{"id":42524,"date":"2010-04-02T12:50:05","date_gmt":"2010-04-02T12:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/?p=42524"},"modified":"2010-04-07T13:32:07","modified_gmt":"2010-04-07T13:32:07","slug":"reconfiguring-r","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/04\/reconfiguring-r\/","title":{"rendered":"Reconfiguring Radiators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reconfiguring radiators to make a passthrough<\/p>\n<p>There is an enclosed backroom built off of the back of our mid40&#8217;s townhouse. Currently the only way to it is through the kitchen which is adjacent to the dining room. The picture here is from the dining room looking at the original exterior wall\/window. We would like to remove the window, knock out the knee wall, reconfigure the radiators &#8211; to provide a direct opening from the dining room instead.<br \/>\nI&#8217;m wondering what our options are, assuming this can be done.<br \/>The current unit is not attractive.<br \/>&#8211; if I want to split the heat output (put one unit in the backroom and one unit in the dining room,) what I can buy as replacement? Old radiators (to match the other old fin ones in our house)OR is there any new attractive radiators out there?<br \/>If I buy old fin radiators, how do I figure out # of fins to buy?<\/p><p>I imagine I would call a HVAC guy to do this work? Any guestimates as to how much this might cost? <\/p>\n <span class=\"plp-active-page\"><span class=\"\">%<\/span><\/span> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/04\/reconfiguring-r\/2\/\" class=\"post-page-numbers\"><span class=\"\">%<\/span><\/a> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reconfiguring radiators to make a passthrough There is an enclosed backroom built off of the back of our mid40&#8217;s townhouse. Currently the only way to it is through the kitchen which is adjacent to the dining room. The picture here is from the dining room looking at the original exterior wall\/window. 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