Construction started the day after Christmas. The first task was to relocate all of the main radiator pipes. These are 80 year old black steel pipes. When the house was first built they didn't care about the basement and the pipes are well below the bottom of the joists. I had to cut out all the old pipes, and install all new copper and tight to the joists. The goal was to do this all in one day so I wouldn't have to go without heat. I was sort of successful.
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| You can see the new copper pipes and the old gray wrapped pipes still in place. |
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| This corner was a disaster. I did not realize there were two additional connections behind this wall. When filled the system and turned it on, I thought I was done. Until I heard water pouring out of the ceiling. I had to quickly shut it down, break the wall open and fix the leak. This was my biggest mistake so far... It was only day two of consturction. |
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| The boiler |
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Dielectric connections to join the new copper to the existing black steel. These connections are 80 years old and painted over. It took some serious effort to get them to unscrew.
After 6 trips to Home Depot / Lowes, draining and filling the radiator system 6 times its all done! On to the next project. |
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