Day 2: Radical Rainy Radiator Removal

This afternoon my big strong guys managed to remove some pretty beefy radiators from all rooms in the house. I would personally like to thank Jay Bartishevich for coming over to lend a hand, shoulder, back and legs to help move most of them out. (I offered him some ibuprofen before he left and he passed on it.) It was great to see him. Robin and Matt were in the basement mostly, cutting through the horizontal pipes, and when they were done, pipes were carried out and set in the yard.

We are at the point where we need to figure out what to do with all this discarded cast iron. It's looking like either A) donate to a Re-Use center or B) sell for scrap. The going rate is about $215.00 per ton. Ask Nate and Jay how much they think they carried out and I'd say we should be getting a gajillion dollars for all of it.

Between the pipes, the radiators, the discarded old coal stove from 2 years ago, and the cast iron tub we found buried in some overgrown shrub, we have a pretty good haul. All in time for Mark and Dan the Man to start their work on Monday.

I'm hoping we can strategically place the heating/cooling vents over the places where there are now ugly holes through the floor and burn marks where the feet of the radiators stood. Otherwise, we'll have to do some patching and repairing. Also uncovered were places on the wall behind the radiators where my paintbrush couldn't reach. Ugly! Time to break out the paint brushes.