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On 12 Oct 2006 09:04:49 -0700, "Andy" <aschnurr@sewellevans.com>
wrote:
>I am a newby to hotwater heating and just purchased a home with an older
>boiler and radiators throughout the house. We're planning some renos
>and are hoping to remove at least the radiator in the kitchen (possibly
>the entire main floor) to make way for more cabinets. Is it possible to
>use radiant floor heating in the kitchen while leaving the remainder of
>the rads in the rest of the house? The basement is completely open, so
>I am guessing that it would be rather straight forward to install the
>plastic tubing etc.
>
>Andy
I've hot water heating, with radiators, in my house, and it is the
nicest, friendliest kind of heat. Not drying, like forced air
systems.
When I remodeled the kitchen 15 years ago, I took out one of the two
radiators that were there. The one I removed was on an inside wall,
under the old-fashioned hanging-on-the-wall sink. (I put in modern
cabinets, with had no possibility of keeping the radiator.)
The other kitchen radiator was in the breakfast nook, on an outside
wall. Being on an outside wall, it probably has more to do with
keeping the kitchen warm. Haven't noticed any problem by taking out
the one radiator.
Anyway, my advice is to not take out ALL the radiators in any one
room. If you have any kind of winter, you will probably notice that
the room is not as warm as the rest of the house.
However, if you keep doors open in the house, that room might be OK
without that radiator. It's hard to say -- given that you have not
said how large the kitchen is, and what the size of the radiator is.
As to putting in radiant heat in the floor? You should get a
professional's opinion on that -- there is no guaranteed that your
hot water system will handle the radiant equipment properly. It
might, or it might not. And, you may not want to do the whole floor,
just a part. Those questions could be answered better by a heating
professional.
Alan
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It's not that I think stupidity should be punishable by death.
I just think we should take the warning labels off of everything
and let the problem take care of itself.
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