The homeowner was trying to keep the home as close to the original as possible & therefore, he wanted to keep the radiator in the front room.
There is a parts & service center for HVAC systems in town & the locale has certainly everything you might need for heating, ventilation, or air conditionings, but i could spend all day looking at peculiar parts & peices & still only see half the showroom floor. They even have general parts & equipment for air filtration systems & media air cleaners. The company services commercial & residential Heating & AC service companies. I have a company of my own & I buy all of my parts from the HVAC plan warehouse. Even when I need something that is difficult to find, I can typically count on the parts & service center, and last year I needed an aged section for a radiator & I knew it was going to be difficult to find. The radiator was really 60 years aged & in rough shape. The homeowner was trying to keep the home as close to the original as possible & therefore, he wanted to keep the radiator in the front room. I recommended a couple of items that would look real & antique, although he was convinced that the radiator had to be original to the house. I told the man that the HVAC plan warehouse would have the section & if they did not, then no one would. I contacted the director of services for the company & I spoke directly on the iPhone with someone about the part. It took 3 afternoons to find the section in their overstock warehouse, but they did have exactly what we needed to get the job completed.