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Posted by jamesgangnc on November 8, 2006, 9:52 am
I suspect that any solution will be an expensive and difficult one.
Gas forced air will need to vent the exhaust and run duct work. Gas
fired hot water might be adaptable to the existing rediators. But you
still need to vent the exhaust. Any solution is going to be thousands
per unit so that 28 times that. It will take you quite a while to
recoop. Do you expect to be able to continue to charge the same rent
even though heat is no longer included? If so then your rental rates
are not competitive and you probably would be better off just raising
the rent and doing what you can to make the existing system as
efficient as possible.
John wrote:
> I'm new to this - never posted a message to a group before - but I am
> hoping for some helpful advice. I have a 23 unit apartment building in
> Michigan that currently has a central steam boiler w/radiators heat
> system. It's expensive, inefficient, and since I pay for it tenants
> don't have much incentive to keep heating costs down. Basically, I
> would like to replace this system with individual units in each apt.
> which the tenant would pay for. Each apartment currently has 60 amp
> electrical service and cooking gas service (3/4" line, I believe) that
> the tenant is billed directly for from the utility company. The city
> inspectors want a heat source in each room of the apartment, I believe,
> and the building is entirely concrete & brick construction (the only
> wood in the building are the doors - it is used, rightfully so, as a
> bomb shelter for the area). -- Any suggestions??? Thanks
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