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Home » Topics » Radiant & Hydronics » The Glitch & The Fix

The Glitch & The Fix
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The Fix - Figure 2

The Glitch + The Fix: High-end DHW issues

May 25, 2022

A technician installs a system to provide domestic hot water to a high end house with several bathrooms. Can you spot at least five details that are incorrect, and recommend how to fix this situation? 


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Combining geothermal heat pumps and radiant

The Glitch & The Fix: Combining geothermal heat pumps and radiant

April 27, 2022
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The Glitch + The Fix: Primary reduction

March 30, 2022

A heating pro is asked to retrofit a pellet-fired boiler to an existing distribution system consisting of older cast iron radiators, iron piping and an oil-fired boiler.


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G&F February 2022 - Glitch

The Glitch + The Fix: Fingers crossed

February 23, 2022

An installer is asked to add a monobloc-style air-to-water heat pump to an existing hydronic system that is supplied by a mod/con boiler.


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The Glitch + The Fix: One shot after another

January 25, 2022

A technician encounters a system installed in the 1980s when radiant floor heating was relatively new in North America.


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Glitch-Fix Seemingly simple

The Glitch & The Fix: Seemingly simple

December 22, 2021

A homeowner hires a heating contractor to upgrade his propane-fired cast-iron boiler to a mod/con boiler. The cast-iron boiler is only 15 years old and in good shape. 


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The Glitch + The Fix: Simpler and better

The Glitch + The Fix: Simpler and better

November 29, 2021

A multiple boiler system using sectional cast-iron boilers has been configured to supply two loads as shown below. A “crossover pipe” is installed in case the flow rate in the primary circuit is different from the flow through the boilers. There are several piping errors in this proposed design. Can you spot at least five of them?


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The Glitch: Secondary Issues

The Glitch & The Fix: Secondary issues

October 26, 2021

Sometimes multiple mistakes show up in small portions of hydronic systems.


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The Glitch & The Fix: Intentions versus results

September 27, 2021

An installer is asked to provide a system that supplies two zones of fin-tube baseboard and two zones of floor heating.


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The Glitch - April

The Glitch & The Fix: Mixed results

April 22, 2021

An installer is asked to connect a single speed geothermal water-to-water heat pump to a highly-zoned low temperature hydronic distribution system.


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