Mikepier wrote:
I recently bought a house that has gas hot air heat. While it does a
good job, I am noticing the basement is always cooler than the rest of
the house even after opening up all the registers in the basement. I
would like to add supplemental heat in the basement on it's own
thermostat. Is it possible to add hot water baseboard heat off an
existing hot water heater I have in the basement? I thought I heard at
one time it can be done.



I am now sixty seven years old. When I was in a play pen we lived
in a house with a hand fired coal furnace and gravity /
convection circulation of hot water to the radiators. My father
installed valves to connect the hot water heater to the radiator
in the kitchen so my brother and I could have a warm radiator
next to the play pen in spring and fall when the furnace was not
fired up. During the heating season the valves were turned to
"furnace" position.

The valves were still there when I checked the house as we were
about to sell it after the funerals.