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Hello , I came across your forum , spent hours to search for an answer and even if I found a tone of useful info .. I still have questions.
Please help :
I just purchased a house - the house had oil and hot water baseboard radiators. In the same day when I had the closing - someone steal all the cooper ( including cold and water feed and all baseboards ) ... I was planning to replace the baseboard radiator no matter what - however now I am forced to do a lot of plumbing..
I am trying to be as efficient as possible - however I am not sure what is the best ( most efficient ) option for me at this point . Here is some data
1) House is in Philadelphia area; split level , 2,000 SF , 4 bedrooms 3 bathrooms.
2) I do NOT have gas.
3 ) I have an oil tank but no furnance
4 ) I have AC unit in the attic ( duct's already in place )
My thoughts are :
1) Hot water heated floor on the 1st level ( open floor plan - kitchen , dinning living room - with access from basement )
2) Radiators ( buderus panel radiator ) in each of the other rooms 3 bedrooms on the second floor and two bathrooms , plus a master bedroom and a bathroom in attic .
My questions are :
1) What I should use to heat the water?
I do not have a furnance right now
A furnance ? a boiler , ? a water tank ?
Same system to heat the house and for domestic or two systems ?
What brands ? what size ?
2) How I can calculate how big each radiator should be ?
3) The heated floor in the 1st floor will be enough ? how I can figure out the BTU output from a PEX system
I am a terrific DIY if I have the correct instructions,
Can someone help me out ? It is anyway to find someone who can tell me exactly what I should do and what I should use ?
Excuse my GRAM , english is my second language !!
And THANK YOU in advance
Please help :
I just purchased a house - the house had oil and hot water baseboard radiators. In the same day when I had the closing - someone steal all the cooper ( including cold and water feed and all baseboards ) ... I was planning to replace the baseboard radiator no matter what - however now I am forced to do a lot of plumbing..
I am trying to be as efficient as possible - however I am not sure what is the best ( most efficient ) option for me at this point . Here is some data
1) House is in Philadelphia area; split level , 2,000 SF , 4 bedrooms 3 bathrooms.
2) I do NOT have gas.
3 ) I have an oil tank but no furnance
4 ) I have AC unit in the attic ( duct's already in place )
My thoughts are :
1) Hot water heated floor on the 1st level ( open floor plan - kitchen , dinning living room - with access from basement )
2) Radiators ( buderus panel radiator ) in each of the other rooms 3 bedrooms on the second floor and two bathrooms , plus a master bedroom and a bathroom in attic .
My questions are :
1) What I should use to heat the water?
I do not have a furnance right now
A furnance ? a boiler , ? a water tank ?
Same system to heat the house and for domestic or two systems ?
What brands ? what size ?
2) How I can calculate how big each radiator should be ?
3) The heated floor in the 1st floor will be enough ? how I can figure out the BTU output from a PEX system
I am a terrific DIY if I have the correct instructions,
Can someone help me out ? It is anyway to find someone who can tell me exactly what I should do and what I should use ?
Excuse my GRAM , english is my second language !!
And THANK YOU in advance