Office Building

Alan(CaliforniaRadiant)Forbes

Just finishing up an office building in Berkeley I showed pictures of before with Runtal radiators in the office spaces and radiant in the downstairs workshop; the owner makes and repairs harpsichords.

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Alan(CaliforniaRadiant)Forbes

The owners didn't want the radiators sticking out past the sheetock because they wanted to push the legs of the work desks all the way up to the wall.

The contractor framed in these recesses; we had to tell him we needed 3-4" above and below the radiators for good air flow otherwise the radiators will not covect properly.

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Alan(CaliforniaRadiant)Forbes

Radiant

in the workshop where the ceilings are 25' high.


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hydronicsmike

Nice Alan!!

Good to see you're busy.

Alan(CaliforniaRadiant)Forbes

All heated

by a Rinnai water heater; the owners were driven to find an inexpensive heat source and the Rinnai fit the bill. I had to explain to them that operating costs would be more expensive than with a condensing boiler. Also, the high head pump would be expensive to run.

hydronicsmike: Nice to hear from you. Unfortunately, there's no tekmar on this job; not even one of your wonderful 511 thermostats although we are using them more and more on our other jobs. Keep well.

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ScottMP

Really nice

Alan very nicely laid out. How are the Runtals connected ?

That looks like some nice rough work to have them come out so neat. I really like the recessed panels.

A Vitodens would have been sweet.

Scott

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hydronicsmike

Alan...

...It doesn't matter. I still like you just as much

Its always good to hear from you.

Alan(CaliforniaRadiant)Forbes

Ballofix

makes a nice connector w/ isolation valves; available in angle or straight pattern, ½" or ¾". Piping is ½" PEX, 2-pipe direct return.

Thanks for the nice words, Scott. I saw the pictures you posted on your Runtal job; they looked excellent. How do you connect yours?

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Alan(CaliforniaRadiant)Forbes

Before sheetrock

Rehau makes an Everlok x FIP adaptor that's ideal for radiator piping. You just have to make sure you set the depth of the adaptor correctly so that you can use a standard, store bought nipple; you don't want to end up between sizes.

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ScottMP

oventrop

makes a nice shutoff/union ell, but the finish is not as nice a chrome as yours. We directly connected ours with copper, seems to me a union would be a better applicaton.

Alan who does the finish plastering around the valve ?

By the way we have Runtal trim panels for the ones we installed, we just had'nt put them on yet.

Scott

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Mark Hunt

Alan


What a beautiful installation!

What more can I say?

Mark H

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