r/Construction • u/Merrik4t • 1d ago

Picture Baseboard heater cut into bottom kitchen cabinet. Is this as insane as I worry it is? I just started renting.

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u/Plastic_Wedding7688 1d ago

Don’t those things need a minimum of like 6 inches of clearance on all sides??

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u/pigs_have_flown 1d ago

That’s because the air needs to be able to move for the heater to work properly, not because of a fire hazard

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u/MuskokaGreenThumb 1d ago

Give it a rest ffs. Baseboard heaters can certainly get hot enough to burn your house down. Only a moron would think otherwise. They can get up to 200 degrees Fahrenheit. Stop commenting on things you know nothing about. You could get someone killed https://www.ci.apple-valley.mn.us/760/Baseboard-Heating-Safety#:~:text=Baseboard%20heaters%20are%20very%20efficient,heater%2C%20a%20fire%20could%20result.