Tips to Pet-Proofing Your Heating System

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Tips to Pet-Proofing Your Heating System

When you get a new family pet, you must prepare to get them settled into your home and into a routine. From finding the right type of food to purchasing the necessary training equipment, each step is crucial to ensuring they won’t just live in your home but thrive as well. As such, one of the most important parts of bringing your new little addition home is to make the house itself as safe as it can possibly be. Hot water baseboard heating systems, in particular, could pose an issue to pets because of their high temperatures and close proximity. Here are some tips to pet-proofing your heating system in order to protect your furry friends.

Keep Your Heating System Clean

Animals, especially cats and dogs, are incredibly prone to shedding—which can make it difficult to keep up with the piles of fur lying around the home. Pet hair can make its way into your heater and prevent it from working as efficiently as it could. To ensure your system’s functionality and keep your pets safe, it’s essential that you do your best to keep your heater clean. Otherwise, you could find yourself with expensive repairs or even an injury on your hands.

Reduce Burn Risk with a Cover

Another tip to pet-proofing your heating system is to place a professional-quality heater cover over the unit. Baseboard heaters can get incredibly hot to the touch, and because they’re so close to the ground, they can easily burn your pet. This is why heater covers are great options to make this area safer. They’re designed to provide extra layers of protection between the heated components of the unit and the people and pets around it, making it significantly less dangerous for someone to accidentally brush against it.

Control Where They Mark their Territory

Most younger pets, primarily dogs, have the instinctual urge to mark their territories when they’re first acclimating to a new environment. This might be natural for them, but it isn’t entirely safe around your heater. Excessive exposure to liquids or moisture can cause the heater itself to corrode and even malfunction, putting anyone nearby at risk. This is why it’s best to discourage marking behaviors, particularly around the heater, with basic training exercises. EZ Snap Covers are easily removed so they can be washed with a hose or even power washed and replaced.

If you’re searching for baseboard heater covers that look great and that protect your family, EZ Snap™ Covers has just the resources you need. We have the materials to properly cover your old and outdated baseboard heater, and we also supply tutorials and information on how to install them yourself. We hope that in providing these things, we can help you get the best results in no time at all.

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How to measure baseboard heaters:

Step 1
HOW TO MEASURE

Always measure left to right, and twice for accuracy

Floor to top of Fintube | EZ Snap™ Baseboard Heater Covers

Step 1: Floor to top of Wall plate

Measure the height from the floor to the top of the metal wall plate.

Follow our guide for baseboard heater cover measurement:

Any baseboard larger than 7 3/8" (188 mm) will be compatible with our standard cover.

Any measurement greater than 9 3/8" (238 mm) will fit our tall cover.

Fin Tube Height | EZ Snap™ Baseboard Heater Covers

Step 2: Bottom of Fintube to Top of Wall Plate

Measure from the bottom of the finned tube heating element to the top of the metal wall plate,

A measurement of 5 1/2" to 6 3/4" (140 mm – 172 mm) will fit our standard cover.

A measurement of 7 1/2" to 8 3/4" (191 mm – 222 mm) will fit our tall cover.

Depth | Measure | EZ Snap™ Baseboard Heater Cover

Step 3: Back Wall to Front of Fintube

Measure the distance from the wall or the metal wall plate attached to the wall, to the outside of the finned tube heating element.

Any measurement of less than 3 1/8" (76 mm) inches from the wall will fit our

standard cover.

Any measurement of less than 3 1/8" (76 mm) inches from the wall will fit our tall cover.

Step 2
DETERMINE IF BRACKETS ARE NECESSARY

Always measure left to right, and twice for accuracy

Wall Widget

EZ Snap™ Wall Widgets are used when your old or existing wall back plate has been removed or if you have to hang your new cover 1 inch or higher to bring them up to a height that will fit our installation guidelines. Just measure your overall desired height, subtract 1", drill a hole, preferably in a stud and attach it to the wall with the included screw.

Floor Fidgets

EZ Snap™ Floor Fidgets easily raise your new covers ¾ inch to compensate for any ¾ inch floor (wood, tile, or other) that has been installed any time since your baseboard heater was originally installed. May be used for any reason when the overall height has been shortened and the total height is less than 7-½ inches for standard height or 9-½ inches for the TALL height EZ Snap™ BaseBoard Covers. Just use the self-tapping screws to secure them to the top of your existing wallplate.

Wall Contraptions

EZ Snap™ Wall Contraptions are used when your wall back plate has been completely removed. EZ Snap™ Wall Contraptions receives your EZ Snap™ BaseBoard Cover and keeps your aluminum fin tube from sagging. These completely replace your wall back plate. To install, slide up from the bottom and make sure the top is at your desired height. Screw to the wall, then bend the front finger up to hold the fin tube in place.