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can anyone help with heating question?
I am doing a major remodel on my house,(mostly diy). The only heat in my house is hot water base board. I am changing my floor plan and adding a master bedroom and bathroom. I am using gas fireplace to heat the bedroom and would like to put underfloor heating in the bathroom. Can I plumb the underfloor heating into the boiler that is used for the baseboard heat? And since I am only putting it in one room, do I need a manifold? (there isn't one now for the baseboards, it's an old house and it seems to be one giant loop.
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- MikeLv 51 decade agoFavorite Answer
Bored is correct - it will be a lot of equipment to use the same boiler for the underfloor radiant as for the hot water baseboards. How about you heat the bath with hot water baseboards but put in electric floor warming for comfort. It's way easier to install, has much lower initial cost, might have higher energy costs but the payback of the other way would be years.
Do a web search for electric floor warming - there are tons of simple kits available - if you have the skills to install a tile floor then you have the skills to install a warm tile floor.
- boredstiff8Lv 61 decade ago
you will need to make the radiant heat a seperate zone... the zone would be installed at the boiler....... the reason for this is the water temperature for radiant heat is around 135 degrees at the most....and ur boiler and baseboard are probably up around 190 degrees........circulator.....zone valve....mixing valve....thermostate...if you are serious about doing it ask for more details
