After about three years of reading about boilers etc. finally found a great price on EKO40, that is the good part. Original plan add insulated lean to garage for EKO, water storage and some wood storage. Needed a building permit not a problem but needed a land use permit before they would issue building permit. After adding up the cost of permits, insurance and property tax increase we have to make a big change in our plans. UGH. The idea was to save money.
I need your opinion and advice
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Our option comes down to put the boiler and storage in our milk house ( we dairied for over 20 years).. Concrete and insulated the good thing. Our house calls for 65,000 at delta -T at 15 below F. We will have four zones, basement in floor heat, water to air in current LP furnace. hot water ( only two of us ), and the garage which calls for 37,000 BTU at Delta-T at minus 15F water to air exchanger. Garage is usually kept at 40 degrees f 85% of the time.
The underground run will be 238 feet one way with change in elevation of 5 feet up to the house. Other option run 135 ft underground entering the house in the front, with another 48 feet of pipe in the basement, for a total of 183 feet. Then running another underground 38 ft to the garage from the backside of the house. ????????????
Will one inch ID pex handle the heat load at this length? How would one go about sizing pumps and figuring head pressure? With this long of a run would all pumps be better or can I still use zone valves?
Another dumb question being the garage will be last for any heat could I just T off the return line ( using the 238 foot run ) to the boiler instead of having to plumb both lines into and out of the garage area? Or having to run a complete seperate line from the house to the garage.The 238 foot underground line runs beside the garage going to the house.
I have read so much about underground lines I am at a total loss definantly can`t afford $18 to $28 a foot. I am about cluseless at this point of what to use?
Laddomat versus 4 way valve I haven`t decerned which way there for boiler protection?
The more I read the less I know.
Hopefully this all makes sense![shock !!! !!!](/talk/styles/default/xenforo/smileys/shock.gif)
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I need your opinion and advice
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Our option comes down to put the boiler and storage in our milk house ( we dairied for over 20 years).. Concrete and insulated the good thing. Our house calls for 65,000 at delta -T at 15 below F. We will have four zones, basement in floor heat, water to air in current LP furnace. hot water ( only two of us ), and the garage which calls for 37,000 BTU at Delta-T at minus 15F water to air exchanger. Garage is usually kept at 40 degrees f 85% of the time.
The underground run will be 238 feet one way with change in elevation of 5 feet up to the house. Other option run 135 ft underground entering the house in the front, with another 48 feet of pipe in the basement, for a total of 183 feet. Then running another underground 38 ft to the garage from the backside of the house. ????????????
Will one inch ID pex handle the heat load at this length? How would one go about sizing pumps and figuring head pressure? With this long of a run would all pumps be better or can I still use zone valves?
Another dumb question being the garage will be last for any heat could I just T off the return line ( using the 238 foot run ) to the boiler instead of having to plumb both lines into and out of the garage area? Or having to run a complete seperate line from the house to the garage.The 238 foot underground line runs beside the garage going to the house.
I have read so much about underground lines I am at a total loss definantly can`t afford $18 to $28 a foot. I am about cluseless at this point of what to use?
Laddomat versus 4 way valve I haven`t decerned which way there for boiler protection?
The more I read the less I know.
Hopefully this all makes sense
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Thanks