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1906plum
1906plum Member Posts: 2
in Domestic Hot Water
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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  • STEVEusaPA
    STEVEusaPA Member Posts: 6,505
    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.

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