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Boiler Tales and Other Hydronic Applications
From residential to commercial to futuristic, these wet heat applications provide a quick look at what contractors are specifying for some of their boiler customers. The first application is in a ranch-style home built in the 1950s. The second spotlights a smart condensing-boiler system for Walgreens. The third application finds the contractor on an old movie set installing a hydronic system complete with a command center. What more could a hydronics professional ask for?
When Jim Blake renovated his 1958 Capanelli-style ranch home in Danvers, Mass., he had a wall-mounted Rinnai condensing-gas boiler in-stalled. The new boiler, a Rinnai Q Series, had a 96.5 AFUE rating, which, according to Blake, helped lead to a significant reduction in fuel bills.