High Efficiency Hydronic
Water Heating & Cooling.
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Providing Comfort-Energy Savings-Ease of Use & High Quality System's!
Applications Including
Residential & Commercial
Master Plumber License - MP 00600122
Plumbing Contractors License
PC 0003438
Mastering Hydronic System Design
2520 Copper Ridge Dr. Unit C-5
Steamboat Springs, CO 80487
HOURS: M-F 7:00 AM-5:30 PM
Phone: +1-970-846-1776
Email: snowstorm5150@hotmail.com
Service fee of $98.00 applies to all service inspections; the fee is waved if our service contract is accepted.
The primary factor that makes Hydronic heating more efficient then the rest is the specific heat of water vs. air.
Water is 4 time's greater then air at conveying energy.
Hydronic hot water heating system's are 40%+ more efficient than a forced air heating system except for a hot water fan coil system.
Electric and Propane cost more to operate by 65%+ compared to a natural gas system's.
If your in the country and don't have access to natural gas then a hybrid system would be most beneficial by utilizing either a electric heat pump, air to water or a wood pellet boiler or a solar thermal system and a propane boiler or other type of staged / back up system.
In areas that have access to Natural Gas a Boiler and a Solar Thermal system for domestic hot water generation to help off set fossil fuel emissions raw energy consumption and or to lower your utility bill's.
With Low Temp Radiant system's you can add another 20%+ on top of 40%.
Low temp radiant heating system's are the most efficient type of heating system available on the face of the planet.
A Modern wood pellet Boiler @ $200.00 a ton cost less then electricity or propane to operate but we exploited are natural energy resources by exporting hundred's of million's of ton's across the Atlantic and beyond for penny's on the dollar and so now a ton cost $350+ which a Hydronic pellet boiler is still competitive at that price with electricity or propane far as operational cost, It would have paid for itself easy if you would have invested in one a decade ago and about half of your entire radiant heating system, a wood pellet boiler is about even with a air to water heat pump @ 130% efficiency far as operational cost annually even @ $350+ a ton. Hybrid combination hydronic heat source system's that incorporate multiple heat source like a Wood pellet boiler, Solar Thermal, Heat pump's, and fossil fuel Boiler's for back up can optimize the energy and carbon foot print. Hybrid systems have many benefits and are easy to integrate into a hydronic heating & cooling system.
In Routt county Natural Gas heating cost a 1/3 of Electricity.
In the county propane @ $2.36 @ 80% Seasonal efficiency - $2.63 @ 90% Seasonal efficiency max a gallon cost the same as electricity not including monthly service fee and or annual propane delivery fee tank rental or initial propane system investment.
@ $2.63 + propane and you might want to think about integrating a air to water heat pump or a wood pellet boiler for low temperature Radiant / Hydronic heating system's, the combination of a air to water heat pump or pellet boiler and a propane boiler will reduce you energy cost enough to pay for the original instillation over course of its life at a minimum and have a reduced carbon foot print compared most other types of system's including just a propane boiler or electric resistance.
Then the over all operational cost varies depending on the type of heating system and certain variable's
like appliance efficiency, heat loss, air vs. water, etc.
In the End Water wins every time after you do the math @ conserving energy and reducing emissions.
New innovation in Hydrogen Burner Technology is on its way, which some day might lead to modulating condensing boiler's that generate ZERO CO & CO2 emissions.
