RadiantHeat

see also HeatingInfo and PlasticPipe

Casa de las Mariposas has hydronic baseboard heating with the following components: ([pic])

• Wirsbo pex fittings to brass manifolds with electrically actuated ZoneValves
• Wirsbo thermostats
• Watts potable water expansion tank Model DET-5-M1 A (blue single-port, as opposed to an [ILT])
• Munchkin boiler 80 MLPHA (80,000 BTU/hr.)
• Grundfos pumps: type UP 15-42F (ferrous cast iron)
• storage tank with built-in heat exchanger

Potable water is plumbed with Vanguard "vana-pex" with no manifold in sight. Leads me to believe that it is either plumbed in a traditional topology, or else is behind the hot water tank.

Orchard house ideas:

• "TANKIT" small project system: http://www.radiantdirect.com/page18.html
• Hydronic Radiant Floor Systems http://oikos.com/products/category2.lasso?cat=684
• WarmBoard (structural) or ThermalBoard (underlayment)
• FlatPlate HX http://www.flatplate.com/hydpdf1.htm
• http://www.superhvac.com/radiant.htm
• http://www.houseneeds.com/shop/HeatingProducts/RadiantHeating/RadiantInstallationOptions.htm
• http://www.heatinghelp.com/
  • http://www.heatinghelp.com/shopcart/product.cfm?category=2
    • http://www.heatinghelp.com/shopcart/product.cfm?category=2-2
    • http://www.heatinghelp.com/shopcart/product.cfm?category=2-19
• EasyFloor from http://www.florheat.com/