Designing Kitchens and Bathrooms - Insulating hot spots in Baseboard HW System
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LindaF1
03-27-03, 07:42 PM
Help! We are remodeling an older half bathroom on our second floor and are adding a whirlpool tub. The room is not very large so we do not have many options of placement of the tub. We will probably go with a standard 60" long and maybe 42" wide tub. The room has been gutted and we plan to build a frame for the tub to install it as a "drop in".
This is our dilemma: We have hot water baseboard heat running along TWO of the walls where we want to place the tub. This system is a continuous loop, connecting to an adjoining bedroom, so we cannot disturb the heat/loop. QUESTION - Would it be possible for us to somehow, "insulate" the copper pipes or fins, so that the heat it gives off will not injur the tub? Any help or advice you can give us would be greatly appreciated!
This is our dilemma: We have hot water baseboard heat running along TWO of the walls where we want to place the tub. This system is a continuous loop, connecting to an adjoining bedroom, so we cannot disturb the heat/loop. QUESTION - Would it be possible for us to somehow, "insulate" the copper pipes or fins, so that the heat it gives off will not injur the tub? Any help or advice you can give us would be greatly appreciated!
Doug Aleshire
03-27-03, 09:56 PM
LindaF1,
I doubt seriously that the heat from the pipes will damage anything. Your temp from this is probably between 150 and 170. You could easily just add a foam pipe insulation to the pipes once have removed the fins. The hot water heater kicks out about 120 + so this is not an issue and if you have a heater on your whirlpool, again this has no bearing on the location of your hot water lines.
NOTE: Is covering up the radiant heat pipes going to cause some poor heating within this room if they are covered? I assume there will be a heat deficiency and this may cause you some discomfort when you walk into this room.
Any way to relocate the heat run so that the frame that you intend to build could be raised to accommodate the 4 inches necessary clearance. I am suggesting that the piping could be moved towards the front of the whirlpool base or step (if you are having one) install a nice looking metal louver (protected with a good rust inhibitor paint) so that the heat would still be performing at it current peak. A foil faced insulation could be added within the frame assembly to help radiate the heat out. Also what about accessibility to the mechanicals of this whirlpool? How are you going to have access?
Hope this helps!
I doubt seriously that the heat from the pipes will damage anything. Your temp from this is probably between 150 and 170. You could easily just add a foam pipe insulation to the pipes once have removed the fins. The hot water heater kicks out about 120 + so this is not an issue and if you have a heater on your whirlpool, again this has no bearing on the location of your hot water lines.
NOTE: Is covering up the radiant heat pipes going to cause some poor heating within this room if they are covered? I assume there will be a heat deficiency and this may cause you some discomfort when you walk into this room.
Any way to relocate the heat run so that the frame that you intend to build could be raised to accommodate the 4 inches necessary clearance. I am suggesting that the piping could be moved towards the front of the whirlpool base or step (if you are having one) install a nice looking metal louver (protected with a good rust inhibitor paint) so that the heat would still be performing at it current peak. A foil faced insulation could be added within the frame assembly to help radiate the heat out. Also what about accessibility to the mechanicals of this whirlpool? How are you going to have access?
Hope this helps!
Brewbeer
03-28-03, 07:41 AM
Another option would be to remove the baseboard radiator and install panel radiators.
For example: http://www.hydro-air.net/panel/
Good luck!!
For example: http://www.hydro-air.net/panel/
Good luck!!