adding a radiator

Rich_2

Got a customer doing a remodel of the second floor, adding a bathroom .They have steam would you tap into the steam & add a rad. or think of another way of heating the bathroom?I have seen that I could run baseboard off the steam boiler ,is that practical? it would be like running another zone for five feet of b.board

Ben_3

Rich

> Got a customer doing a remodel of the second

> floor, adding a bathroom .They have steam would

> you tap into the steam & add a rad. or think of

> another way of heating the bathroom?I have seen

> that I could run baseboard off the steam boiler

> ,is that practical? it would be like running

> another zone for five feet of b.board

Ben_3

Rich

It all depends Rich. Is this one pipe or two pipe steam? would you like to add steam baseboard, a radaitor, or something else? Or were you talking about a hot water baseboard loop off the steam boiler? All of these may be options for you depending on the consrtuction and accessibilty of everything. If it would be too costly to add from the exixting system you should check the cost of an alternative way to heat this room and compare the two by not only the cost but the cost to use the altern. and the existing as well as the comfort that would be provided.

Rich_2

adding rad

Rich_2

> Got a customer doing a remodel of the second

> floor, adding a bathroom .They have steam would

> you tap into the steam & add a rad. or think of

> another way of heating the bathroom?I have seen

> that I could run baseboard off the steam boiler

> ,is that practical? it would be like running

> another zone for five feet of b.board

Rich_2

I believe its a one pipe system , looked at it briefly while I was looking at the plumbing, is it common to cut into the steam main & send up another riser? or maybe cut a tee into an existing riser?I'm even thinking about a kickspace heater run like a zone .Just some ideas, thanks for the reply

Steamhead

If I were doing that job

I'd run a steam riser from the main to the bathroom and install a radiator. This would be less complicated and would require fewer moving parts. You can get radiators in different shapes and sizes to fit any room.

You'd have to do a heat-loss to see how much radiation is needed, and make sure the main could handle the additional radiation. Capacities are listed in "The Lost Art of Steam Heating".

I'm not a big fan of kickspace units- most are rather noisy.

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John@Reliable

Way to heat bathroom?

Are they using tile on floor? If so you could install electric grid in floor,makes for a nice warm floor and cost isn"t bad and no piping,has own thermostat . John@Reliable