Homart hot water radiant baeboard...circa 1953

Boilerpro_3

Sorry I don't have pics, but was wondering what the output is of the flat steel panel baseboards. The Panels are 10 inches high, 2 inches deep and have a completely smooth face on the front and top. There is no provision for air circulation, so they were designed as pure radiant panels, it appears. Also any info on water content would be useful to help size new compression tank properly.

I'll get pics when we are back replacing the Homart boiler and checking one of the baseboards for leaks. This is a new one for me. That's what's great about this work!

Biolerpro

dconnors

Homart

All of the radiant panel baseboard I have ever seen was between 200 and 300 btu per foot. Hope I helped.

Dave Yates (PAH)

our leaker Homart BB wall panel

still in the shop scrap area! We installed flat panel BB radiant in its place (REM catalog). No problems & the remainder of the home still has the Homart panels.

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Ken D.

Homart

We have several Sears, Roebuck do it yourself package houses under contract that have varying degrees of the Homart systems still installed. They date from the 40's and 50's. All are oil fired. a couple have newer boilers, most have the original radiant panels or baseboard convectors One does have hot air. The rest have hot water. Still chugging away after all these years.

Mike Reavis_2

take the room square footage

and divide it by the linear feet of radiation in the room. Compare it to the other rooms. You should come in at 400-500 btu's per ft, and 35-55 btu's per sq ft of floor space for a house from that era. Could be more if you are north of Philadelphia.

We removed and reinstalled some recently. It held together.

Mike

Boilerpro_3

Anyone know water volume of the units

I have already put together the proposal for the new boiler assuming high water content, so the boiler is piped P/S with Thermix valve on return.

Just want to make sure this is necessary, as the budget is tight for these owners, but they want it done right.

Boilerpro

Mike Reavis_2

these are steel radiators if I remember correctly

and it would be my opinion that the water volume would then be approximately the same as copper fin baseboard.

Mike