud connection. They are two machined parts. Am I wrong? Plus I noticed.. When you opened the valve, you opened all the way and did not turn it back a 1/4 of an inch. Never keep a valve opened all the way. Long term, your creating problems. My 2 cents worth.
You are 100% correct about the valve and spud being replaced as a pair. This radiator will leak and cause the homeowner to call out a repairman to fix a half done replacement.
I always try to use the old spud if possible because they are typically so seized into the old casting that they are impossible to remove without a metal chisel (because the spud ears have rusted off) and because they are so seized I often find that they make for as watertight a connection as a new spud. I also worry that removing the old spud, if it can’t be removed with a spud wrench, will potentially do more damage to the threads on the casting which would keep any new spud from properly sealing.
I would of capped off that electrical outlet with a metal plate. Leaving the plastic plate and outlet there behind the radiator where it can get hot and could help cause a fire. This can happen if it gets too hot and the insulation on the wires melts and the two wires end up touching it can then cause sparks and a fire.
Although I'm a great fan of the show he did make one mistake here, the radiator is blocking that electrical box, you should never block an electrical box in case an electrician needs to troubleshoot or if a splice breaks in the Box, unless if they know that it's the end tail of the line
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@@buckhorncortez you still should never block an electrical box in case an electrician needs to troubleshoot or if a splice breaks in the Box, unless if they know that it's the end tail of the line
“I can’t believe you saved this” him “ it was all part of the plan” the guy “I don’t think so” lol
So funny
Just bought a 100+ year-old house and learning all about steam heat. Thanks for the great video!
How is it holding up? I'm about to buy a 100 year old house myself. Same reason why I'm here looking at this video.
Hello, from Brooklyn, NY. This Old House and Ask This Old House have been a staple in many homes for over 40 years and 20 years respectively. I’ve been a fan since Bob Vila was the host. I salute the cast and crew for their service to the home building industry. Cheers to many more years to come.
I would have been a blessed child to have had a dad like Richard.
Lived in a house with old radiators and I'm only just learning how they work, Thank you.
I’m a British guy and our first house in the US had steam heat. It was incredible.
Its a very good way to heat.
Best way to heat a home
In cold climates it's really popular. Where I am below the mason dixon nobody uses it, doesn't get cold enough long enough down here.
Moving a radiator, the classic plumbers lament.
Mann plumbing on the east coast is a completely different beast. From clay pipes to cast iron to all these different heating systems. I never see any of this stuff in the PNW
Sure you do. Portland and Seattle are full of craftsman houses with systems like this, or at least used to have it. My house outside LA is 100 years old and had an old radiator system that has been removed. My plumbing is still cast iron drains and galvanized water lines. Everything works.. visit the older neighborhoods and you’ll step right into the past.
@William Jefferson Clinton yep, my friends house was built the 50s in California and had all galvanized pipes
Thank you so much. It was a great video. I need to replace one of these. Someone told me it was pretty simple and to just do it myself.
Great Video! Just what I was looking for to understand steam heat. Thanks!
Amazing number of TOH segments devoted to steam radiators. Second only to "installing freeze-proof sillcocks."
@VideoNOLA This Old House is out of New England, and there are many many steam installations there. Knowing how to pipe steam is part art, part science.
Funny whats important up here in the northeast.
Absolutely love these guys.. very knowledgeable, True craftsmen
Archameadie's Principle : Give me a lever big enough, and I will move the world.
I have single pipe steam heat. It's not the most modern but the heat is fantastic. I had to do a lot of research to work on it.
Unfortunately not a lot of heating contractors “understand” how steam heat works. Heatinghelp.com has a ton of steam heat information and tutorials
Why am I here? I live in the tropics. Lol!
You never know the tropics may get cold in time
This helped out alot. I just replaced an old steam radiator
I heard that richard uses the phrases "three corner bite" and "full city water pressure" so much that his dogs answer to them.
Hello ... Thanks for all the wonderful video..... they are very educational..... and helpful... i'm a first time home buyer and i'm learning so much from ' THIS OLD HOUSE " channel on youtube....just bought my first home....# a fixer upper that needs work...
Hi, Bob. Is that OK to connect copper pipe Directly to black cast iron pipe without dielectric union. I'm getting different answers for this. Thank you very much . Thank you very much.
"Think of your boiler as a big lobster pot"... Mmmmm lobster HVAC
i cant thank him enough either!! The both of you!! thanks
You need to use a adjustable wrench on the nice brass fittings with a 6 sided hex.a pipe wrench is for black or galvanized pipe.
Richard is a "professional" (butcher)
Adjustable spanners only go upto a certain size, basically only way to get bigger pipe fittings is with a set of stillsons
This is what I was thinking.
Beautiful, old house.
4:28 yea I don’t think so 😂😂
Dragon Fire SCRIPTED!!
savage!
They are a matching set.always change both.
8:15 after watching too many episodes, ive finally understand this joke
I really wish my house made me replace it, cuz I love old things
5:10 Use a tube to extend the wrench for more leverage. Great idea!
I have radiators in the 3 floor but I want cancel those ones ?it going to affect other ones?
I have to do that in one of my rooms.
where can I buy a replacement spud and how do I determine what size I need?
I love steam and that number he quoted is correct. When water changes phases to dry steam it expands 1700 times. It that could be harnessed as a refrigerant. Also I think the argument that the needed to upsize the radiator to balance the system I don’t agree with. There are many strategies to balance multiple size radiators. Truth is most homes with were sized to provide heat with the windows open. That little one should have been enough for that room.
Did you empty the water on the system ? ... sorry I dont know much about cast iron radiators ...
I have a mold and mildew problem could a steam heat system be contributing to this problam. This occurs in the winter
5:13 and close your eyes...
Oh Lord...
6:55
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ouuuuuuuuuuuuuu mmmmmmmmmmm
7:24 "a little pipe dope,right on the face......"
What about the electrical outlet behind the radiator?
It’s already been covered, it’s just a white plate covering it now.
It's 4:49am what am I doing here? XD
Thanks you for all your video You are the best school..!!!
Unfortunately he was found dead with his organs missing
Thinking about putting one in my great room to keep my apple pie & gloves warm thanks bob
Not all cast iron radiators are steam, many systems like mine are hot water. There are two pipes on these, the inlet with the shutoff valve and an elbow on the opposite end. Also an air bleeder on the top.
Yikes. The master plumber I apprenticed under would’ve throttled me if I had ever reused an old spud with a new hand valve - one reason being that the customer is paying for the new spud (comes matched with the new valve).
So, how often should the stem valve be replaced? Do you just wait for failure (water dripping?)? Or, just plan on a 5 year replacement cycle?
Wait for failure I would say. Mine I think are at least 15 years old, just starting to run into a failure with one of them and need to replace it. Especially if you have modern ones installed, the rubber gasket is superior to the old leather ones. As always the key is in maintaining the boiler. Skimming off oils, cleaning it annually, keeping it clean on the exterior, and if you can, improving your water supply to remove sediment and hardness will prolong the life of the cast iron pipes themselves (and the boiler), and even the radiators (and every fitting, both to the radiator and in the pipes - which are usually the first locations to fail)
The less you have to unthread and rethread into the radiator, the longer that connect will last. You can replace the stem for it but eventually it'll fail. I get your idea though, but that frequent of "preventative maintenance" may not actually be worth it
@@Brewsy92 Thanks. If I were to go with radiators in a future house, I'd definitely look to putting filters on some crucial lines.
As for waiting for valve failure, I take your point.
@@melotone3305 yeah I'm looking at adding filters in this year, had some real bad build up and it messed up the feed water shut off to the boiler, causing it to flood the system and mess up the pipes lol.
What about the outlet? Now the radiator is cover it,
I want to get rid of my radiator in my room. Comparing the size of my room, my radiator is overkill. Would it be okay to just close the valve and remove it, or would that affect the pressure of the whole system?
Maybe I’m answering too late but it might help someone else reading this. I did that in my home and it leaked. Water gets trapped and can’t come out and it will start to leak and damage your floor. The valve is meant to do maintenance not to prevent steam from coming into radiator.
Hi, Can you use the hand valve to control the steam into radiator in order to control the room temperature? I have a oversized radiator in a smaller room. Thank you. How can you control the individual room temperature?
Realistically the best way to control room temps with a radiator is to use the correct size. Other than shutting off the steam to a radiator, there is no real temperature control.
Thank you
very nice animation
Can I add a baseboard heating element section along with a steam heat line with cast iron radiators.
Good time to sand the hardwood floors.
the USA is so advanced in heating technology.
Stefan Koelsch lol, not all of the USA uses steam for heat. This is an old way. My houses uses a natural gas furnace.
Steam works great, is reliable, and the system lasts a long time. You can also zone it with thermostatic radiator vents (there are special single pipe steam ones available)
Most of us in the US have small atomic power plants that heat water for radiant floor heating...
delaware I hope you are joking. Forced air heat is the worst form of heating. it doesn't distribute heat evenly and spreads alot of dust and you can't have separate zones like you can with radiant systems. There are natural gas hot water boilers that are connected to rads and in floor heating that do a much better job than forced air. Steam boilers aren't used too much in homes anymore but you can get steam boilers that run off natural gas too..
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Electrician
What about that receptacle behind the radiator they just covered up? They solved the heating problem and created an electrical code violation. You can’t make a electrical box inaccessible.
It's accessable if you temporarily move the radiator.
Electrical/junction boxes are supposed to be readily accessible.
NEC definition:
Accessible, Readily (Readily Accessible).
Capable of being reached quickly for operation, renewal, or inspections without requiring those to whom ready access is requisite to take actions such as to use tools (other than keys), to climb over or under, to remove obstacles, or to resort to portable ladders, and so forth. Since you’d have to use tools, and remove the radiator, to access the receptacle box it’s a violation. You can’t cover up an electrical box or render it inaccessible. The proper thing to do, would have been to have an electrician move the receptacle before the new radiator was installed.
That's not true for all states! I live in Connecticut and that is ok! So please don't throw out info you don't know please. I have worked in the construction field my whole life!
@@derekleesmith76 I’m a master electrician. You can’t block access to a receptacle, junction box, panel, or other electrical equipment etc... , and for good reason. If an electrician has to work on that circuit and replace or inspect the wiring or receptacle, the radiator would have to be removed to gain access to it. The code doesn’t consider it accessible. That is a violation of the NEC. I’m not sure what Edition of the NEC they currently use in Connecticut, but this has been a rule in the National Electric Code pretty much since it’s beginning.
314.29 Boxes, Conduit Bodies, and Handhole Enclosures to Be Accessible.
Boxes, conduit bodies, and handhole enclosures shall be installed so that the wiring contained in them can be rendered accessible without removing any part of the building or structure or, in underground circuits, without excavating sidewalks, paving, earth, or other substance that is to be used to establish the finished grade.
@@bradbennati2600 I was thinking the same thing. If they removed the receptacle, capped the wires and installed a blank plate, would that be OK?
Nice work
Somebody needs to do an episode on whether or not the bottom tiles to a bathtub lip joint should be caulked or not...
I think the caulking is a mistake, especially when tubs come with a lip.. It is how I was taught growing up...
caulking shrinks and then traps water, so it doesn't matter if it is "mold resistant"...
I have been in construction for 30 years. I always silicone not caulk! Caulking is a mistake. But if you use silicone caulk it does not mold or shrink. I have been back to house I did 10-15 years before and it looks like the first day I did it!
Interesting that the owner saved an old radiator when remodeling the kitchen but some of us want to know what they are now using in the kitchen... and perhaps where that small radiator came from or why they downsized in the first place? That smaller unit seems fit for a bathroom so maybe they swapped something years ago? Also, in a house that age the old radiators would leave a mark on the floor from the cast iron feet. With a close inspection they might have gotten a clue as to the width of the original. (likely centered between the windows) Overall, this seems like an easy fix for their problem and close enough for a room that will usually have the door open.
The floor was probably sanded enough to make the marks disappear. You can still buy new cast iron radiators. The new ones are much smaller and thinner and have similar heat outputs to the old heavier column radiators like these.
@@Progrocker70 being "TOH" they could also track down something from a salvage supplier that would look close to original.... if that was the goal.
gained a radiator, lost an electrical outlet.
I thought if you replace the shutoff valve you “have to or should” replace the spud inside the radiator?
I didn't know steam was still used. I thought they had all switched to hot water instead.
MANY old/great houses use steam.
Its a good way to heat a house.
I have radiators except I don't have a handbells they're just on full any time the heat is on.
Thanks for the videos.. we’re renovating a 1806 stone house and putting the videos on RUclips.. up to 40 episodes.. if you’re looking for a show idea.. haha
lel get rekt ours is 1802.
The best!
Hi, Can I use the hand valve to control the radiator temperature? Is that a gate valve or plug valve? Thanks.
No, you would want to install a varivalve air vent to control how warm the radiator becomes. The valve on the supply side is for on or off position only.
Thank you for Your answer. do you mean by one pipe system here?
@@jamesliu3688 Yes sir!
Thank you. Happy holidays.
@@jamesliu3688 Same to you!
Lol guy doesn’t want to discuss his upcoming baby. Wait till the kid sees this one day. Hope he likes the old folks home!
nice work
You're better off getting a new radiator. Spinning the old radiator around blocks that useful open space which is probably a poor choice. Get a new aluminum radiator which is more efficient. Also, you should just assume the valve needs to be replaced if it's old because nearly all the old ones are broken.
Another short under the window cast iron radiator with more sections would also work.
No check if the radiator ended up being level? Missed a key point there i think.
they need to be level or pitched back toward the inlet most it won't hurt them to be level
Richard van Pukkem Haha, I was waiting for it also but know Richard checked it anyway (hope so - haha).
Is the radiator supposed to be 'level'? I thought it was supposed to be a little slanted so that the water flows back down easier to the boiler? Did I miss something?
@@nato2panama that slope should be built into the radiator
Cant believe he let the boy carry the radiator like that, back must have been killing him
I’ve never seen steam radiators. In Italy our radiators are filled with water
I Can See Why Guys Are So Protective of Their Tools. Where Would Richard be Without His Tools?
Covered the wall outlet
0:00 "This Old Ask House" lol
I suspect they are putting radiators back to original locations. A kitchen does not need much of a radiator.
My kitchen has two radiators :/
Snug it up with the big black one
I was sooooo waiting for that Husky wrench to Snap . Be Professional. Use RIDGID WRENCHES!!!!!!!!!
Richard is turning RED .
VIEWER BEWARE!!
now that I look at it again and again and again, there is no mention of bleeding the system whatsoever. And maybe I missed a 2-second mention but bleeding the system is THE ONE MOST IMPORTANT STEP. I see this Tim and time again with This Old House. They spend more time talking about the family and filling up the video with exciting animations. No mention of the important stuff.
This is not a hot water radiator, it’s steam. There is no bleeding the system at all. Steam heat is controlled by air vents.
You don't bleed a steam radiator. The animation in the beginning explained how it works.
And at the end the home owner looses the ability to use that receptacle outlet.
Which should have never been located there. Nonetheless, it might have served as a line in access point for the other outlets.
Don't worry. He's still going to use it. He'll attach an 18 gauge extension cord draped over the radiator powering an electric space heater.
Richard turned red trying to break the connection, 5:17.
Yeah he was about to have a facial steam explosion and blow his top 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
At 5:20 your both turning the same way he’s not holding against your turn he’s turning with you
Nah, I don't think so. Even though the homeowner's side twisted in the same direction as Richard's, I just think that Richard was pulling stronger. The homeowner seemed like a wuss.
And heres to melting sockets behind the radiator..
I thought I was the only one who was concerned about the outlet.😬
Don’t forget melting the sheetrock, and also the floor... then the radiator could fall through to the ground and melt its way to china, and NOBODY in their right mind would want to go there.
Lol Daryl! These people CLEARLY have no experience with steam... or lived in a steam heated house.
there was no hartford loop
in Europe, we use aluminum radiators with a modern design.
So?
NO you dont...you UK do not use steam system..they use Hydronic
Anybody notice at 5:20 that black wrench isn’t doing anything?
Anybody know how to get that nut b on the pipe to open? Mine won't budge.
Is it safe to have an functioning outlet behind the radiator?
Segwa R should have removed it and put a blank plate. But it shouldn't be a problem .
Segwa R there's already a plate at the outlet.
Belly Laughter they did
Belly Laughter there was never an outlet it had a plate over it the entire time
I was always taught to replace the valve and the spud connection.
They are two machined parts.
Am I wrong?
Plus I noticed.. When you opened the valve, you opened all the way and did not turn it back a 1/4 of an inch. Never keep a valve opened all the way. Long term, your creating problems.
My 2 cents worth.
Peter Lafayette very good point about the quarter turn.
You are 100% correct about the valve and spud being replaced as a pair. This radiator will leak and cause the homeowner to call out a repairman to fix a half done replacement.
I always try to use the old spud if possible because they are typically so seized into the old casting that they are impossible to remove without a metal chisel (because the spud ears have rusted off) and because they are so seized I often find that they make for as watertight a connection as a new spud. I also worry that removing the old spud, if it can’t be removed with a spud wrench, will potentially do more damage to the threads on the casting which would keep any new spud from properly sealing.
Imagine ruining a nice finished brass surface with rough jaw pliers and a pipe wrench...
I liked it until I saw him dope a compression fitting, what a dope!
I would of capped off that electrical outlet with a metal plate. Leaving the plastic plate and outlet there behind the radiator where it can get hot and could help cause a fire. This can happen if it gets too hot and the insulation on the wires melts and the two wires end up touching it can then cause sparks and a fire.
5:19 OoOoOoOoOo
Although I'm a great fan of the show he did make one mistake here, the radiator is blocking that electrical box, you should never block an electrical box in case an electrician needs to troubleshoot or if a splice breaks in the Box, unless if they know that it's the end tail of the line
Removing a radiator is not difficult. The original electrician should have never located a box there.
The vent? Not checked for function.
No pipe dope necessary on the face of the brass union. ..
Wow This Richard is SO MASCULINE. HE'S A MAN'S MAN. MY GRANDFATHER WAS A UNION PLUMBER.
I always thought radiators were full of water... is it like that on cars too? JK
1:26 the radiator is very gassy today.
Perhaps the kitchen radiator was origanlly there. That would be cool! The kitchen was from that office and now its going back!
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4:23 A very unsafe way to carry a heavy object. The homeowner is going to hurt himself
Yeah but I don’t think he’s gonna be carrying this heavy an object all the time but yeah he probably should have used a tray with wheels
Back hurting just watching this.
@@MMKLYH Strapped to an appliance dolly.
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There's an electrical outlet behind the heater now.
Water to steam expansion ratio is actually 1600/1
1672/1
The outlet
It's a blank
What about that receptacle?
It's not a receptacle. It was a cover plate. It could be an empty box, you made an unfounded assumption.
@@buckhorncortez you still should never block an electrical box in case an electrician needs to troubleshoot or if a splice breaks in the Box, unless if they know that it's the end tail of the line