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Hot Water Heating
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We are happy to introduce our Pre-Packaged Solar Hot Water Kit. Designed to heat the hot water for all of your household needs, this system contains all the components to plumb your own hot water system! Each system comes with complete installation instructions, or we can do the install for you!
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- Solar Hot Water Collector (4' x 8') & Rack
- Pumps - 1 for Collectors, 1 for Domestic
- Heat Exchanger - Quad Rod
- Valves, Vents, Expansion Tank
- GL-30 Controller & Sensors
- Complete Instructions
- Crating Fee $150
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64 Gallons/Day
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$1,500
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120 Gallons/Day
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$2,235
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Solar Radiant Heat
With Slab Storage
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Draindown With
Domestic Hot Water
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Instead of using a large tank to store your hot water, this system stores the solar heat in your slab. This reduces the cost of the system and space needed for a large storage tank. The glycol and water mixture is pumped through the collectors and then through your radiant tubing. When the fluid is not hot enough to heat your home, your boiler or instant hot water heater provides necessary extra heat.
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- 8 - 4x8 Solar Collectors with Racks
- Expansion Tank, Air Relief Valve & Temperature Gauges
- GL 30 Controller with Sensors
- Drain & Fill, Ball & Check Valves
- Tempering Valve
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$6,000
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With Domestic Hot water Option
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$6,750
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This system utilizes a large, 400 gallon storage tank to store your heat. The water from the tank is pumped up through the collectors and dumped back down into the tank. At night, the water is "Drained Down" from the collectors to prevent freezing, which means the collectors must be mounted above your tank. When you have used the available heat in your tank, an automatic valve directs the boiler to provide heat to your home. A large copper coil immersed in the tank allows your domestic hot water to be heated. An excellent system that provides back-up storage of heat for cloudy, cold days
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- 8 - 4x8 Solar Collectors with Racks
- 400 Gallon Bolt-together Fiberglass Tank
- GL 30 Controller with Sensors & Pump
- Drain & Fill, Ball, Tempering & Check Valves
- Aquastat & 3 Way Valve
- Temperature & Pressure Gauges
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$7,500
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| Radiant Floors |
Think of a big, low temperature radiator beneath your feet. That's the concept behind radiantly heated floors. Since such a large area is giving off heat, the floor temperature need only be modestly warm to provide comfortable heating. This saves you money on your utilities while providing even heat throughout your space.
We believe radiant is the world’s finest system for heating any interior. Many agree. Each month, thousands of families choose radiant heat for their homes. Your interest doesn't label you a pioneer. In fact, radiant heating is a well established industry which is growing at an amazing rate of over 10% per year.
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| Advantages |
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Silent and Invisible - Radiant heating is not only cozy and consistent, but you have no rumbling furnace, no vents, no ducts or registers, and no chilly draft.
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Warm Floors - Transform those traditionally cool materials such as marble, tile and stone. In bathrooms, your feet can be warm, and so can your shower walls.
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Lower Heating Bills - With energy prices rising daily, your radiant system can pay for itself and reduce your energy bills for the life of your home.
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Flexible Installations - You can now put radiant tubing in a new concrete slab, on top of an existing slab, or on or under a wood sub floor. Run tubing through your walls. Hook radiators for additional heat in colder rooms. The options are limitless.
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| Things to Consider |
Flooring Choices: It is important to understand how flooring affects the effectiveness of your radiant floor heating. Since the heat from the tubing must be transferred through the finished flooring placed on top of it, you want to make sure your system is designed to compensate for the R Value of the floor material. Thin, conductive coverings are an easy choice. Most tile, resilient flooring, decorative concrete, laminate flooring and engineered wood flooring are great choices. If you are using carpet, make sure you use a thin pad, preferably slab rubber. For hardwood floors of wood, bamboo or cork, a floating floor system that “snaps” together provides longer wear with no warping problems. (These floors are not nailed or glued down, but are tongue and groove pieces that snap together an essential “float” over the sub-floor.) .
Heat Loss Calculations: Get an accurate heat loss calculation done to ensure that your system will produce enough BTU's for your home. The R Value of your walls, ceiling, windows, doors, and floors must be taken into account! We can help you with this.
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| How it Works |
Your building is broken down into “zones” controlled by room thermostats. Hot water is pumped through tubes that are in a concrete slab or attached to a wooden floor. When a room needs heating, a zone valve or pump turns on and delivers heat to that “zone”.
Today we have the advantage of modern plastics that make our systems last over 100 years. You can heat the water by either a boiler, a hot water tank, an instant hot water heater or a solar hot water system with some form of back-up.
If your home is powered by alternative energy, radiant heating systems are the most efficient units to heat your home. The small pumps that move the heated water through the tubing use such a small amount of power, it will not affect your electric bill. If you want to be really efficient, heat the water for your floor with a solar hot water system. That's the ultimate!
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Slab On Grade
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Thin Slab On Subfloor
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The technology now makes radiant heat available for just about every situation. You can now put radiant tubing in a new concrete slab, on top of an existing slab or in a wood floor!
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Hanging or Attached Below Subfloor
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Sandwich method On Top of Subfloor
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IPEX introduces K-Tile™
a newly engineered underlayment designed for the radiant floor heating market. |
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Lay interlocking K-Tile on subfloor.
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After snapping aluminum heat transfer plates into grooves, run Pex tubing through channel.
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Easy grooves provided for looping Pex tubing.
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Ready to install flooring!
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12” X 12” K-TILE $2.60
Aluminum Heat Transfer Plates (2’ X 5”) $1.85
(See below for Kitec PEX Tubing prices) |
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Radiant Heating Packages
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These systems are designed to make plumbing your radiant floor system a breeze. With pre-assembled manifolds, you take the manifold out of the box and hang it on the wall. The controls and fittings are simple and easy to wire and assemble. The Taco circulating pumps ensure trouble free operation. The 4 zone system includes 1000’ of 1/2” kitec tubing. The 6 zone includes 1500’ of 3/8”. Allow us to design a system perfect for your home free of charge.
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Pre-Plumbing Manifold
Zone Valves & Controls
Circulation Pumps
Kitec Radiant Tubing
Misc. Adapters & Fittings
Installation Manual
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4 Zone System - $1,975
6 Zone System - $2,350
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Radiant Floor Tubing - Kitec tubing for Radiant Floors is the best in the industry. The cross-linked-polyethylene tube is designed to last a hundred years or more! With UV stabilization and oxygen barrier, you don't have to worry about pipe degradation. Available in 1/2” and 3/8” sizes.
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Kitec Pex Tubing: 1/2” $ 67 per 100 ft.
3/8” $ 45 per 100 ft.
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