Have to build out wall and drywall will rest on baseboard radiator
Was wondering if there was any harm in having the wall rest on the baseboard heater. Was there something I could put above the heater/between the wall base and the heater to help keep it from resting directly on top of it?
I am worried about the heater damaging the wall or moisture getting up behind the wall from the heater.
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Euroshake on Dec 12, 2013Consider cutting ceramic tile and lying it on the baseboard heater and then letting drywall rest on tile as a heat and moisture barrier.Helpful Reply
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Higgins const. on Dec 12, 2013put a small header above it, making a small box and line w/ tile,to send heat in to roomHelpful Reply
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Teresa A on Dec 12, 2013Hi G, If you look at an old style radiator, there is a pipe feeding into the radiator and one returning on the other end. The same is true with baseboard hot water heat, it is usually a continuous loop of pipe through an area of the house. If you remove the front cover of the baseboard heat run, you will see a copper pipe coming in, perhaps a 90 degree copper fitting, the copper pipe with aluminum fins and a fitting to return. Can the back piece against the wall be removed from the old portion of the wall (it is usually just screwed on), the new dry wall be put up and the back piece be reinstalled? If the feed and return pipes come in too close, is it possible to de-solder those connections and turn them, solder in another fitting to get it out from the old wall and compensate for the new dry wall? This is not a conventional idea to turn and add fittings....the system would need drained. I would't do it in the winter.Helpful Reply
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