Gravity-fed water system and no heat in bathroom

Heather McHugh

Hi! I'm remodeling the bathroom in my 1865 town house, and would like to add heat into the bathroom (for the first time). I seem to have an old boiler gravity-fed water system, with 9 radiators that do NOT have open/close valves and 1 more that can be turned on and off (but that doesn't matter since it never seems to produce heat anyway). I would like to install the Myson Decor radiator with thermostat (H 11) -- because this bathroom doesn't get too cold even without heat, but need a source of heat on ocassion. Myson told me that it had to have its own loop. I need to know what to tell my plumber so that this can happen, since I'd much rather have hydronic than electric.

Can anyone help me??

Also, my old plumber (a genius, who seems to have died) mentioned something about adding a "pull" to the boiler so that the radiators furthest from the heat would actually get warm (eg, the one with the useless on/off valve). But my new plumber isn't familiar with this device (or my description of it might be at fault).

Any ideas?

Thanks!

Heather McHugh
"Old Town"
Alexandria, VA