Extending hot water systems

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Extending Hot Water Heating Systems Hot Water – Extending Hydronic Heating – Extending System

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radiator
note:
baseboards and radiators on the same system may lead to uneven heating
baseboard
copper pipe
when a system is extended with long runs of small diameter copper pipe, not much heat will get to the new baseboard
boiler
cross section

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A building cross section shows a basement boiler supplying an upper-floor radiator and a baseboard heater through red supply and blue return piping. The baseboard is connected by long horizontal copper pipe runs branching from the radiator piping, with arrows indicating water flow. An annotation warns that extending a system with long runs of small-diameter copper pipe may deliver insufficient heat to the new baseboard. A second note warns that combining baseboards and radiators on the same system may lead to uneven heating.