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3 estimates for new boiler/Indirect hot water system, which one?

Brian McIntosh
Brian McIntosh Member Posts: 14
in THE MAIN WALL
recommendations. I'm confused.
Real general description of use:
House: 2300 sq. ft.
Pool: 15 x 30 8ft deep, will have heat exchanger to heat during summer.

3 systems recommended:
Biasi B-10 with (Riello burner) Top-Performer indirect and (not sure of) heat exchanger
Buderus B215 (Carlin or Riello burner) with Buderus indirect hot-water and MAXI-FLOW heat exchanger
Peerless WBV-04 (Carlin or Riello burner) with Phase III indirect hot-water and E-ZEE flow heat exchanger
Thanks for any and all advice!!
-Brian

Comments

  • Big Ed
    Big Ed Member Posts: 1,117
    My Pick

    The Buderus even though I would use them all ,Just recheck the heat load .See your going into the 200 series ... How fast do you want to heat the pool up would be a question? What's the heat load of the house,the hot water and the pool would be some others ?
  • Ken_40
    Ken_40 Member Posts: 1,320
    Forget the \"brands,\"

    Did they all do heat-loss calcs.?

    I so, you're in the cat/bird seat. If not, get another estimate and don't let any of them touch your system, or your wallet...
  • Brian McIntosh
    Brian McIntosh Member Posts: 14


    Not one of them!

    I did mention that to the guy who would install the Buderus or the Peerless and he seemed to think he knew based on the size of the house (also I think the pool equation kind of throws eerything off).

    Forget the "brands" - Everyone seems to have their favorite, what's yours?
  • D107
    D107 Member Posts: 1,906
    just as a comparison 2200 sq ft home in LI

    has a heat loss --done by a pro-- of 47KBTU, so we're going with a Buderus G-115/21 which fires at 84K BTU and has 64K Net output. Still too large but there's nothing smaller--goes with a Buderus ST-150 indirect tank.

    David
  • heatboy
    heatboy Member Posts: 1,468
    Ya' know...........

    You will need at least 250MBH to heat the pool...........slowly. Seems a tad bit big for your home.

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  • jim_57
    jim_57 Member Posts: 41
    Most of the

    pool heating demand is in the spring for initial warmup. Even with a small boiler, if you also use a solar cover to increase solar gain and reduce night time evaporation, that 64000 boiler has the potential to raise the pool temp by 11º in a 24 day. You will lose some at night but you'll see a decent increase in a few days. Once a pool is warmed, the boiler won't run much to maintain it. Generally the pool heating season fits nicely between the end and start of the home heating season.
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