Hi,
I am in the process of installing a wood pellet boiler in my shop that will heat my house and shop. I have just started looking for heat exchangers (water to air) on ebay and I need to know what size of heat exchanger I need for my system.
I will give you a bunch of information (some of the info probably won't be any use to you, but I'll include it anyways, just in case!) and I hope you can help me with some questions...
-The pellet boiler is a Woodpecker 25kW (which, I think translates to approximately 85360 BTU's??? Is that correct?)
-I have a 600 gallon insulated stainless steel storage tank that will store water in the shop (but I can add more water storage if necessary).
-I have a new electric water heater for the house, and will be getting some additional water storage containers for the house soon.
-We've installed about 110 feet of Pex tubing from the shop to the house.
-The pellet boiler is going to be used to heat my domestic hot water, forced air heating, the in-floor radiant heating in the kitchen, a hot tub (inside the house), a 16' x 24' pool, and the shop.
-I would like to run central air in the summer as well
-The shop is an insulated steel building, 40 x 50, but it won't be heated above 60 degrees.
- The house is 2500 sq feet (not counting the basement of course).
-One and 1/2 storey 1857 log cabin.
-New roof and spray insulation
-Windows need to be replaced, so I currently lose a lot of heat there
-The duct work might need some additions, and more return air ducts added
I assume that I need two heat exchangers- one for the shop and one for the house?
What size would you recommend for each building?
I want to be WARM!! I live in the snowbelt in Ontario, Canada and we have brutal winters, so I want to make sure that whatever I use in the heating system is going to be large enough to make sure I stay warm
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Any help or information you can give me would really be appreciated!
Thanks.
Patti
I am in the process of installing a wood pellet boiler in my shop that will heat my house and shop. I have just started looking for heat exchangers (water to air) on ebay and I need to know what size of heat exchanger I need for my system.
I will give you a bunch of information (some of the info probably won't be any use to you, but I'll include it anyways, just in case!) and I hope you can help me with some questions...
-The pellet boiler is a Woodpecker 25kW (which, I think translates to approximately 85360 BTU's??? Is that correct?)
-I have a 600 gallon insulated stainless steel storage tank that will store water in the shop (but I can add more water storage if necessary).
-I have a new electric water heater for the house, and will be getting some additional water storage containers for the house soon.
-We've installed about 110 feet of Pex tubing from the shop to the house.
-The pellet boiler is going to be used to heat my domestic hot water, forced air heating, the in-floor radiant heating in the kitchen, a hot tub (inside the house), a 16' x 24' pool, and the shop.
-I would like to run central air in the summer as well
-The shop is an insulated steel building, 40 x 50, but it won't be heated above 60 degrees.
- The house is 2500 sq feet (not counting the basement of course).
-One and 1/2 storey 1857 log cabin.
-New roof and spray insulation
-Windows need to be replaced, so I currently lose a lot of heat there
-The duct work might need some additions, and more return air ducts added
I assume that I need two heat exchangers- one for the shop and one for the house?
What size would you recommend for each building?
I want to be WARM!! I live in the snowbelt in Ontario, Canada and we have brutal winters, so I want to make sure that whatever I use in the heating system is going to be large enough to make sure I stay warm
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Any help or information you can give me would really be appreciated!
Thanks.
Patti