Gas and Oil Home Heating Furnaces - Baseboard heat

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bust7015
08-04-03, 05:34 PM
Is there a formula to determine the amount of hot water baseboard heat? I assume it has something to do with square footage. I am building an addition to my home.

Ed Imeduc
08-04-03, 05:42 PM
You have to work out the heat loss. But this is what you can get .
Heat out at 200oF water temp, 4 g.p.m.flow is 720BTU/hr per foot'
;) ED
designer
08-05-03, 06:08 PM
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They can provide your heat loss calculations and give you exact footages of baseboard heat.