How To Remove Old Bathroom Wall Heater

Hallway view from coming bathroom door.

How to remove old bathroom wall heater.

Start on one side of the wall heater and examine the sides of the unit removing any screws you find. Trying to remodel my bathroom but i have an old gas wall heater. This will make the living room look better and give the hallway a wider feel. The other side of the wall is a small hallway and the wall heater unit is just in the way and it s ugly.

The air is warmed by a row of heating elements within the wall heater. I don t want to restore it or replace it. 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. Hallway view coming from bedroom.

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. 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. My house was built in the early 50s and as such it s pretty lacking. I have so many questions.

It is used to heat a small area and is usually installed in the bathroom laundry room or bedroom. I removed it from the wall and disconnected the 2 wires attached wire nuts and reattached to wall. The electrical question is. Exactly how many screws depend on both the overall size and the model 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. You can see the gas valve control on the bottom right of the unit. I d like to remove a non working ugly old wall heater unit that is taking up wall space in my living room. Here is a picture from pinterest of a similar one this is not my bathroom.

A thorough cleaning is especially important if it has been a long time since you used the old wall heater. Wall mounted gas heaters require cleaning just as any other household appliance to operate safely and efficiently. I have a bathroom with a thermador radiant wall heater vintage 1960. A thick accumulation of dust is probably present on the inner coils.

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. You should have fused connection unit. The wall heater is a supplemental heating unit. You turn it and gas starts to flow.

You then stick a match into the ceramic element and it lights up. The switch failed long ago. Our bathroom has a very old gas heater it has a cast iron grill and i believe a ceramic element. You should have a cable coming out of the rear of the heater.

Is what i described safe or do i have to terminate the wire leads in a box.