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How to Size a Replacement Hydronic Boiler With This Step by Step Load Calculation Guide

Published 15 Sep 2022

Step by step procedures for properly sizing a hot water replacement boiler for homes and small commercial buildings. There is only ONE accepted method for determining the proper size of a replacement hot water boiler: THE HEAT LOSS OF THE BUILDING MUST BE CALCULATED. Mikey Pipes Uncensored: /c/MikeyPipesUncensored Please support this channel and Mikey Pipes and consider the following… UPDATED 09/14/22 Pipe Doctor & Mikey Pipes long sleeve shirts are available in sizes MEDIUM, LARGE, XL & 2XL Minimum donation of $21 is appreciated. Or (2) for $35 delivered within the US. Pipe Doctor FlexFit Embroidered Caps Minimum donation of $37 is appreciated (If you are international - please add a minimum of $25 for postage) Shopping on Amazon? Please use my referral link https://amzn.to/2PjjS4v Sticker Requests: Do you want a sticker to show your support of this channel? Email your request to me! mike@mikeypipes.com Name Address City, State, Zip Consider making a donation of $5.00, or ANY amount, to the postage fund! I literally mail out stickers all over the globe. I've sent stickers to HVAC guys in Afghanistan, New Zealand & all over Europe. PayPal is: office@pipedoc.net Venmo: @PipeDoctor CashApp: $mikeypipesny Want to send a love letter, note or gift? Our mailing address is: Mikey Pipes C/O Pipe Doctor Home Services, Inc. 80 E Hawthorne Ave Valley Stream, NY 11580 Join our team! We are expanding to the great State of South Carolina! Email me: mike@mikeypipes.com your interest. Relocation assistance is available! #mikeypipes #heatloss #replacementboiler how to size hvac system in home boiler sizing heat loss calculations heat loss heat gain calculation

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    @rhysdavis65252 years ago Thanks again mike! Fantastic videos, i' ve learned so much from you, you' re like my second teacher. God bless you and never stop, we' ll always be here! 2
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    @thealexanders78282 years ago This was a great video. I always wanted to know how these values were calculated. I knew of the heat load calc, but i never saw any hvac consultant do one! Thanks for sharing! 1
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    @JohnBaker-vu2hb2 years ago I would like to see how you do a load calc for forced hot air and ac. 4
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    @MexicanDaddy2 years ago Yes mikey we need more educational content like this. 1
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    @bnice122 years ago Eco tec is fantastic, so user/installer friendly. I hope that a mag separator was installed though being as that it was a cast iron to stainless fire tube modcon. 1
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    @asalazar76962 years ago Great video mike thanks, what if u install a combi boiler how much more btus should u add? 1
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    @daanski822 years ago Watching it on this nice thursday morning 07: 01am (amsterdam time)
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    @modestohodesto71402 years ago Great video m pipes. Few questions if the original boiler is 130, 0 btus why is make up air a concern with a boiler with half the btus?
    also most keep up the great content. ...Expand
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    @damionfragoso26552 years ago I' d love to see a different install with the eco-tec.
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    @mitchdenner97432 years ago Crazy eddie was the shit! He was insane!
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    @jeremygrund86232 years ago Mike, im happy to hear you talk about to eco-tec. I have installed 6 so far in the last 2 years. Really have come to love the unit. Piping is very accommodating. L . ...Expand 2
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    @johnnoland42492 years ago Hey, good plumbing is a work of art. It deserves to be shown off. I' ve got a water heater installation i ' m proud to show off!
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    @mikegrabowski20522 years ago Mike how are you designing ashp whole house systems, do you use any software like the mitsubishi diamond builder.
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    @johnwalker8902 years ago Man mike, i really need those cement shoes, man? I got holes in my boots and shoes, and need something better, just kidding, i thought you were going to . ...Expand
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    @pavelspilberg93102 years ago Go Bosh. Make you wife happy with additional closet room.
    Bosh
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    @kennethbubser96012 years ago Got to take windows and door r value. Wall insulation, attic, crawlspace or basement. Which way house faces north, east, west, south etc. Computer program prints it out once you enter all.
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    @Tsikura2 years ago I always wondered one thing with cast iron boilers and multiple zones. If that boiler is not a modulating unit and only the kitchen area calls for heat . ...Expand 1
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    @michaelsannuti2702 years ago Do you do all these calculations as a part of a free estimate?
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    @kennethbubser96012 years ago Called manuel j. By elite. Also does rez check.
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    @desmo87555 months ago Appreciate your thoughtful approach, but it looks like the sizing is based on the available baseboard and radiant capacity, not heat loss of the house. . ...Expand
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    @mikegrabowski20522 years ago Mike what is the going hourly pay rate in your area.
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    @jasondelo43542 years ago So would it be safe to say that its roughly 50 btu per square foot for new construction? Cause thats what i get when i ask google. Im doing a new construction in the north east.
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    @DCHVAC2 years ago You should do a video teaching us how to size for air conditioning.
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    @mikeray40022 years ago Seriously you need to add the lefty lucy righty tighty dinosaur logo somewhere on that shirt i' d buy one if it had it. Lol.
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    @rustyshakleford52302 years ago I' m in upstate new york and i would say probably 80% of the boilers i come across in houses more than 100 years old are oversized or grossly oversized. . ...Expand 2
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    @suckamc32322 years ago Mikey pipes sounding like crazy eddie talking about them shirts.
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    @bnice122 years ago Just because the ecotec comes with 1" taps doesn' t mean you should stick with 1" piping with generously sized headers. Cmon big mike.
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    @BumperFuzzz3572 years ago The manuel j. Not for the faint of heart, but necessary for a jurisdiction having authority!
    and people think its easy being a professional.
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    @leefalvey96702 years ago He could just put a louvered door on that small room and he would have plenty of make up air. Just a thought.
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    @kevinpoore56262 years ago I am a champion i' m number one at least here lol hope y' all had a good day. 1
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    @chuckquinn80262 years ago I could have sworn that i just saw crazy eddie in his garage wow, im tripping!
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    @ItsTheCostanza2 years ago Ted cook would put a snake on it and call it a trane.
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    @bauhnguefyische6672 years ago upside down bladder tank.
    Thats rookie garbage.
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    @Hans_Ham2 years ago Could nobody shut up that super annoying dog!