ᐅ New heating system with domestic hot water production?!

Created on: 7 Oct 2019 08:12
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Nissandriver
Good morning,

After a long search, we have found a house. It has a gas heating system installed (1997) that is only used for heating. For hot water, a tankless water heater is installed.
Of course, the energy certificate is not very impressive. The house was fully renovated in 2013 and has about 145m² (1560 sq ft) of living space.
Suggestions on the energy certificate:
  • new gas heating system with a condensing boiler
  • for hot water: solar combined with gas heating system with a condensing boiler

I have already consulted two heating companies here. They are not convinced about solar solutions. Their suggestion was just to install a storage tank (60 L (16 gallons)) and that’s it.

Do you have any other suggestions or ideas for hot water preparation?

Thanks in advance

Best regards

Steven
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Nissandriver
8 Oct 2019 07:30
Joedreck schrieb:

Is a plain thermal storage system ruled out for a specific reason?
Oh sorry,

no, not really. I need to sit down with a heating specialist to see what would be better. Unfortunately, I don’t know any prices. Do you perhaps have rough estimates?!

Regards
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boxandroof
8 Oct 2019 08:30
Nissandriver schrieb:

When I said calculate, I had something else in mind (what is worthwhile etc) ops:
You can clearly see that gas is already very good, as others have also mentioned. Generally, it’s easy to install and not too expensive. I would just go for it without overthinking it. If you want something even better, you can consider a heat pump and do a more detailed cost analysis, but the savings won’t be huge, if they exist at all.

A storage tank costs a maximum of €500 (about $540) plus labor and some piping. For a household of four, it makes more sense compared to an instantaneous water heater.

If you want to do more detailed calculations: you’ll need to estimate your consumption, number of people, price increases, etc., yourself. Your contractors can tell you exactly what the investment will cost.

Solar PV systems are supported in the sense that you can sell the self-generated electricity at a fixed price for 20 years. Depending on the purchase price, the system pays for itself in about 12 years. Financing it with a loan can also be worthwhile. The bigger the system, the higher your profit and the more electricity you’ll have for your own use during the dark winter months. So don’t build a small 5 kW system if you have more space, and don’t get sold a battery unnecessarily.

And consider solar PV independently of the heating system.
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Nissandriver
8 Oct 2019 12:58
Thanks =)

I read something about SolvisBen somewhere. Does anyone have experience with it?

Regards

Steven