>water baseboard system that will radiate heat from a copper pipe run
>through metal fins.
 
I just moved into an apartment with baseboard heating.  I was worried about
the heat of the fins, as well as the holes in the walls around the pipes.  I
got some wire screening from Home Depot and a couple of 1x2 pine boards.  I
screwed one piece of wood onto the top of the heater guard, and the other I
nailed to the floor.  Then, I stretched the screen over the heating element
and stapled it on each board.
 
Looks like crap, but it keeps the ferrets out of it...
 
Jimbo, Mia, Pace and Early
[Posted in FML issue 2058]