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radiators, baseoard vs column Alpha One 01-08-2008
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Posted by Alpha One on January 8, 2008, 12:10 am
My son bought a house. On the two rooms on the second floor the previous
owner installed baseboard radiators. There is a single coper tube coming
from the basement to the first bedroom, though the hallway into the second
bedroom and down back to the basement. Ofcourse part of this tube is
radiators. Before, there was one column-radiator in each bedroom, those cast
iron standing type. They aren't those very old kind and they look prety
good. The pipes for these are still there and they could easily be
reinstalled.
Question is, which ones are more efficient?

Thank you.

Tony



Posted by Bubba on January 8, 2008, 9:21 am
On Tue, 8 Jan 2008 00:10:42 -0500, "Alpha One"

>My son bought a house. On the two rooms on the second floor the previous
>owner installed baseboard radiators. There is a single coper tube coming
>from the basement to the first bedroom, though the hallway into the second
>bedroom and down back to the basement. Ofcourse part of this tube is
>radiators. Before, there was one column-radiator in each bedroom, those cast
>iron standing type. They aren't those very old kind and they look prety
>good. The pipes for these are still there and they could easily be
>reinstalled.
>Question is, which ones are more efficient?
>
>Thank you.
>
>Tony
>

First off, cast iron radiators and copper fin baseboard radiators
require different water temperatures. Never really a good idea to mix
the two if you want the system to work properly.
Secondly, the copper baseboard radiators dont have anywhere near the
btu capacity that a cast iron radiator has with all its mass.
Re-install them and get that copper chit outta there.
Bubba

Posted by geothermaljones on January 11, 2008, 10:45 am
you may want to find out why the original system 3 was disconnected in the
first place...
maybe pressure test the old system...
Did they disconnect an old gravity system & add a circ pump?
As for eff. a BTU is a BTU, there might be a bit of difference, but not
enough to matter...
If the space is staying warm, it's working.

goodluck
geothermaljones


> My son bought a house. On the two rooms on the second floor the previous
> owner installed baseboard radiators. There is a single coper tube coming
> from the basement to the first bedroom, though the hallway into the second
> bedroom and down back to the basement. Ofcourse part of this tube is
> radiators. Before, there was one column-radiator in each bedroom, those
cast
> iron standing type. They aren't those very old kind and they look prety
> good. The pipes for these are still there and they could easily be
> reinstalled.
> Question is, which ones are more efficient?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Tony
>
>



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