Wall-Mounted Buffer Tank

Alan (California Radiant) Forbes

New, small apartment building in Berkeley going up where they want to use a Navien combi heater for DHW and radiators in each unit. The smallest Navien NCB is 150,000 BTU's and will modulate down to 12,000 BTU's. The total radiator load is ~10,000 and they want it zoned; micro-zoning is a problem. You hardly ever see buffer tanks out West here, but this is a job that needs one.

The mechanical area is tiny. Does anyone have a recommendation for a wall-mounted buffer tank?

hot_rod

How many gallons? If a small 6 or 12 gallon electric water heater, you can find wall brackets for them or have one fabed. I had a sheetmetal guy bend a bracket that also served as a pan.

This was a small electric set up for a bathroom floor and shower wall I did years ago.

Remember over 8 lbs per gallon, so it will take a good solid wall to hang much capacity.

bob eck

Vaughn makes 10, 20, 30 all the way up to 119 gallon buffer tanks.
Flexcon makes a fiberglass buffer tank Smallest size is 22 gallons. This tank is advertised on this page.