eoren1
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Forgive the newbie question but would really appreciate thoughts from those with far more expertise than me (homeowner).
We purchased our home in Massachusetts in 2010 and, as part of the renovations, installed a Lochinvar Knight boiler and Lochinvar Squire 52 gallon indirect water heater. We have 3 zones of baseboard heating in the house (though one zone is basement which almost never turns on).
With a now 11 year old girl and 13 year old boy and everyone taking showers/baths at the same time each night, we are running out of hot water not infrequently. We have two bathrooms - girl and wife prefer baths; boy takes 20+ minute showers...
I figured my options are to either get a larger indirect water heater or a tankless system. I am favoring the latter to also minimize or eliminate the risks of the water tank giving out and causing a flood.
The tankless system I was looking at was the Rinnai RUR98iN. I checked and cold water temp right now is 47F so I figured I would need that systems 5 gpm for 75 degree change plus the recirculator option to be able to sustain good volumes of hot water.
So my questions are:
1. With the Lochinvar Squire installed in Nov 2010, am I approaching its end-of-life? I thought all water tanks were good for about 10 years.
2. Would a tankless system be a good option for us and can it be used with my current setup? In other words, does the Lochinvar Knight continue to heat the house (even without the indirect water tank) and the Rinnai takes over for hot water duties? [told you I'm a complete newbie]
Appreciate any and all input regarding the above and other options I maybe should consider.
Thanks!
We purchased our home in Massachusetts in 2010 and, as part of the renovations, installed a Lochinvar Knight boiler and Lochinvar Squire 52 gallon indirect water heater. We have 3 zones of baseboard heating in the house (though one zone is basement which almost never turns on).
With a now 11 year old girl and 13 year old boy and everyone taking showers/baths at the same time each night, we are running out of hot water not infrequently. We have two bathrooms - girl and wife prefer baths; boy takes 20+ minute showers...
I figured my options are to either get a larger indirect water heater or a tankless system. I am favoring the latter to also minimize or eliminate the risks of the water tank giving out and causing a flood.
The tankless system I was looking at was the Rinnai RUR98iN. I checked and cold water temp right now is 47F so I figured I would need that systems 5 gpm for 75 degree change plus the recirculator option to be able to sustain good volumes of hot water.
So my questions are:
1. With the Lochinvar Squire installed in Nov 2010, am I approaching its end-of-life? I thought all water tanks were good for about 10 years.
2. Would a tankless system be a good option for us and can it be used with my current setup? In other words, does the Lochinvar Knight continue to heat the house (even without the indirect water tank) and the Rinnai takes over for hot water duties? [told you I'm a complete newbie]
Appreciate any and all input regarding the above and other options I maybe should consider.
Thanks!