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Australian Hydronic Supplies
10 Frankston Gardens Drive
Carrum Downs, Victoria,
Australia 3201
6.0 Selecting a heat source
The choice of heat source for
Tiemme
floor heating is almost unlimited requiring only a flow and
temperature controlled water flow. The possibilities include; geothermal, gas-fired boilers, electric
boilers, wood-fired boilers and heat pumps. Of these, the gas-fired boiler is the most common.
Gas boilers
These can be categorised as the following:
TYPE D
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Condensing boilers
. These boilers offer
the highest efficiency and are ideal for the
low water temperatures required by the
Tiemme
floor heating system. This type of
gas boiler is easy to plumb and control and
is highly recommended
TYPE B
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Cast iron boiler
. Long lasting simple control
system easy to plumb and control
TYPE A
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Storage boiler.
Usually with domestic hot
water capacity. Works well with floor heating
and is easy to plumb and control.
TYPE C
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Copper tube atmospheric boilers
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Requires an additional pump to work, but
has better efficiency than atmospheric
storage or cast iron boilers.