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cast iron in a baseboard loop
bandana_man
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Is there any issue with adding two cast iron radiators into a baseboard loop?? I am removing the current baseboard in those two rooms.
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its one loop. what would be the major problem is it the temp difference. is it that the velocity slows?0
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Different output, wouldn't heat the different rooms evenly. The rooms with the CI radiators would overheat before the rooms with the fin tube heated and the mass of the cast iron would mean those rooms would likely still be radiating heat when the rooms with the fin tube called for heat again. You could possibly do something with a trv and bypass on the cast iron if there were some reason it would be difficult to make a separate loop.1
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Btu output of the baseboard being removed? Btu output of the cast iron rads you intend to install? Supply water temperature of your boiler?
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@bandana_man
Do you cook? Think cast iron vs stainless steel skillet. Same flame (BTU output) on both burners at the same time.
The stainless job will be greased, cooked, cleaned, dried, and put away (no drip dry allowed in my house) while the CI skillet is still heating up.0
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