Do you include kitchen cabinet area in heat loss?

Derheatmeister

Up in Breckenridge someone installed radiant heat into the Granite counter tops...Plate warmers ?? That Costed some Bucks..Heatmeister.

Diciocco

I'd think not--maybe partially?

doing kitchen remodel and adding alot of new cabinet and counter space. Less square and cubic footage. Thought perhaps I should recalc the loss. Cabinets are not acting exactly as walls. Is there some percentage of loss one could add up here?
Up til now, I think to be conservative I'd used the entire room dimensions in the calc, irregardless of cabinets, refrigerators, etc. In fact fridge should be adding a few btus maybe......

Thanks,

David

Diciocco

should mention that system is cast iron hot water

no radiant involved.

thanks,

David

kpc_15

keep it....

in the wall to wall measurement...it needs heat...espescially those water pipes!

Bob Bona_4

D107

no radiant involved guys, just cast iron rads

since space for rad will be severely limited with new design just checking to see if room heat loss decreases significantly if e.g. 30% of open-air room volume is decreased due to new cabinets.

Thanks,

David

Wayco Wayne_2

I agree

There is very little insulation value in the wood that makes up the cabinet. The air space inside the cabinet is minimal and is not trapped or tight enough to be considered a barrier against heat transfer. Just heat loss the rooms outer walls. Sure the refrig adds some btu's, but I don't include it. T'is better to have a few extra btu's than not enough. It might be good to have a TRV on the radiator since when someone is cooking the kitchen can be over heated very easily. Good luck. WW

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