baseboard heater

Floor-level heat strip

A baseboard heater is a long, low heating unit installed along the base of a wall where it meets the floor.

Electric baseboard heaters contain heating elements; hydronic ones circulate hot water.

They provide quiet, zone-controlled heat without ductwork: Every room in the old apartment had its own baseboard heater.

Related

cold snap · coil · wall · convection · metal · fins · humming · dusty · dust bunnies · carpet · wiring · fire hazard · outlet · kick · bedroom · first apartment · apartment · dial

Categories
Opposites
heating vs. cooling function

baseboard heaterair conditioner

Mechanical cooling system

central air · cooling system · central heating · evaporative cooler · cooling unit

localized vs. centralized distribution

baseboard heatercentral heating

Building-wide temperature system

central air · furnace · boiler system

heat source/fuel type

baseboard heaterwood stove

Timber-fueled heating appliance

fireplace · pellet stove · gas fireplace · kerosene heater · propane heater

Family

base, board, heat, heater, baseboard, bases, based, boards, boarded

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G