Lovegasoline
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Greetings,
I have a question regarding a steam radiator installation.
I live in a 85 year old building in NYC in which the entire plumbing piping in this room was redone just a few years ago. The radiator recently started leaking and the plumber informed me that the old cast iron radiator had a crack underneath, so he replaced it with a new radiator. I was not at home during the installation. The new radiator is at least twice as small as the original 1920s one and has different dimensions and height.
I'm unpleased with the installation. The new radiator does not sit on the ground but is suspended in the air, because the plumber neglected to alter the height of the feed pipe (see pics). Instead, he used pieces of wood and bricks as a quick and dirty method to adjust the height of the new radiator so he could connect it to the pipe.
I had the plumber return to change the pipe height and do a correct installation (this time the owner of the plumbing company came; the guy that did the actual original work was one of his workers). He informed me that it is not possible to cut the pipe shorter and rethread it due to limited space to put a threading machine on it. He said the only way to shorten the pipe would be to rip up the floor and swap out the pipe section for a shorter pipe. I'm not a plumber, I'm not very experienced with pipe threading, but it seems to me a plumber could cut of the feed pipe and thread it in the available space.
I took measurements of the area the pipe is at:
-looking from above, there's approx. 7.5" from the wall to the pipe center.
-there's 3.5" from the wood floor to the bottom of the lowest threaded nut on the pipe.
Question:
Can the experienced plumbers out there please inform me if this installation can be corrected in a 'routine' manner by cutting/threading the pipe in the space provided?
Am I right that this is a shoddy installation?
I do not want to have the floor torn apart as it's relatively new solid parquet wood and was very expensive. The plumber is clueless about floors (he says the floor is not tongue and groove which shows his ignorance, and I would't dare let him touch the floor in any way).
Thanks a bunch for your expertise!
-Lovegsoline
I have a question regarding a steam radiator installation.
I live in a 85 year old building in NYC in which the entire plumbing piping in this room was redone just a few years ago. The radiator recently started leaking and the plumber informed me that the old cast iron radiator had a crack underneath, so he replaced it with a new radiator. I was not at home during the installation. The new radiator is at least twice as small as the original 1920s one and has different dimensions and height.
I'm unpleased with the installation. The new radiator does not sit on the ground but is suspended in the air, because the plumber neglected to alter the height of the feed pipe (see pics). Instead, he used pieces of wood and bricks as a quick and dirty method to adjust the height of the new radiator so he could connect it to the pipe.
I had the plumber return to change the pipe height and do a correct installation (this time the owner of the plumbing company came; the guy that did the actual original work was one of his workers). He informed me that it is not possible to cut the pipe shorter and rethread it due to limited space to put a threading machine on it. He said the only way to shorten the pipe would be to rip up the floor and swap out the pipe section for a shorter pipe. I'm not a plumber, I'm not very experienced with pipe threading, but it seems to me a plumber could cut of the feed pipe and thread it in the available space.
I took measurements of the area the pipe is at:
-looking from above, there's approx. 7.5" from the wall to the pipe center.
-there's 3.5" from the wood floor to the bottom of the lowest threaded nut on the pipe.
Question:
Can the experienced plumbers out there please inform me if this installation can be corrected in a 'routine' manner by cutting/threading the pipe in the space provided?
Am I right that this is a shoddy installation?
I do not want to have the floor torn apart as it's relatively new solid parquet wood and was very expensive. The plumber is clueless about floors (he says the floor is not tongue and groove which shows his ignorance, and I would't dare let him touch the floor in any way).
Thanks a bunch for your expertise!
-Lovegsoline