europe72dead
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I’m relocating two 3/4” steel radiator lines that come up from my basement, through my kitchen into my master bathroom on the second floor.
I’m planning to take the route outlined in blue and in doing so I’ll be adding roughly 22 additional feet of line and 4 additional elbows per run.
Questions-
1) Will this additional linear footage be problematic at all? I’d rather take the interior wall route than have the pipes run up the exterior wall
2) I’m planning to run Pex al pex since this is a two pipe closed system (converted gravity system) - what size is best to replace 3/4” steel pipe, 3/4” or 1” Pex? I will be replacing the cast iron radiator with a Runtal steel baseboard or something comparable.
3) Any concerns with water temperature and Pex al pex ? When heating up my boiler was reading around 170 degrees however 20 minutes later its now off and dropped to 145. I know Pex shouldn’t go above 180 or 200 degrees. I’m honestly not sure how high my boiler goes on a regular basis. I have a Utica MGB170
Thanks for the help!
I’m planning to take the route outlined in blue and in doing so I’ll be adding roughly 22 additional feet of line and 4 additional elbows per run.
Questions-
1) Will this additional linear footage be problematic at all? I’d rather take the interior wall route than have the pipes run up the exterior wall
2) I’m planning to run Pex al pex since this is a two pipe closed system (converted gravity system) - what size is best to replace 3/4” steel pipe, 3/4” or 1” Pex? I will be replacing the cast iron radiator with a Runtal steel baseboard or something comparable.
3) Any concerns with water temperature and Pex al pex ? When heating up my boiler was reading around 170 degrees however 20 minutes later its now off and dropped to 145. I know Pex shouldn’t go above 180 or 200 degrees. I’m honestly not sure how high my boiler goes on a regular basis. I have a Utica MGB170
Thanks for the help!
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