Vintage Cast Iron Radiators

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  • Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
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Комментарии • 70

  • @angelofdeath275
    @angelofdeath275 5 лет назад +10

    “art that keeps you warm”
    I love this.

  • @LyndaCook1968
    @LyndaCook1968 9 лет назад +10

    These rads are so beautiful, I haven't seen any in such a long time

  • @Buffalo_Bill
    @Buffalo_Bill 2 года назад +6

    Love mine. Have been working for over 100 years. Little maintenance

  • @trentonspence4122
    @trentonspence4122 Год назад

    there like art that keeps u warm
    THAT IS SO TRUE !!!

  • @jrscott5827
    @jrscott5827 Год назад +2

    superb coverage 👍🏾🧐🧐🧐

  • @PatWallace
    @PatWallace Год назад

    I have a beautiful floral rad that’s not being used which was in our basement when we moved in and I can’t wait to restore it!

  • @cassiusdio6048
    @cassiusdio6048 Год назад +1

    I wanted to learn about radiators but instead I just get an ad for this guys company that retrofits them to electric heat.

  • @JimMurray2
    @JimMurray2 2 года назад +3

    Wow electric rads, never would have thought of that! I have an old single pipe steam system in my 110 yr old house. Recently converted from oil to gas with new boiler. The rads have old paint on them. Would love to beautify them someday, maybe with copper paint

  • @Davethreshold
    @Davethreshold 10 месяцев назад

    I LOVE ours. Unlike the very similar, old-fashioned steam radiators, these never make a sound. Absolutely quiet!

    • @baileylineroad
      @baileylineroad  10 месяцев назад +1

      Hi Dave! Yes, and not only are hot water radiators quieter (unless they have some air in them that needs to be removed), they also run at a lower temperature than steam radiators. This makes hot water systems perfectly safe to touch. I suspect that steam systems were created when homes needed much more heat due to low (or non-existent) insulation.
      Drop by my website baileylineroad.com for a visit sometime. You'll find lots of stuff there, including tool giveaways, articles and videos of interest to hands-on, how-to people.
      Bye for now and thanks for watching!
      Steve

  • @baileylineroad
    @baileylineroad  9 лет назад +1

    Hi Andy,
    I don't know anything about drooling, I just love the radiators I installed in my house and wanted to share this. Where I come from, nobody calls them "radiators", just rads. I gave up trying to be cool a long time ago.
    As for adjusting your radiators, there's going to be a valve or control somewhere, usually on the inlet to the radiator. Details vary, but that's where you should start your detective work. Asking the apartment superintendent will solve your mystery.
    Bye for now,
    Steve

  • @ChristineHolliday1000
    @ChristineHolliday1000 8 лет назад +2

    Really good info! I've always liked these anyway.

  • @WonderfulHoBo
    @WonderfulHoBo 2 года назад

    Love this video and would love to have you make a video for us very eloquent and informative it was .

  • @gunthermellebeek9129
    @gunthermellebeek9129 7 лет назад +1

    Great video, good to see my collegue Pierre at work.

  • @TanukiDigital
    @TanukiDigital Год назад +1

    They look beautiful and work very well (much prefer steam radiators to central heating), but holy hell don't accidentally lean against one when it's on!

  • @saintejeannedarc9460
    @saintejeannedarc9460 5 лет назад +1

    It still costs a lot to heat these rads. We have a century house that has them and the heat is phenomenal, but even a more efficient hot water on demand system, rather than an old boiler, we are still paying $350 or so on the colder Ontario winter months and I wouldn't mind being a bit warmer. The kitchen is about 18 C and the other rooms around 20 - 21. We do have an unfinished basement w/ a sump pump that keeps the house very cool, and damp all summer. It's the warmest room all winter w/ all the pipes down there but an obvious power drain. Now we have a carbon tax coming in, so along w/ the old windows we don't want to deal w/, we'll be selling. It is a gorgeous old vintage house, but we got stars in our eyes and put the all the additional maintenance to the back burner.

  • @scratch6897
    @scratch6897 3 года назад +1

    I hope someday to buy an old farm house with radiators, and traditionally built.

  • @Hugh1966
    @Hugh1966 3 года назад

    I have one I got from an old school . Beats the other sheet metal radiators hands down .

  • @MegaLegoFace
    @MegaLegoFace 9 лет назад +2

    totally rad

  • @gravedigr12
    @gravedigr12 Год назад

    with any luck im moving into a place from 1901 with vintage radiators

  • @iplumridge6606
    @iplumridge6606 9 лет назад +1

    Father-in-law's place has a combination of cast iron rads and the newer baseboard rads. Think the cast iron does a much better job at even heating... great video BTW.

  • @Progrocker70
    @Progrocker70 8 лет назад +2

    Burnham still makes new cast iron radiators, slenderized tube and a classic radiator that looks like the fancy ones shown. Terribly expensive though.

  • @janemillerick9614
    @janemillerick9614 4 года назад +1

    my super had a room full of these damn things in the basement. I still have them; tropical heat. ))

  • @alcol711
    @alcol711 10 лет назад +2

    Few years ago I got my painted cast iron rads sandblasted. Didnt think about water stripping at that time. So the cast iron lost all its patina. Now I want to get that nice charcoal patina and put some sort of lacquer on it without loosing too much heat transfer. I tried stove polish but it is a mess a doesnt protect against rust. Can you suggest a specific product? Thanks!

  • @PONDERSOA
    @PONDERSOA 11 лет назад +1

    I HAVE CAST IRON RADS THEY ARE THE BEST. THERE IS A GUY HERE IN PHILLY WHO has a lot of used rads he sells he is around 2nd and cumberland and his prices are quite reasonable

  • @robotgrass
    @robotgrass 2 года назад +1

    I'm wondering if there's a danger of these rads exploding? Unless there is an expansion tank, what happens if one should overheat? Do they have a pressure relief valve?

    • @benjaminbrown3159
      @benjaminbrown3159 2 года назад +1

      A properly installed boiler system should have both an expansion tank and a pressure relief valve. They are very safe if properly maintained.

  • @florencestott2381
    @florencestott2381 9 лет назад +2

    Had no idea that it was possible to still use this type of heating method.

    • @aarongonzalez787
      @aarongonzalez787 3 года назад

      Bruh this is in my apartment I just moved in. Idk how to work it

  • @paulstephensoliman1951
    @paulstephensoliman1951 3 года назад

    We have boiling water rads in our apartment, don’t know how to use it, is it supposed to open or close the thing on it to make heat??? Help

  • @WonderfulHoBo
    @WonderfulHoBo 2 года назад

    Who shot and narrated this video !?

  • @pzwarich
    @pzwarich 4 года назад +1

    Any sense of whether cast iron rads could/should be used with lower water temperatures? (100-110F)

    • @b5a5m5
      @b5a5m5 3 года назад +1

      Lower temperature = less heat output

  • @AntNLucee
    @AntNLucee 11 лет назад +1

    I'm looking to install cast iron rads to my home but I'm also looking to add wood flooring. My question is, what should I do first? Does it matter?

    • @israelcruz2041
      @israelcruz2041 2 года назад

      Always add the flooring fist and get it ready for the pipes so that if you make a mistake, you can fix it without the burden of needing to also add the heating right after. protect the floors with wood and carpet while installing it and then you Will have both without issues or worries.

  • @VLNTN333
    @VLNTN333 3 года назад

    Is there a way I can make these silver again. Or are they always black

  • @kentrenshaw3265
    @kentrenshaw3265 9 лет назад +1

    I have 13 painted antique rads with natural gas self-contained heating units attached. I have no idea how or if they work. They probably are from the early 30's. I'm wondering if you have come across these gas units and if they have any value. Some have 6-8 segments and most are 12-14 segments. Where do the electric heating elements in the video come from? Thanks!

    • @unhippy1
      @unhippy1 9 лет назад

      A school i went to had heaters that sound just like the ones you have except i know these ones were propane because of the big tanks out the back of the woodwork room.....they got swapped out when the heating system was changed to a hot water system.....i do remember that there was a bit of a scramble amongst the teachers to get them all before the scrap metal guys.....lol i think most of them are probably still doing steller service in the houses and cabins that they got carted off to by the various victorious teachers...i know for sure that 4 of them are used in a pair of hunting cabins that friends have bought...even the flue pipework for them is from the school

    • @5637-k4n
      @5637-k4n 6 лет назад +1

      Look up Clow Gasteam radiators, made through the 1940"s.

  • @trentonspence4122
    @trentonspence4122 11 месяцев назад

    I'm very nolageable on cast iron radiators but I'm not on the modern day boilers/furnaces there hooked up 2 but I do know how a gravity boiler/furnace works but I know nothing about repairing them then again I'm nolageable on radiators not the boilers/furnaces if any 1 has any questions or needs helpful advice please let ne know

  • @adorapina5969
    @adorapina5969 5 лет назад +2

    I still don't know how to turn it on. It's been here since the building was built. It's about 100 years old. It doesn't have a knob to turn though

  • @esigman1
    @esigman1 3 года назад

    :55 how is that floor still intact?

  • @mrthud1981
    @mrthud1981 2 года назад

    I have boiler system. And 22 radiators. My radiators are extremely heavy.

  • @johncerro7486
    @johncerro7486 3 года назад

    They still sell new radiators

  • @bigfelloiroc
    @bigfelloiroc 3 года назад +3

    Two BLACK BROTHERS INVENTED THIS PRODUCT.

  • @5637-k4n
    @5637-k4n 6 лет назад +7

    "Rads"? We call them radiators in America.

    • @hijodelaisla275
      @hijodelaisla275 3 года назад +1

      Most of the country says "RAY-dee-ay-ter" (presumably because they radiate) but in NY for some reason we say "RAD-ee-ay-ter." Nobody with a shred of self-respect (except maybe hippies - and only briefly in the 1960s) says "rad." Are those additional three syllables that exhausting for someone who spends his days hoisting cast iron? Energy conservation, I guess.

    • @3joewj
      @3joewj 10 месяцев назад

      Not in New Jersey...Rad- iators...not Ray-diators.

  • @trentonspence4122
    @trentonspence4122 Год назад

    Cast iron radiators were invented in America go America 🇺🇸

  • @jasondufresne6746
    @jasondufresne6746 9 лет назад +1

    Now if only I can figure out why no water is getting to my rad on the second floor

    • @baileylineroad
      @baileylineroad  9 лет назад +1

      Jason Dufresne Hi Jason! It sounds like you have air accumulated in the rad. When this happens it's always at the higher end of the system. Have you tried bleeding air from the rad that's not working? There's a little valve on the rad near the top. Get a small container handy, then open the valve a little until air stops coming out and water begins.
      Please let me know how you make out.
      You might also want to drop by for a visit at @/stevemaxwell.ca. I've got lots of interesting videos, tool giveaways and articles there.
      Bye for now, and thanks for watching!
      Steve

    • @jasondufresne6746
      @jasondufresne6746 9 лет назад +1

      Thank you very much for answering me back. Yes, I did try that and every time I did that, when the air stopped coming out no water followed. Thx

    • @luisduran9806
      @luisduran9806 6 лет назад

      Jason Dufresne
      J

  • @MisterRorschach90
    @MisterRorschach90 5 лет назад

    If it were really that efficient wouldn’t it still be used regularly today?

    • @robertknight4672
      @robertknight4672 4 года назад

      I think the drawback to these is that they do take up some space. My grandmother lives in an old house in most of the downstairs radiators were replaced with baseboard heaters.

    • @mattst88
      @mattst88 9 месяцев назад

      Yes. Electric resistance heating (like in this video) is very inefficient in comparison with a heat pump.

  • @alexanderrosales7675
    @alexanderrosales7675 2 года назад

    What they dont tell you is how expensive it is to operate these things. I regret buying it.

  • @XMorpheus3000
    @XMorpheus3000 9 лет назад +2

    I just need to know how to adjust one in an old apartment not hear you drool over them and try and make them cool by calling them "rads"

  • @ionapassik7822
    @ionapassik7822 9 лет назад

    I want to sell a 36" radiator located in Manhattan. Anyone?

  • @Aigentcy
    @Aigentcy Год назад

    They are so rad