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Posted by Ed Pawlowski on October 9, 2009, 6:47 pm
>I am about to replace a 50 year old oil fired water boiler in a 3 BR
> ranch in Virginia Beach, VA. Because natural gas is now available to
> me, I will be using a natural gas fired boiler. Replacement boiler
> will have a tankless coil, and will heat the house through installed
> baseboard radiators
You realize that is not the best system. Tankless coils are very
inefficient compared to an indirect fired water heater ork in the case of
gas, any gas water heater. The tankless coil is a potential source of
heaaches and the cost of operation is considerably higher than other
methods.
> Now there are reasons that I am looking into boilers of the type I
> will name. I do not want the WhizBang 99% efficient model. On the
> other hand, reliablility will be important. My wife could wind up in
> the house by herself, I I would like to leave her with as few problems
> as possible.
I can undwerstand that, but don't leave her with higher operating costs
either. You can get a $1500 tax credit and possibly rebates and 0%
finanicing on Energy Star models. Put that money in the bank for the woman
you love.
If I was buying today, I'd stick with my System 2000 from
www.energykinetics.com but most antything from Crown, Buderus, Peerless, or
Weil-McLain is goiing to be good and reliable. Just get rid of that
tankless coil. With a heat pump it is going to be even more inefficient year
round. Get a plain old gas fired water heater.
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Posted by Van Chocstraw on October 10, 2009, 12:01 pm
starrin wrote:
> I am about to replace a 50 year old oil fired water boiler in a 3 BR
> ranch in Virginia Beach, VA. Because natural gas is now available to
> me, I will be using a natural gas fired boiler. Replacement boiler
> will have a tankless coil, and will heat the house through installed
> baseboard radiators
> Now there are reasons that I am looking into boilers of the type I
> will name. I do not want the WhizBang 99% efficient model. On the
> other hand, reliablility will be important. My wife could wind up in
> the house by herself, I I would like to leave her with as few problems
> as possible. Also, I have a recently installed 16i heatpump, which
> will provide most of the heat, except on those ocasions when the
> outside air gets below 35 and we shift to boiler.
> Local contractors have thus far provided me bids on the Utica MGB
> series, the Columbia EMG series, and the Crown Cayman series. Any
> experience that could qualify or disqualify that particular series
> and/or the manufacturer would be appreciated. Any recommendations of
> similar series by other reliable manufacturers would also help.
> Thanks much
> starrin
Utica makes a nice whizzbang efficient model.
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> ranch in Virginia Beach, VA. Because natural gas is now available to
> me, I will be using a natural gas fired boiler. Replacement boiler
> will have a tankless coil, and will heat the house through installed
> baseboard radiators