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Unckie

The situation is this, My house was built in the mid 60’s and has a 125,000 BTU Oil Fired Heating system with a separate oil fired Hot Water Heater . Originally this was a one pipe ( monoflow) system with two zone , one for the upstairs (8 convectors) and the other for the down stairs (5 convectors). Many years and modifications later I now have the upstairs split in two three zones ( I split the existing loop in to two zones with zone valves ,removed two convectors from the middle of the loop and added a third zone in its place ) , the down stairs has been completely replaced with high output baseboard heating on one zone. Now that you have the WHOLE story…….. I plan on replacing the heating system and hot water heater with a boiler new system and an indirect hot water heater. I will need to size this system and would like a quick way to factor in the convectors and the baseboard in the demand of the system. I heard that for the 2500sq ft of area I have to heat the 125,000 BTU might be too much, and I would like the system to be as efficient as possible. I would also need to factor in the indirect hot water heater for 3 adults and two children (lots of recovery time available due to very different schedules). The house is located on LONG ISLAND

Alan(OnVacationInOregon)Forbes

Proper way

to size the boiler is with room-by-room heat loss calculations; fairly easy to do and will save you lots of grief and money in the long run. Available here:

http://slantfin.com/heat-loss-software.html

If you don't feel like doing it yourself, there should be plenty of contractors on Long Island that would do it for you.

Tom Hopkins

Alan

is 100% correct. The amount of radiation is irrelevant.The heat loss is what you need.You'll be surprised by what you come up with.My prediction? No more than 75,000 BTU/Hr

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