Here's a happy update on my radiator moving extravaganza...
I almost broke my ankle!! Hooray!
I mean, ouch. Thank heavens it's just a sprain that's healing quickly. Let me just say that the dude at the scrap metal place was WAY off...some of these things weighed a LOT more than 400 pounds. And moving them downstairs is murder.
We did manage to get 6 of the 9 radiators out of the house including The Beast of the Foyer which I estimate weighed close to 800 pounds. Seriously. I still have three more upstairs - one in my bedroom, one in the office, and one in the back bedroom which is on the smaller side. My friends the helped Saturday said they'd be willing to help get the others out some time, but I imagine we'll all be taking some time off before we scare the crap out of ourselves again by carrying more cast iron down the stairs.
I may just cut them to pieces with the Sawzall instead :-)
I almost broke my ankle!! Hooray!
I mean, ouch. Thank heavens it's just a sprain that's healing quickly. Let me just say that the dude at the scrap metal place was WAY off...some of these things weighed a LOT more than 400 pounds. And moving them downstairs is murder.
We did manage to get 6 of the 9 radiators out of the house including The Beast of the Foyer which I estimate weighed close to 800 pounds. Seriously. I still have three more upstairs - one in my bedroom, one in the office, and one in the back bedroom which is on the smaller side. My friends the helped Saturday said they'd be willing to help get the others out some time, but I imagine we'll all be taking some time off before we scare the crap out of ourselves again by carrying more cast iron down the stairs.
I may just cut them to pieces with the Sawzall instead :-)