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Baseboard off steam

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I installed a Burnham steam boiler with 2 zones of baseboard. The boiler was sized to the rads & the pick up factor was plenty to cover the 20,000 btuh addition. The baseboard zones are ran off an aquastat to insure that steam would not flash in the baseboard loops. The boiler is piped correct with drop headers & everything else. I suggested a seperate hot water boiler or hot water heater/ heating combo unit. The client declined and opptioned for just having the baseboard off the steam in spite of me expaining that he couldn't run them both @ the same time. Now he doesn't like it and is blaming me. The house does heat. He just doesn't like letting the steam satisfy before turning on the baseboard & vise-versa. Everything is piped & wired to spects. Any suggestions ?

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  • Scott B.
    Scott B. Member Posts: 4
    Baseboard off steam

    Simple solution would be a heat exchanger to isolate the base board loop from the boiler. I have seen this type of setup work many times without a heat exchanger with no steam flashing, also with both systems working at the same time.
  • brucewo1b
    brucewo1b Member Posts: 638
    How about some pics of the supply and return of the hotwater

    loop
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