Extending top floor heating zone to a penthouse
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in Heating 13 years and 4 months ago
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housepoor | 13 years and 4 months ago
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I am thinking about adding a penthouse space to the top floor apartment. Our existing heating system is zoned by floor hot water baseboard. Will we need to add an independent zone to accomodate the penthouse — meaning we need to run an extra pipe, etc. from the basement — or can it be simply extended from the (current) top floor? Will we impact the system balance and/or efficiency by extending the zone to include both floors? If we do radiant heat in just the penhouse, will that make a difference (good or bad)? The total sq footage of the penthouse, which will be very well insulated, will probably be about 500 sq ft., on top of the existing zone of just under 1000 sq ft. What kinds of things should I be thinking about here? Thanks as always.

eman134 | 13 years and 4 months ago
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you are adding a substantial load to your existing heating plant, as well as incresing the head …get someone in to make sure that the design and sizing of the system is appropriate.

eman134 | 13 years and 4 months ago
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