CI baseboard - in/out on same end?

tim smith

run one of the lines behind the radiator in a slot cut in the wall to the other end. The radiator will cover the slot in the wall and then you can feed from both ends. good luck, Tim.

Tom_62

CI baseboard - in/out on same end?

I replaced an old radiator with 16' of CI baseboard under the windows of a downstairs sunroom this fall. It works great. I can put a chair where the old radiator was and the heat is more even with the baseboard under ALL the windows.

I'd like to do the same thing in an unstairs sunroom, but being upstairs I don't have much access to the main pipes. Both the inlet and return pipes will have to remain where they are next to each other on one end.

How is baseboard installed in such a situation? I can't imagine how the in and out could be plumbed into one end of the base board since I doubt there would be much circulation. Can I elevate the baseboard a couple inches from the floor, plumb the return from the opposite end and run the return pipe along the floor, below the baseboard back to the other end? Is there a special baseboard designed for this use?

Thanks,
Tom

Tony_23

You could

Run a return line from the opposite end, or you could install a "dip tube" into one of the taps. It would extend the flow into the bbd farther before circulating back. I like things like that because I enjoy the puzzled looks it produces on those who don't know

ChasMan

I was looking for this for a while and gave up on it. Running that return under the CI will look like crap if you ask me. Some of the panel radiators have trim you can put over the supply lines if you like that look. I also found some commericial fin tube stuff that looked prety good. If you have constant circ and a reset I think some of the comfort / noise advantage of CI would be lost.

Mechanic

Tony is right this can be done using what he called

the "dip tube" method.You may just have some trouble

finding someone who will do this for you.But done right

I promise this will work........Good luck

lekpeter

cast iron and \"dip tube\"

mechanic,

what's the procedure?

thanks

lek

ChasMan

Do you have to fabricate the dip tube or do they sell them?