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Mono flow system upgrade

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Rock
Rock Member Posts: 50
in Oil Heating

I have a mono flow system and I want to replace with standard base boards due to size of old ones. Please advise if I can just plumb in new base board or what needs to be done.

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  • EBEBRATT-Ed
    EBEBRATT-Ed Member Posts: 19,283

    I assume you're replacing what you have for radiation and not altering the basement piping except to connect the new baseboards. If that's the case, you should be fine. Put bleeders on the return side. You may not get as much heat out of standard baseboard as the convectors put out as the elements are smaller unless you extend the baseboard length.

    SuperTech
  • HVACNUT
    HVACNUT Member Posts: 7,172

    With the convector you're showing, there's not enough linear feet on that wall to replace it with fin tube baseboard to get the same BTU output.

    And its a complete repipe. No existing monoflo Tee's can be used. Its all one series loop, or all Home Runs back to new boiler manifolds.

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