heating a basement

johnnyge

I have a one pipe steam system, heating in my house. My basement is not finish, but clean enought that my kids uses as a play room. How can i heat that space. I am reading the book Lost Art of Steam Heating and the We got steam heat by Dan. and he suggest to insulate all the pipes to avoid water hammer(as one of the problems with water hammer)What alternatives i have to heat that space with out the uses of space electric heaters

Unknown

condensate heating

Hey Johnny; Go to the top of the page where it says heating Q&A and then click on condensate heating, and your questions should be answered.

johnnyge

thank you Monti, I Think that is a great solution for my situation,I will have to study very well how to do it in order to apply it in my house. My boiler is rate it at 140000 btu and my basement space is around 850 square feet.I think my boiler will handle a hot water zone.
Any books on this subject?. Could be done as a Do It Yourself kind of proyect?.

kevin coppinger_4

I am not...

sure you should be doing this project as a DIY project...How old is the boiler? If it is an older series it could be difficult to fing tappings to get below the water line.... Be safe call a heating contractor who has done this and work w/ him. kpc

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johnnyge

My boiler is 3 years old. I Think I will able to do it with a little help or advise from a pro. I have some plumming expirience (took a few classes for home owners on the local Vo-Tec school) re-do all plumming in the house. I can do this proyect and post the advance o results on this forum for approval or disapproval from the pros.