Booster Heater for Design Day Failure?

gasfolk

1. If we size our new boiler by clocking the old and just barely covering the design day heat loss, and if our new boiler then failed on the coldest day of the year, is there a service that could both fix the boiler AND bring "booster heaters" to help reheat our house faster?

2. If boiler failure is rare and the cost of renting a "booster heater" is low, might the savings of a smaller boiler and better operational efficiency significantly outweigh the hassle of asking for a "boost"?

We could accept a much smaller boiler if such a dependable "booster" service is available.

Thanks,

gf

gasfolk

Is such a service available ?

If we size our new boiler by *just barely* (plus a little) covering the real-time, design-day, heat loss...

1. If the new boiler ever fails, could repairmen both fix the boiler AND (if necessary) bring some kind of "booster heaters" to reheat the house faster?

2. Is tight boiler sizing (to that degree) likely to save money?

3. Does the minimum recommended boiler output for indirect DHW make all of this irrelevent?

Thanks,

gf

gasfolk

Is such a service available ?

If we size our new boiler by *just barely* (plus a little) covering the real-time, design-day, heat loss...

1. If the new boiler ever fails, could repairmen both fix the boiler AND (if necessary) bring some kind of "booster heaters" to reheat the house faster?

2. Is tight boiler sizing (to that degree) likely to save resources (money and fuel) on an individual and/or community-wide basis?

3. Does the minimum recommended boiler output for indirect DHW make all of this irrelevent?

Thanks,

gf

gasfolk

Is such a service available ?

If we size our new boiler by *just barely* (plus a little) covering the real-time, design-day, heat loss...

1. If the new boiler ever fails, could repairmen both fix the boiler AND (if necessary) bring some kind of "booster heaters" to reheat the house faster?

2. Is tight boiler sizing (to that degree) likely to save resources (money and fuel) on an individual and/or community-wide basis?

3. Does the minimum recommended boiler output for indirect DHW make all of this irrelevent?

Thanks for any suggestions,

gf

gasfolk

Is such a service available ?

If we size our new boiler by *just barely* (plus a little) covering the real-time, design-day, heat loss...

1. If the new boiler ever fails, could repairmen both fix the boiler AND (if necessary) bring some kind of "booster heaters" to reheat the house faster?

2. Is tight boiler sizing (to that degree) likely to save resources (money and fuel) on an individual and/or community-wide basis?

3. Does the minimum recommended boiler output for indirect DHW make all of this irrelevent (and what is that minimum)?

Thanks for any suggestions,

gf