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how close to electric baseboard heater can I place bedding?
Nov 26, 2007 by Brie
how close to electric baseboard heater can I place bedding?
I have a wooden platform bed - so the wood and the bedding (sheets, blankets) are at the same height as the heater. How far from the baseboard do I need to move the bed?
I really onyl have room to move it about 6 inches away...
3 ft, no less.
Can a baseboard heater be mounted vertically?
Nov 29, 2007 by BSFSU
I have limited space in a relatively small San Francisco apartment. I am working with my landlord on installing some sort of heating system, as my apartment is basically a converted garage. I was thinking of asking her to install a couple of baseboard heaters, but due to the limited wall space, I would really like to mount them vertically.
Am I able to mount the typical Home Depot-type wall heater vertically? Or, does somebody have an economical alternative to this problem?
Thanks!!
DO NOT mount a baseboard heater vertically.
They are designed to heat air that moves past the
element be convection. In a vertical mount this will
not happen rapidly enough.
The efficiency will suffer and the unit might
overheat dangerously.
If space is limited, look into an electric unit heater,
or fan/coil unit.