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Re: Drums of water in the basement as a buffer

Well, water is one of the best storage mediums, safe, inexpensive, readily available. It just takes a lot of it to store for extended periods.

"The stars may lie, but the numbers never do". All the heat energy storage and exchange rates have been well documented.

Generations of folks like us have been on this same quest. Better insulation, some phase change materials have made some advances, but at a $$. There is no "free" energy, and the more you have to manipulate, store, exchange it, the more it slips away.

Move to the sunny SW and build a passive home😎

hot_rod

Re: Automatic water feeder that won’t fail in on position

Hydrolevel VXT. Regular maintenance. The maintenance kit comes with the VXT

STEAM DOCTOR

Re: Drums of water in the basement as a buffer

Or build to the Passive House standard even in cold climates and heat it with the BTU output of a hair dryer.

jesmed1

Re: Drums of water in the basement as a buffer

Well... it might even out basement temperatures very slightly. The basic concept is used in a number of active and semi-passive solar designs, but in those cases the water is heated to a temperature high enough to be useful as heat, and there is some mechanism such as a fan or pumps to move the heat around to where it is needed or from where it is collected -- or both. Without that... don't think it's worth it. Even if it is almost free.

Jamie Hall

Re: Drums of water in the basement as a buffer

Having drums full of stagnant water in the basement sounds like a good science project that I wouldn't want to be a part of.

KC_Jones

Re: Experience I had with a boiler tech and what I learned along the way.

That was a salesman, not a tech. What part of the country was this?

Steamhead

Re: Water line disappearing

PS water does not get pulled from the boiler its leaving most likely due to the boiler being dirty

You tossed this line in there @clammy and I just wanted to say I agree completely

ethicalpaul

Re: Looking for advice on sizing 2 pipe baseboard

Hmm. I'd be tempted to do the whole first floor in one series loop. Starting with the bathroom and ending in room 4 bedroom. Generally people want bedrooms cooler and bathrooms warmer. If bedroom 4 faces SE, even better.

delcrossv

Re: Diverter-Tee Q&A

https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1734489#Comment_1734489

you can't really control each emitter individually because the diverter tee divides the flow between the main and the emitter on the diverter port. if you block or slow the flow in the emitter you reduce the flow in the whole loop.

mattmia2

Re: Drums of water in the basement as a buffer

Most any material can capture and store heat. It will always come down to…

Is the juice worth the squeeze?

hot_rod