dabiz7
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Well, bought a house that has a finished, three-season room, about 20x26, two exterior doors, seven windows, western exposure here in sw Ohio...floor will be laminate or wood. The wife says, "Make it usable for winter-time", I know this means it has to make 70F min for her to use the space.
I am wondering if hot water baseboard around the perimeter is the way to go, but don't know too much about it. Rest of the house is heatpump/furnace, so am thinking this room has to stand-alone for its heating needs. My biggest question is, what do these baseboard water heat systems use to heat water, an actual boiler or jsut a hot water heater? If this unit only has to heat this room, do they sell systems for that small an area? The amount of water in the system couldn't be that much, 8 or 9 gallons maybe? Could I use on of those instant hot water heaters mounted in the corner or will I need the higher temps of an actual boiler?
Thanks for any advice you can give to get me going down the right road. The wife is in Iraq right now (Army nurse) so I have this summer and fall to make it happen.
I am wondering if hot water baseboard around the perimeter is the way to go, but don't know too much about it. Rest of the house is heatpump/furnace, so am thinking this room has to stand-alone for its heating needs. My biggest question is, what do these baseboard water heat systems use to heat water, an actual boiler or jsut a hot water heater? If this unit only has to heat this room, do they sell systems for that small an area? The amount of water in the system couldn't be that much, 8 or 9 gallons maybe? Could I use on of those instant hot water heaters mounted in the corner or will I need the higher temps of an actual boiler?
Thanks for any advice you can give to get me going down the right road. The wife is in Iraq right now (Army nurse) so I have this summer and fall to make it happen.