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We are in the process of installing a staple up radiant floor system. The load calls for a 60,000 BTU input boiler following heat loss calculations performed by manf. rep. We would like to install a Burnham indirect hot water heater which would require us to increase the input to 140,000 BTU'S . Is it worth it to increase the size of boiler just to satisfy hot water needs or should we just go with a standard storage type water heater and use the smaller in put boiler for heating only.
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can I first ask.....
why do you need 80000 btu's for domestic how water? Seems like a whole lot. If you need that much hot water production, I would go with something different. Either a high-low-high fire, or split the load with 2 smaller boilers. Is this going to run off of gas or oil? Fill us in with more info, and we'll offer more suggestions.There was an error rendering this rich post.
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