How To Remove Old Bathroom Wall Heater

My house was built in the early 50s and as such it s pretty lacking.

How to remove old bathroom wall heater.

You can see the gas valve control on the bottom right of the unit. You need to remove the old cable from the fcu s load side and replace it with the cable from the new heater. Hallway view coming from bedroom. You should have fused connection unit.

I had a plumber remove my old gas heater. Trying to remodel my bathroom but i have an old gas wall heater. The switch failed long ago. Here is a picture from pinterest of a similar one this is not my bathroom.

Our bathroom has a very old gas heater it has a cast iron grill and i believe a ceramic element. It is used to heat a small area and is usually installed in the bathroom laundry room or bedroom. I don t want to restore it or replace it. Exactly how many screws depend on both the overall size and the model of the unit.

I have so many questions. I d like to remove a non working ugly old wall heater unit that is taking up wall space in my living room. This will make the living room look better and give the hallway a wider feel. You should have a cable coming out of the rear of the heater.

I removed it from the wall and disconnected the 2 wires attached wire nuts and reattached to wall. A thick accumulation of dust is probably present on the inner coils. The wall heater is a supplemental heating unit. Start on one side of the wall heater and examine the sides of the unit removing any screws you find.

The electrical question is. Shorten the cable from the new heater so that it can be clipped to the wall or otherwise out of the way from trip hazards. A wall heater is mounted into the wall or on the surface of the wall and uses a fan to distribute warm air throughout the room. I have a bathroom with a thermador radiant wall heater vintage 1960.

The air is warmed by a row of heating elements within the wall heater. You turn it and gas starts to flow. Hallway view from coming bathroom door. A thorough cleaning is especially important if it has been a long time since you used the old wall heater.

Don t recommend doing it yourself as you will need to cut the gas pipe that leads to the heater and seal it off probably not a job for the. Wall mounted gas heaters require cleaning just as any other household appliance to operate safely and efficiently. You might even be able to save a bit of cash off the quote if you offer to dispose of it yourself provided you have a ute or trailer to haul it to the tip. Is what i described safe or do i have to terminate the wire leads in a box.

Judging by the fact that i had to pull up orange dusty rotten carpet from the side bathroom i m assuming nobody had done any remodels since the mid 70s.