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brusin2
Citizen
Username: Brusin2
Post Number: 5
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Monday, July 28, 2003 - 2:45 pm: |     |
Hi -- we are beginning to think about re-modelling a bathroom. Currently, all four walls are tiled. Can bead board be put on a wall behind a radiator? All the radiators in the rest of the house are next to plaster walls, so i'm wondering about fire safety here! |
bobk
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Username: Bobk
Post Number: 3240
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, July 28, 2003 - 3:41 pm: | |
We have bead board behind a radiator and have no problems. I don't think a radiator gets hot enough to cause a fire. A more likely problem, but still unlikely imho is the wood swelling from the steam let off by a radiator, assuming you have a steam system. |
Master Plvmber
Citizen
Username: Master_plvmber
Post Number: 76
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Monday, July 28, 2003 - 5:50 pm: | |
I don't know anything about bead board but I do know that if steam is coming out of your radiator you should find out why.
Bobk is right, though. Your radiator will never get hot enough to become a fire safety concern.
Master_Plvmber
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bobk
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Username: Bobk
Post Number: 3244
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 29, 2003 - 8:03 am: | |
A hot radiator in a high humidity room such as a bathroom creates a lot of condensation, especially if you have a teenage boy who drains a 50 gallon water heater everytime he takes a shower, which is at least twice a day. : |
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