St. Pauls, N.C.—Recently, members of the trade press were greeted by Watts Water Technologies executives for an exclusive tour of the company’s new Watts Works Learning Center. At the new, 3,000-sq.-ft. learning center, customers, channel partners, sales representatives, employees and other visitors can obtain hands-on and classroom training for a wide range of Watts products Read more
Radiant
While PEX has been used for more than 40 years in radiant heating applications, it’s now getting more traction in commercial hydronic heating and cooling applications as well. Contractors and engineers are beginning to spec and install PEX for distribution piping to various terminal units, such as fan coils, reheat coils, heat pumps, baseboard radiators Read more
https://youtu.be/DC9_nOtt0qc Mechanical Hub ProStaff team member Andy Mickelson chats with Malcolm McDuff about the Cross Hydronic Manifold system. It is a plug and play installation for radiant & hydronic applications; a complete manifold system with ball valves, temp gauges, bleed valves, fittings, control and power supply. The manifolds are available in 5 circuit configurations — Read more
MrPEX® Composite Radiant Manifold is made from a durable high performance glass filled plastic designed to withstand high temperature and pressure. The manifold exceeds the oxygen diffusion standard NID 4726 and is completely corrosion resistant. The manifold comes partially assembled as a complete kit. Kit Includes: A complete supply body with positive shut-off balancing flow-meters, thermometer Read more
I recently installed my first Lochinvar Noble combi-boiler, it was a replacement upgrade from a failed dual purpose tank heater supplying heat to both garage and basement radiant floors. This model was the 199K Btu running on natural gas, vented in 3″ (factory outlet size on boiler) with a rating of 95% AFUE. Lochinvar specs Read more