I recently installed my first Lochinvar Noble combi-boiler, it was a replacement upgrade from a failed dual purpose tank heater supplying heat to both garage and basement radiant floors. This model was the 199K Btu running on natural gas, vented in 3″ (factory outlet size on boiler) with a rating of 95% AFUE. Lochinvar specs Read more
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Job Scope: Remote lake home with hydronics ceilings & panel radiators Dual-fuel system (Electric boiler w/ High efficiency back-up) Septic waste system for onsite waste removal The majority of new or replacement heating system installations include high efficiency condensing appliances. The condensate is produced as a product of the appliance operation; in this case the Read more
Job Scope: Remote lake home with hydronics ceilings & panel radiators Dual-fuel system (Electric boiler w/ High efficiency back-up) Not directly connected to water supply for system fill/maintenance Not all hydronics systems [or solar thermal systems] are connected to a water supply for filling and maintenance. In the case of our family’s lake home in Read more
I recently started up the heating system for our family’s cabin in Northern Minnesota. Yeah, recent as in a couple weeks ago when our heating systems were still needed overnight and even some days. The heating system is a hybrid of panel radiators and radiant ceilings with a few feet of baseboard in the mix Read more
Mod/Con goes 10 years without service The middle of July might not be the most common time of the year to perform annual boiler services but a recent “no hot water” service call had me scrambling for parts and time in the schedule to hopefully erase What turned out to be over ten years of Read more