Hi All, I have an old steam radiator up on the second floor of my house that is not in use, essentially wasting space. It has 10 rows and feels very heavy. The radiator has a joining bolt at the top, but the bottom half does not have a bolt holding it together. Is this a telltail sign of threaded nipples? There is a large 1 1/2" nut at the end opposite the steam connector on the bottom. Is that for cleanout access, or could it be the other joining bolt? If unbolting and carrying this anchor out of the house isn't an option, what would be the easiest way to disassemble this guy - cut it with a sawzall, hit it with a sledgehammer, etc.? I've heard that threaded nipple connections are on there for good. i'm also worried that the staircase wouldn't hold up to the weight of the radiator if I didn't take it apart before hauling it. Thanks for any tips!

Old home, bunch of radiators and I would like to find material that would still let the heat through but will let me cover the radiator. We have a couple of 'home made' radiator covers that have front that has lots of holes. But for our bathroom, we would like to mask the large radiator as a cabinet-therefore would like to use solid material (or at least something that looks like solid). Thanks in advance!