| So what makes baseboard radiator heat a good | | | | The water follows the series of pipes, |
| option to pursue? The baseboards of your home | | | | flowing to the next radiator in the system |
| are a great place to install a heating system | | | | where more heat is extracted from the water |
| because of the principle that heat rises. | | | | and released into the room. By nature of the |
| Through the use of a baseboard radiator heat | | | | system, the last room in the system receives |
| system your whole home will be able to be | | | | the coolest water. Once it has run its |
| heated, from the floor on up. Baseboard hot | | | | course, the water goes back to the boiler |
| water heating systems work well because the | | | | where it is heated and re-circulated again. |
| "radiators" that bring warmth into the room | | | | This is a closed system. All the water in the |
| are installed low to the floor, typically | | | | system remains in the system. The main water |
| along the baseboard; water is heated in a | | | | supply from the house is fed into the |
| boiler tank in the utility room just like the | | | | circulation system through a pressure |
| water used for the hot water plumbing in your | | | | regulator so that any lost water is replaced |
| house. This water is heated, either by gas, | | | | instantly. |
| oil or electricity in a system that is | | | | |
| similar to, but separate from the water | | | | This is a great system for families like mine |
| heater that supplies your plumbing system. | | | | where not everyone likes the same |
| These systems are clean because they are | | | | temperature. It is almost like having a |
| totally enclosed, so you do not have to worry | | | | different thermostat for each room of the |
| about dusty air being blown through vents all | | | | house, but significantly less expensive. |
| over your house, and they are extremely quiet | | | | However, not all baseboard radiator heat |
| because of the way they work. | | | | systems have the problem of the water cooling |
| | | | significantly from the first radiator to the |
| Let's take a quick look at how a baseboard | | | | last. You can buy a system that has a flow |
| radiator heat system works, and why it may be | | | | control valve on each of the radiators which |
| a good option for your home. We have already | | | | is adjusted so that a smaller amount of water |
| established that water is heated, and this is | | | | flows through the first radiator, and so that |
| what provides the heat to your home; but once | | | | the excess flow is diverted around and on to |
| the water is heated what happens? Well in | | | | the next radiator in the system. |
| general this is how it works.most baseboard | | | | |
| radiator heat systems have an electric motor | | | | So, the big question that comes to mind is, |
| that pumps the water through the house | | | | if the room is heated through water, how can |
| through a series of pipe systems. When you | | | | you control the heat that you want? Wouldn't |
| install your system you want to make sure | | | | that mean you are at the mercy of how hot the |
| that the first radiator of the house is | | | | water is? Normally the boiler temperature is |
| installed in the main room, or the room you | | | | controlled internally so that heat is |
| would want heated the best because hot water | | | | available instantly when it is called for by |
| enters the first radiator first, so that | | | | the room thermostat. Basically, when you flip |
| radiator is normally the hottest of any. The | | | | on your thermostat, a signal is sent to the |
| heat flows from the surface of that radiator, | | | | circulation pump which turns on and begins |
| and some of that heat is transferred, and | | | | circulating hot water through the house. Like |
| heats the room. Thus you get a nice toasty | | | | a traditional heater, you determine when and |
| room, but the water that comes out of the | | | | how much heat you want, and hopefully the |
| exit end of that radiator is cooled somewhat. | | | | room you are in isn't too far down the line |
| | | | and you can get it. |