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I own a 100yr old house, hot water radiators, all the radiators were busted when I bought it because it wasn't properly winterized. All the pros tried to get m
by segmondy 8y ago
I own a 100yr old house, hot water radiators, all the radiators were busted when I bought it because it wasn't properly winterized. All the pros tried to get me to replace it with forced furnace. I ended up buying used steam radiators and doing everything myself for the fraction of the cost and it's been 10 yrs. You're absolute correct, draw a diagram, being at first principles and it's easy to reason about the system.
- organsnyder 8y agoOur house is about the same age, and has a similar system (ours wasn't neglected, thankfully). I'd never consider trading it for forced air—it's completely quiet, very efficient (we got a new 95% efficiency boiler), and extremely comfortable.