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I would look at a high efficiency tank, such as a vertex, instead of a combi boiler. The reason is that at 600ft2 you will have a very low heat loss and it is probably below the minimum fire rate for...

Wow, I am surprised to see this thread go on so long, without a lot of movement from the first few pages. Anyway, while the regs can be complicated the idea is simple......A boiler runs at a specific...

Young dude and Mr Hall, There is a low pressure steam line in downtown Toronto that feeds a lot of buildings and they don't accept their condensate back. One of them is HUGE church where we took the...

Co-generation needs a flame and heat. some systems don't need steam but most do. There are small household systems that will supply hot water for the house and make some electrical power at the same...

Young feller. Not only is water heating still going strong but it is getting stronger. Floor heating and fancy European radiators have given it new life. So has state of the art boilers, that don't...

It was working well and I can understand that it didn't fit into the show script as the WHOLE house was basically a disaster and the home owners were probable overwhelmed by the free reno. My system...

Well, I finally checked out the show and they didn't even mention the solar but my piping was still there. The producers didn't want to talk to me about paying for a re-install or where the extra...

Whats Rommy gonna do, strap it to the top of his car and drive away on holidays?

Have you used many Alpha pumps? How do you like them?

For my dad I made an urn in the shape of a cross which was fitting as he was a minister. For my dad in law, it will be in the shape of a lectern as he was a prof. It is just a matter of time before...

Sorry dude, not working much due to the passing of my father in law.....checking out Mikes handy work will have to wait a bit.

A 25kw system could produce an average of 30,000kwh annually where i am in Ontario and at $.10/kwh is $3000 annually. I suspect you would be within 10% of that production figure so it is win win.
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Well I've not been on this thread for a while and finally after 3 months in palliative care, my father in law has passed on. What started in the kidney slowly migrated everywhere else. what is...

One of the big issues with solar, or any technology that needs some market incentive to get people to choose it, is that it is an upfront cost. If you don't have the disposable money to spend on it,...

So....I went over to the house and the owners were not home. In the back yard was my tank with the HX on it and the pump and flow meter was gone, control was still there though. These guys were nuts....

Individualism sometimes can go a bit far. Sometimes things, like mandatory composting, should be ......well.....mandatory

Totally agree....most things you can burn for energy can be put to many many more uses, especially compostables. Better to compost it, grab the methane and spread the rest on the fields than the...

Stay tuned.....the home owner has been busy so I think I will get over there tomorrow.

I was wondering that myself.....

Meanwhile, Alberta ranchers are complaining about water problems, poisoned wells from sour gas, and the lowest water table in memory (mind you, that is happening all over the North American mid west).

Well, I was born and raised in Nova Scotia in a town with a an aging steel mill and defunct coal mines so I don't have either an Ontario or Toronto centric opinion. I have a clean air issue and if...

BTW, for many more years, Ontario paid Alberta for the same reason, and many other provinces.

For the entire history of Canada, we had the right to put our canoe in ANY river and go where we want. Guess what......our esteemed PM took that right away years ago....all in a bid to prevent...

So do other sources of power and they don't have to be so bad for the lungs

What's that comp you were working on? It looks liquid injected

What's that comp you were working on? It looks liquid injected

I don't think Mike Holmes has ever heard about the "limits of combustion". I doubt you will ever see 4% gas/ air ratio in free outside air let alone 14% from a 100Mbtu furnace

I would love to debate this with you but you have no knowledge so I would get bored quickly.

I will just say that you can then get rid of the NUC industry because it is heavily subsidized, you can...

What increase in power rates would you find acceptable to help build an industry AND get rid of coal (which is two of the goals)?

My neighbours were involved in that show in the beginning and they shook their heads at it. Seems he is pissing off a lot of people and they expect his bubble to burst.

Gas reg.....just extend the...

He is arrogant and was so the couple of times I met him years ago. I know some of the guys that worked with him in the early years and they do good work but I haven't bothered to watch him for the...

Mike won't but the home owner did and it was working fine. I have no idea what he will say when the show comes out, if anything. I should send Mikey a bill for replacing it.

Just heard from the home owner so I haven't had a chance to see it yet. Seems he was doing a whole house reno and just ripped out the tank and piping and stuck it on the lawn........grrrrrrrr.....

Start with hydronic floor heat, then keep the vinyls and formaldehydes out of the materials. Watch out for wood resins in some trim wood (pine is bad, hemlock is good). Use real linoleum for flooring...

I have 4kw on my roof and happy for it. It's a tiny bit but every tiny bit counts, and it is as democratic as you can get.

Is your inspector employed by the state?

The people inspecting resi boilers are contractors that the utility chooses and usually that means a lower rank dude as they don't get much money for the inspection. Sometimes they catch the lack of...

I hope it is well insulated. Otherwise it is a big radiator.

Thats one big low loss header......

If they would bring over the turbo-diesel and a standard tranny (like 95% of them in Europe), I would be interested but with the current setup

Yea, officially the pressure switch in the boiler is not recognized as a LWCO. We are supposed to put it above the boiler but an autovent is not required there. Where it is put depends on the system...

We have to use the stuff called 636 from IPEX. It may be a load of BS but that's the code here. Viessmann had trouble with the PP venting they had available for a while too. It seems they had to...

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Nice, what is that control?

I hate OSB as well.

Got a link?

I like VW 1 ton trucks AND I don't like haggis.......so there:angel::cheers:

And I like both my 1250 and my AK900

Firefox, tried logging off and on again, still haven't see the button. Weird.

Which part of my statement do you not believe?

Ask anyone in Europe if their environment hasn't changed? Very few will deny it.

and yes, cooling is not standard there because NO ONE has forced...

can't find the "keep me logged on button". Location must have changed.

That's is why Ontario states a minimum amount of Ontario content if you want a FIT contract. No point in doing it is there is no net benefit to the citizens. Manufacturing here increased.