AlexanderNY
New Member
Situation:
1800Sf, 1920 2 story Colonial house located in Westchester NY,
insulated attic (R20), new windows.
3 heating zones, the largest zone uses cast iron radiators,
the two smaller zones are using the fine tube baseboards.
Current heating: 25 year old oil burner.
I am interested to convert over to gas.
A contractor friend recommended the TiangleTube Prestige Trimax Excellence PTE 110.
This is a high efficiency combi condensing boiler with a 14 gallons build in water thank for domestic
hot water.
So far, we received several estimates but none of the contractors
performed an actual load analysis.
At best, an estimate for the output of the radiators was done and it
came in at 80K BTU's.
Questions:
- If we need a heat load analysis, where do we find a good contractor to do
that? None of the 7 heating companies or plumbers that came out so far
even mentioned a heat load analysis.
- Do we need to be concerned about the temperature of the return water
given that two of the heating zones are using fine tube baseboards.
- How do we figure out if the TriangleTube Prestige Trimax Excellence PTE 110
(which has output of 86K BTU's) is properly sized for this application?
- Given that part of the radiator are the thin fin baseboard type, Is installing a high efficiency
condensing boiler a waste of money?
Regards,
Alexander.
1800Sf, 1920 2 story Colonial house located in Westchester NY,
insulated attic (R20), new windows.
3 heating zones, the largest zone uses cast iron radiators,
the two smaller zones are using the fine tube baseboards.
Current heating: 25 year old oil burner.
I am interested to convert over to gas.
A contractor friend recommended the TiangleTube Prestige Trimax Excellence PTE 110.
This is a high efficiency combi condensing boiler with a 14 gallons build in water thank for domestic
hot water.
So far, we received several estimates but none of the contractors
performed an actual load analysis.
At best, an estimate for the output of the radiators was done and it
came in at 80K BTU's.
Questions:
- If we need a heat load analysis, where do we find a good contractor to do
that? None of the 7 heating companies or plumbers that came out so far
even mentioned a heat load analysis.
- Do we need to be concerned about the temperature of the return water
given that two of the heating zones are using fine tube baseboards.
- How do we figure out if the TriangleTube Prestige Trimax Excellence PTE 110
(which has output of 86K BTU's) is properly sized for this application?
- Given that part of the radiator are the thin fin baseboard type, Is installing a high efficiency
condensing boiler a waste of money?
Regards,
Alexander.