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I live on Long Island, in a high ranch style house. The master
bedroom is in the back corner of the house, and about three feet of the back of the room is cantilevered out over the backyard. In the winter, this room gets COLD. I have a hot water system with baseboard radiators (with metal fins around the pipe). In this room, the baseboard is on that back wall (that's cantilvered out). The room is 13x16, with that wall being 13 feet. I have about 11 feet of baseboard on that wall from pipe elbow to pipe elbow. There are no other radiators in that room. Here's my question. If I remove the baseboard with the metal fins, and replace it with cast iron baseboard, will that make a big difference in how warm the room gets? I don't want the room to get too hot - just warm. Now, it's the coldest room in the house. The room is 13x16, with an 8' ceiling. I have sheetrock walls and insulation in the walls from the 1960s. When I paint (not anytime soon), I intend to rip out the exterior walls and resinsualte and resheetrock. In the meantime, wil changing the radiators help? Again, I don't want to make the room TOO HOT, just warmer than it is now. |
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