How to Replace a baseboard heating cover with This Old House

Watch this video from This Old House to learn how to replace a baseboard heating cover.

Steps:

1 Slide wood shims behind the back plate of the baseboard heater.

2 Use reciprocating saw to cut nails or screws holding back plate to wall.

3 Pull the adjustable damper from the hangers, and discard.

4 Prop up heating element, then use slotted screwdriver to pry the back plate from the hangers.

5 Slip the back plate out from behind the finned heating element, and discard.

6 Vacuum the heating element clean of all dust and dirt.

7 Slide new hangers behind heating element.

8 Mark the locations of the wall studs.

9 Slip the new back plate behind the heating element.

10 Snap hangers into the back plate.

11 Screw the back plate to wall studs with 1 1/4-inch drywall screws.

12 Attach the damper to the new back plate.

13 Slide on the end caps, flip up the flaps.

14 Snap the front cover onto the hangers; close end-cap flaps.