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The secret to heating old churches
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Excellent advise if it aint broke do not reinvent the wheel it will only wind up rolling over you. All the best Jack0
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The great cathedral of Durham, England (well worth a visit, if you are ever in those parts) has hot air heated floors which were installed by the monks when it was built -- starting around 1093 or so. Which really works and is really needed, the climate in Durham being English Lamentable at its worst...Br. Jamie, osb
Building superintendent/caretaker, 7200 sq. ft. historic house museum with dependencies in New England0 -
The other secret is NOT to use thermostat setback. Once the mass is heated, you only heat your heat loss. In some large churches they have to start to reheat 6 hours before mass with the boiler or boilers running non stop.0
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Ha! It takes a week to bring the floor up to temp at my church, and another week for it to cool down. <–Ask me how I know that.0
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What about people heat? Early on people don't like to come into a freezing hall. But then when it's full cooling can be the problem.0
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We economize with the air handlers. They're capable of 100% outside air. Originally, it was discharge air control via Series 90 controlled diverting valve on the water coil & a manual pot on the outside air damper (no A/C!), but over the years air conditioning was added & a diverting valve was replaced with straight pipe.
I'm still working on it, but kneeling during Mass is a joy.
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Good Read. Thanks!0
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My first wacky project was converting an old firehouse in Philadelphia. It had been used for storage ..no heat. This was back in the early 90's ... 35 foot ceilings. I found an old guy who worked on the main line who told me to do radiant. Dan's book came out about the time I was ready for heat ... radiant and panel heaters went in. You don't have to live in a large space very long to understand you want low constant heat .... most my bids had 200k boilers. One was 250K ... the old guy helped me and we did a 115k Buderus.
I'm currently converting a church into my home .... the upper level is mostly 228' with one part 38' .0
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