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Re: Best and acceptable media's for radiant heat for OUTDOOR applications.
Styrofoam under tubing......I've heard ants and termites like to burrow in it. Maybe lay down some insecticide first, but being in VT I assume your on well water so that may be a problem.
Overall I wonder about just sleaving the driveway tubing, so if it leaks in future you can just dig up the edges and pull in new tubing. Will have a cost of lower conductivity from water to soil though, air gap.
I bigger question is why look for a place to dump the excess heat, just figure out a way to throttle down the boiler. Dumping excess heat will just cost you fuel and labor feeding the boiler.
Overall I wonder about just sleaving the driveway tubing, so if it leaks in future you can just dig up the edges and pull in new tubing. Will have a cost of lower conductivity from water to soil though, air gap.
I bigger question is why look for a place to dump the excess heat, just figure out a way to throttle down the boiler. Dumping excess heat will just cost you fuel and labor feeding the boiler.
Leonard
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Re: Best and acceptable media's for radiant heat for OUTDOOR applications.
I doubt you will have much over 150,000 BTU/hr output from that boiler. They typically run around 40-45% efficiencies. That is full fired with dry hardwood
Keep you output expectations reasonable and about a dozen cords of wood on hand
Keep you output expectations reasonable and about a dozen cords of wood on hand
hot_rod
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Re: Low water cut off malfuntions
@Jamie Hall said"This is not optional maintenance."
Unfortunately steam systems (all heating systems really) require maintenance to work safely and to have any reliability and longevity. Failure to do this results in major problems. Just like a car. Cars won't run long without oil, boilers need water. Low water cutoffs need at the least yearly maintenance
Unfortunately steam systems (all heating systems really) require maintenance to work safely and to have any reliability and longevity. Failure to do this results in major problems. Just like a car. Cars won't run long without oil, boilers need water. Low water cutoffs need at the least yearly maintenance
EBEBRATT-Ed
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Re: Burner keeps locking out..tried several things .. what to try next?
Here we go again. How many of these oil line issues have we had lately??
Another suction leak! The technicians you have obviously can't find the leak. You have a suction leak, find it and fix it and your problems are over.
Overhead line if it was me I would change it to two pipe or you can try a Tiger loop
Where are the technicians who can flare tubing and get a line tight?
I admit on threaded fittings leaks are more common since Teflon tape has been prohibited
Another suction leak! The technicians you have obviously can't find the leak. You have a suction leak, find it and fix it and your problems are over.
Overhead line if it was me I would change it to two pipe or you can try a Tiger loop
Where are the technicians who can flare tubing and get a line tight?
I admit on threaded fittings leaks are more common since Teflon tape has been prohibited
Re: Mod CON? Or Power vent 85%?
@Gordy Not sure if you're talking about me when you say "what gets me is that some say I'll only save 100 dollars a year. Now think of it collectively city wide, state wide, country, world wide. That's not peanuts. Every little bit adds up to huge energy savings in the big picture."
Sure, it adds up when a few million people do it, but those other people aren't responsible for putting food on my table. You had an argument with me that I should dump X amount into my house which would take me 111 years to ROI and I told you that wasn't practical.
It still isn't.
Sure, it adds up when a few million people do it, but those other people aren't responsible for putting food on my table. You had an argument with me that I should dump X amount into my house which would take me 111 years to ROI and I told you that wasn't practical.
It still isn't.
ChrisJ
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Re: lochinvar noble
What is the heat load? If it is close to the 110 output, then the Navian is way oversized.
That is the challenge with combo units, usually one or the other side is a compromise.
That is the challenge with combo units, usually one or the other side is a compromise.
hot_rod
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Re: Steam from the Sun, and a Possible Use for Carbon Monoxide?
Let's hope it is not eight!!!--NBC
Re: Troubleshooting a noisy radiator
@mattm , I'm glad you have some relief and thank you for following up and letting us know how things worked out. Sometimes we never hear back. That hammer you now hear may well be a pipe or radiator out of pitch when they replaced the valve. That too can be corrected fairly easily by making sure that radiator is still pitched towards the supply pipe. If it is, then raise both ends of the radiator up a bit with some shims under each leg and then re-pitch the radiator towards the supply pipe. What that will do is raise the horizontal supply pipe under the floor and give it a little pitch. Best of luck to you!
Fred
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