Viessman versus System 2000 versus Biasi

tonymcd

I am have a 2,000 sf home in Maine and am replacing my oil fired hot water heating system. I have cast iron baseboards and a large jacuzzi bath tub which my current older system with a 41 gallon AMTROL tank can not fill before running out of hot water. 3 different contractors have come up with 3 different recommendations:

1.) System 2000 from EK using a Beckett AFG burner with an 80 gallon indirect hot water heater and new system 2000 zone manager.

2.) Biasi B-10-6 cast iron boiler with new relays and 80 gallon AMTROL indirect water heater.

3.) Viessmann VR133N cast iron boiler with Riello burner, new relays, t and 80 gallon Amtrol indirect water heater.

Price differential is not material to me, I will live here forever and am just looking for the best solution to heating the house and getting a full tub of hotwater. Any thoughts are greatly appreciated, thanks.

tonymcd

clarification

option 3 includes outdooe reset

Harry_503

hot h20

the  Top Dog   tech man....Mr.   Charlie Wright.....at  energy kinetics....  saved me  much  grief   when my boss at the time   sized  many systems  wrong before i worked for his company...  /  system  2000& 2 tanks....call them... they are very helpful...

CMadatMe

Vitrorond

The 316-Ti Stainless Steel insert in the Vitorond will get the boiler to steady state faster than the others. To you that means better efficiencies throughout the entire boiler cycle. Also keeps the boiler cleaner. You can also take the indirect directly from the boiler and not from the system side provided you are using a Viessmann control. A few years ago I had an oil company that wanted to try them. They installed 30 boilers that season. Not one problem or call back. Boilers were clean as a whistle when they did there yearly service. Then they stopped buying them. I asked why? The anwser I got. Great boiler, love them. Unfortunatley our customers were saving 30% or more on their fuel usage and we are in the business of selling oil so we don't want to install them anymore. That was 2 years ago. Now with consumers being more frugal with investing in boilers that save fuel dollars they are back sellling them again.

Steamhead

You can't go wrong

with any of these. Pick the contractor you like best. 

Ron Jr._3

Can't comment

on which one comes up to steady state the fastest , but my choice would be the System 2000 . Intelligent controls built and already set up for 5 zones ( including a priority ) , boiler stand and drop down door for extremely easy servicing , only holds 2.5 gallons of boiler water , and heats water faster than any other combo boiler / heater we install ........... that is if you use their flat plate heat exchanger and storage tank .  But you can use an indirect also , not sure of the recovery  . 



Another big plus is how quiet it runs . Connected with the fresh air intake , you can hardly hear it .  

billtwocase

I'll echo Ek

It will do what it's supposed to, quietly, and American made to boot