JHopkins
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I just did an addition adding a first floor 5 x14 room for a bathroom with schluter dita-heat electric floor and a second floor room which is 13.5 x 13.5 and currently has no heat. We have a boiler that circulates hot water through 3/4 inch copper to 3/4 inch baseboard radiators throughout our house. My wife does not like the baseboard heaters because they take up the entire wall. So, for the bedroom I ordered the cast aluminum Fondital Blitz Ardesia gray / 8 element / B4 500 which is supposed to produce 4288 BTUs with water temp at 176 ° F. Then I questioned myself. Can I mix the one cast aluminum radiator in with the rest of the system being baseboards. Not sure if this makes a difference, but the new radiator will be connected on its own feed and return with a regulator valve on the feed line coming right off the boiler. I plan to use 3/4 oxygen barrier pex to complete he new run which already exists from the baseboard heater that I cut out of the kitchen. Also, if this will work, does it matter if the thermostatic valve connecting the radiator is 1/2 or 3/4 inch to match the 3/4 inch run and the rest of the 3/4 inch system. Many of the thermostatic radiator valve that I have seen are 1/2 inch. I don't want to stress the circulating pump. Thank you for your help!