1 pipe steam system to radiant floor

1pipe

Charlie



Thanks for the reply



The building is a 12 story , 12 unit apartment building in San Francisco with a central 1 pipe steam system that serves the entire building.  The client wants to remove 3 or 4  one pipe steam radiators and replace them with a radiant heat floor panel system for about 1500 sq feet. of his 4000 sq ft apartment.  They want to do it for architectural design reasons. It's a big high end remodel.

I think the flat plate heat exchanges would work fine if it was a 2 pipe system but I am not sure about a one pipe steam system.  The manufactures of the flat plate heat exchanges are not sure either.  I do not have the luxury of running a dedicated line from the boiler room which is 8 stories down though other units.  If I can replace one the the radiators with a flat plate heat exchanger and  then build a small radiant system using  that flat plate as my heat source  I think I would be in good shape not to mention a genius.  I have installed many radiant heating systems an often use  a Taco tempering valve to dial in my floors that run at different temperatures .



 Although these flat plate exchanger are made to work with a 2 pipe system I am just not sure it would work with a 1 pipe system.  I am trying to avoid buying a exchanger and finding out later it does not work.  Hence my question.



Tom