Boilers/furnace - tankless or tank?

[spence]

We did this a few years ago...

Buderus G115 boiler with a Crown Mega-Stor indirect water heater. I think it's about 70 gallons but I'm not 100% sure. Could be a 40.

We have 4 zones set up to thermostats and a 5th zone that keeps the indirect tank at temp.

Overall we're very happy with the setup. Sure, you can drain the tank if you take a very long and hot shower, but it's plenty for most uses and recovers very quickly.

-spence

[leo33]

when is the last time the boiler got a GOOD cleaning?


do you have natural gas in your neighbor hood?if so i would recommend a tank.no more oil usage in the summer.

if not look into getting a boilermate.

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Jimmy,

I would recomend getting a larger storage tank (50-75) where you are a family of four,when kids get older they will be the biggest offenders of depleting the water.
Sceondly you want a high recovery rate some where in the ball park of 80% of the tanks capacity to 1hr.or higher.

IMO
I like having the two seprate tank and boiler I belive it's more economical.

Jimmy if you want a hand let me know.

[Andy D]

Amtrol Boiler mate . It's piped to your existing boiler and you could get them in varying sizes 40 up to maybe 100 gal.