DESIGN OPINION

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THE PROJECT IS BASICALLY TWO 5 STORY APARTMENT BUILDINGS BEING RENOVATED AND MERGED TO BECOME A SINGLE APARTMENT BUILDING OF APROXIMATELY 12000 SQUARE FEET.{11 APARTMENTS} AFTER A WALK THROUGH, IT APPREARS FAIRLY DIFFICULT TO GET LINES AROUND THE BUILDING, MAINLY BACK TO THE AREA IN THE BASEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DESIGNATED THE MECHANICAL ROOM. THE REASON FOR THIS IS BECAUSE CERTAIN AREAS OF THE BUILDING WERE NOT COMPLETELY GUTTED AND THE PARTY WALL BETWEEN THE TWO ORIGINAL STRUCTURES IS STILL PRESENT AND WILL REMAIN, (APPEARS TO BE ABOUT A FOOT OF STRUCTURAL BRICK) ALSO THE NEW APARTMENT LAYOUTS ARE SOMEWHAT SCATTERED(ONE APARTMENT MAY CONSIST OF SPACE ON 3 SEPERATE FLOORS AND ON SEPERATE SIDES OF THE PARTY WALL). THE ACTUALL RADIATION, SOME FORM OF STAND UP RADIATORS HAS BEEN SIZED AND SPECED FROM A PLUMBING SUPPLY HOUSE AND WILL BE SUPPLIED BY GENERAL CONTRACTOR. I HAVE ABSOLUTLEY NO CONFIDENCE WHATSOEVER IN THE SUPPLY HOUSE SPECED AMOUNT OF RADIATION BUT AS LONG AS IT IS NOT SMALLER IN BTU'S THAN WHAT I COME UP WITH IN MY OWN HEATLOSS I WILL USE IT WITHOUT A FIGHT. THIS IS WHAT I PLAN ON DOING: TWO OR THREE SEPERATE TWO PIPE SYSTEMS SERVING DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE BUILDING REGARDLESS OF HOW MANY DIFFERENT APARTMENTS THEY MAY SERVE, THEN USE SOMEKIND OF NON-ELECTRIC THERMOSTATIC RADIATOR VALVE PER EACH INDIVIDUAL ROOM (NOT EACH RADIATOR) WHICH WOULD BE ITS OWN SECONDARY LOOP OFF TWO PIPE SYSTEM. I THINK THIS SETUP WILL WORK WELL, ALLOWING ME TO USE MINIMAL SUPPLY AND RETURN LINES TO THE ACTUAL MECHANICAL ROOM WHILE STILL GIVING TENANTS CONTROL OVER INDIVIDUAL ROOM HEATING. ALL OPINIONS ARE APPRECIATED, AS THIS IS NOT MY AVERAGE JOB (MOST OF OUR WORK IS SMALLER RESIDENTIAL).

jim lockard

ok

we hear you but lose the cap's

Bill_14

Wow

this is hard to read!!

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