Heating Garden Level
I have a three story building. Garden, parlor, 3rd floor. It is heated by a single pipe steam system. Boiler is located in the center of the garden. Two supply pipes (one to front, one to back) feed the radiators on the upper floors. The supply pipes running along the ceiling of the garden level…
I have a three story building. Garden, parlor, 3rd floor. It is heated by a single pipe steam system. Boiler is located in the center of the garden. Two supply pipes (one to front, one to back) feed the radiators on the upper floors. The supply pipes running along the ceiling of the garden level are the only source of heat (for that level). I’m looking for some heating options, if there are any, that I could install on the garden level using my existing steam supply lines. Also considering radiant on the floor with a different supply source. Any suggestions welcome!
what master plvmber suggests will work with your system and just might be the best and cheapest solution.
There is a technique that was very familiar with old time plumbers of using the boiler water and creating a column of water to run several feet above the water line(kind of defying the “water finds it’s own level”)with circulators used to provide constant heat to radiators;that’s one way.Another is to use a heatexchanger near the boiler to transfer the heat from the boiler to the radiation.
MP and birchwoodc,
Are these options possible with a steam boiler where the returns are running along the ceiling of the level I am trying to heat?
Sounds like those options are for hot water systems, not steam. If they can work in tandem with my steam system, could you elaborate a little?
Thanks
Or you can take the same boiler water and use it to run radiant heating or a force air hydronic coil.The possibilities are endless.
You can have a pump installed that takes water from the boiler and circulates it through radiators anywhere in the house with its own thermostat.
Aren’t there metal fins that can be attached to the pipes turning them quasi-radiators? Probably not the best solution, but certainly a cheap one.