I have commercial building in need of heating system replacement.
Present system is oil fired boiler in basement which pipes steam to second level (unheated). Steam is circulated through 8′ by 4′ coil and fan blows warm air through ducts to single trunk mounted to suspended ceiling on first level (10, 000 sf of retail space) Ceiling height is 12′ from floor to bottom of acoustic tiles of ceiling. There is 3 feet of space between acoustic ceiling tiles and structural ceiling which acts as return.
Air is returned through vents in suspended ceiling.
I estimate present system to be approxiamately 30 years old. I believe warm air components were retrofited years ago and radiators are still connceted to water lines on small areas of building.
City gas is available.
Any ideas on an effiecient and effective system?
Thanks
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Greetings Giuseppe,
as a first time poster Welcome to Breaktime
This post, in response to your question, will bump the thread through the 'recent discussion' listing again.
Perhaps it will catch someone's attention that can help you with advice.
Cheers
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Let's try this one more time.
Bump.
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