The Taco Differential Bypass Valve maintains a regulated path of flow to prevent velocities that are too high or too low from being pumped through the zones (these zones remain open during reduced demand periods). This eliminates the noise caused from the velocity in standard valves while maintaining the designed heat transfer of each zone, which works to boost the overall system performance. Differential Bypass Valves should also be used to prevent dead heading of the circulator pump in systems where parallel piped heat emitters are controlled by thermostatic radiator valves.
Taco Pumps and Pressure Valves can be found at www.supplyhouse.com
As with any pipe connection, make sure to have straight, clean cuts before attempting to make a fitting. Apply PVC Primer to the hub of the fittings and the end of the pipe. Wait for the primer to dry, then apply PVC Cement to the fitting and glue to the end of the pipe. Push the pipe into the fitting while turning the pipe approximately 1/4 turn. Hold the parts together for a minute or so until the glue has dried. Wipe off the excess glue from around the joint and wait another 2-3 minutes for the connection to dry before putting it to use.
PVC fittings and other plumbing supplies can be found at www.supplyhouse.com
A boiler and a furnace are not actually the same thing. A boiler is used for hydronic heating systems while a furnace is used for hot air systems. If you have a furnace, it means that your heat is through air, and the furnace will heat the air before sending it off to different parts of your home. If you have a boiler, you are using hot water to heat your home. The boiler will store the hot water and then send it through pipes to heat your home.
Boilers & Heaters and Weil Mclain Boilers can be found at www.supplyhouse.com
When sizing a pump for a radiant heat application, you will need to take the loop length of your runs of tubing into consideration. By determining the pressure loss in your system, you can size the correct pump for everything to run smoothly. Other factors that affect pressure loss include types and materials of the other components and the outside temperature and desired inside temperature.
Pumps & Flanges, Taco pumps and other radiant heat supplies can be found at www.supplyhouse.com
Amba Towel Warmers are made to be on all day and night. The units have a built in thermostat and internal thermal cutout, so the unit will cycle itself to an average temperature of 154 ° Fahrenheit. The towel warmers will switch themselves on and off just like a hot water tank. If for any reason one of the units overheats, there is a safety cutout switch and the unit will shut itself off.
Towel Warmers and Amba Towel Warmer can be found at www.supplyhouse.com
There are some common guidelines that people follow when running PEX tubing, one being to keep loop length under 300 feet. While this is a good rule of thumb, it is not always true. If (after finding the Heat Loss Report for your home) you have a heat loss higher than 15 BTU's per square foot, you should keep your loop length under 225 feet. The higher the heat loss, the shorter your loops must be to accommodate for more rapid cooling. The difference in water temperature between the water leaving your pump and the water returning after it has circulated through the loop should be no more than 20 degrees.
PEX Tubing for radiant heat and other Radiant Heat supplies can be found at www.supplyhouse.com
From the Tekmar Catalog- The Tekmar Controller 369 is designed to control the temperature in up to six heating zones using Room Temperature Units (RTUs) or indoor sensors. The 369 zone control allows one stage heating zones, two stage heating zones, or a combination of one stage and two stage heating zones. PID zoning logic allows for staggering and synchronization of multiple zones in order to minimize boiler short cycling. The 369 is capable of operating a single cooling output and can provide automatic or manual heat / cool change over. When the 369 is used with a tekmar Reset or House Control, the 369 provides indoor temperature feedback that automatically adjusts the supply water temperature in order to satisfy the zone with the highest heat load. A large Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) is incorporated in order to view system status and operating information. The LCD and user key pad are used to set the adjustments and to monitor zone running times, outdoor high and low temperatures, minimum zone temperatures, and many other useful items.
Tekmar controllers, and the 369 Tekmar control can be found at www.supplyhouse.com
Tees are named end - end - middle, so a 1" x 1/2" x 1" is 1" on one end, 1/2" on the other end and 1" in the middle. a 1/2" x 1" x 1" tee is exactly the same as a 1" x 1/2" x 1" tee- if you just flip the tee in your hands, the ends will swap.
Copper Fittings and copper tees can be found at www.supplyhouse.com
If you are adding a new toilet (or laundry sink, etc) in a basement below your current sewage line, you will need a sewage pump. Sewage pumps will force the liquids and solids up toward your main line. The further the distance, the more powerful you will need the pump to be (with higher horsepower). The Grundfos sewage pumps also vary based on cord length and voltage.
Little Giant pumps, sewage pumps, and other plumbing pumps can be found at www.supplyhouse.com
Boiler Switching Relays are designed to improve performance in your hot water heating systems by regulating the supply water temperature of a single boiler based on outdoor temperature. The control utilizes a heating curve to set the relationship between outdoor temperature and supply water temperature to provide optimum control and comfort. Thanks to its integral microprocessor, it is able to continuously adjust the boiler differential to avoid boiler short-cycling and large temperature swings. Standard functions include warm weather shut down, minimum boiler supply temperature setting, and a starting water temperature setting.
Boiler Switching Relays, Boilers & Heaters can be found at www.supplyhouse.com
Your boiler (or tankless water heater) might produce water at a higher temperature than what you want flowing to your faucets and fixtures. If this is the case, you will need to install a mixing valve. A mixing valve will take your hot water on one end and take cold water in on another end. A dial is set to the temperature you desire, and the valve will mix the hot with the cold to produce water of that temperature.
Tekmar Mixing Valves, Taco Mixing Valves, and other mixing valves can be found at www.supplyhouse.com
When mounting a thermostat, it is best to place it at chest level. Since heat rises, placing the thermostat too high will make it read a higher temperature than what you feel. If the thermostat is placed too low, it could read too low, raising the heat more than you had planned for and wasting energy. Placing your thermostat at chest level will provide optimal comfort in your home.
White Rodgers Thermostats and Honeywell Thermostats can be found at www.supplyhouse.com
Sharkbite Adapters have one end with a SharkBite connection and the other end with pipe threads. A Pipe to Female Pipe Thread Connector (example: U072) has female threads and will thus connect to a male pipe fitting while a Pipe to Male Pipe Thread Connector (example: U120LF) has male threads and will connect to a female pipe fitting. Put simply, an adapter with female in the name has threads on the inside while an adapter with male in the name has threads on the outside. To make a connection, you will need one of each of these adapters.
SharkBite Fittings can be found at www.supplyhouse.com
