Looking at this from a more empirical standpoint, typical 3/4" residential baseboard puts out somewhere in the 500 BTU per foot range with 180º water flowing at a couple of gallons per minute.
So, if that's near the conditions at which yours operates, roughly, the BTU output of what you have is in the 6500 BTU range.
I'm gonna GUESS it's not zoned, so it only heats while the thermostat for another area call for heat for that area?
Also, is the entering water at least at 180º?
One option... make it a separate zone so it's duty cycle can be greater and the entering water will possibly be hotter.
Also, a typical household space heater uses 1500 Watts, giving about 5100 BTU's, so running one in that room will DEMONSTRATE what adding about 10' of baseboard would do.
Another option would be to add a second run of baseboard over the first, or switch to a (bulkier) commercial baseboard that has a much great BTU per foot output.
I hope you find this other way of looking at the problem helpful!
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