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jab
Citizen
Username: Jab
Post Number: 363
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Monday, January 17, 2005 - 11:52 am: | 
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Do radiators need to be unhooked and removed to have wood floors refinished? |
Earlster
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Username: Earlster
Post Number: 869
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Monday, January 17, 2005 - 12:31 pm: |
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No. |
Master Plvmber
Citizen
Username: Master_plvmber
Post Number: 301
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Monday, January 17, 2005 - 12:48 pm: |
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You can work around them in most cases.
Just don't get the varnish or stain or whatever on the legs of the rads because it leaves a sloppy, shiny finish that's hard to get off.
Master Plvmber |
Michael K. Mc Kell
Citizen
Username: Greenerose
Post Number: 534
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 7:39 am: |
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Only if you want to do it right. |
Bobkat
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Username: Bobk
Post Number: 7255
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 8:28 am: |
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I think most floor refinishers don't want to remove the radiators because of the weight and the possibility of doing damage. |
jasper
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Username: Jasper
Post Number: 216
Registered: 7-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 5:46 pm: |
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I'm fairly certain our floor refinisher moved the radiators. It does seem like the right thing to do, if a big pain. |
marken
Citizen
Username: Marken
Post Number: 175
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 10:08 pm: |
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Our guys removed every single one -- and reinstalled 'em properly after the job was done. It is the right way to do it, and makes for one a cleaner look all all around. Besides, that wood under the radiator might need some extra attention anyway.
Although you won't be moving the rads around the room, if you put them down any sooner than about 2 weeks after the last coat of poly is down, they might settle into the floor just a bit. Or so I've been told. |
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