Inquiry on Baseboard heating

[Slschuga]

All,

I am new to MA (currently in N.Shore) area and looking at purchasing a home. As with all things there are a lot of decisions to make, but I would like to lean on the knowledgable individuals of BRS for understanding my limitations if we end up with a home that has baseboard heating and how to affects a tank set-up. I have two tanks 100 gal really 125 gal when considering the sump and the other ~85 gal for the same 65 tank 20 gal sump.
So what should I know / consider when looking at homes that have baseboard heating?

TIA - Shari

 

[Duds]

Don’t block them best to let air circulate freely around them that’s it for me.

 

[Slschuga]

Don’t block them best to let air circulate freely around them that’s it for me.

Duds, thanks for the quick reply. Do you happen to know if sections of baseboard heating can be turned off?

 

[Duds]

Duds, thanks for the quick reply. Do you happen to know if sections of baseboard heating can be turned off?

Depends on the house/baseboard heating system. My house for example has electric baseboard heating so I just go into my breaker and flip on/off what I want. I’ve since had a heat pump installed so they all stay off now but in place for “emergency heat”.

The other type of baseboard heat is hydronic which circulates water throughout. It really depends how the house is setup could be just the use of a thermostat if there are multiple zones in the house, or if not there should be some sort of a flow valve in the baseboard that will turn it off.

 

[kgstei]

Depends on the house/baseboard heating system. My house for example has electric baseboard heating so I just go into my breaker and flip on/off what I want. I’ve since had a heat pump installed so they all stay off now but in place for “emergency heat”.

The other type of baseboard heat is hydronic which circulates water throughout. It really depends how the house is setup could be just the use of a thermostat if there are multiple zones in the house, or if not there should be some sort of a flow valve in the baseboard that will turn it off.

Most likely there's no individual shut-offs for hot water baseboards

 

[Cpage101]

I personally have baseboard heat which runs behind my tank. the tank needs to be 5-6” off of the wall as I have an external overflow so not really a big deal for me. the baseboard is forced hot water, not electric, so I do not have any concerns. The only thing with this is the salt water will eventually cause the outside covering to rust. I just replaced all my outside covering when I did my tank upgrade. (took 12 years to get rusty) I would not recommend running electric baseboard heat behind your tank.

 

[Duds]

Most likely there's no individual shut-offs for hot water baseboards

Depends on the home I guess my dad does lol

 

[JBendel]

I have hot water baseboard, and they do not run around all walls, so you could get lucky with respect to where you want to place your tank, or a couch for that matter.

There are vents you can close on baseboards, but they don't really knock the heat down that much.

As previous in posts, you just need to make sure there's plenty of room fo air circulation. As long as you aren't setting your thermostat at 85F, you should be ok.