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orion:
I defiantly second hiring out someone else to install it for you... thats not a job for a DIYer. As mentioned the tankless water heaters are the way to go.... you never run out of hot water with them, and a must have if you have a garden or whirlpool tub... when mine goes thats what I'm going to replace it with.

CCM:
Is it me or are people talking about 2 different things? 

1. hot water boiler - used to heat the house...  don't want to mess with that yourself
http://homerepair.about.com/od/heatingcoolingrepair/ss/trblsht_boiler.htm
http://www.weil-mclain.com/products/consumer


2. hot water heater - used to heat water... very easy to install.
http://homerepair.about.com/od/plumbingrepair/ss/hwh_tank_gas.htm



I assumed the OP was talking about the whole house heater kind, not a hot water heater...

Am I missing something?

daywane:
I can not tell were you live.
If you can cut our own wood , change to a wood burner.
I wish I had a basement!
I would really change my set up then.
but for what I have, it works great.
I have the places to cut my own wood for free.
I have room to store it.
cost to heat my house is next to nothing .
except the had work.
wish I could help.

i have never seen a system like you have

Level42:

--- Quote from: Blanka on January 02, 2009, 11:29:12 am ---Do you have natural gas? In that case, nothing beats a 105% efficient European CW class 6 central heating furnace. A boiler is just storing hot water, which is inefficient by default.
http://www.haring.nl/?id=14438&shopid=336
It heats the house, either hot filled, or low-water low temperature, it has modulated heating (continuous low power heating), fills 10 bathtubs in a row in high speed.

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Think they don't really export to the US Blanka.....besides it's got a 40 liter water boiler inside !
I think lots of homes still use "oliestook" (oil) to heat the house. At least my uncle's house has one, and the freaking thing is HUGE, but you're gonna need it if it's -20 degr. outside and you want to keep it at +21 degree inside......

And how can any device like this be higher efficient than 100% (which already feels impossible to me) ?

ChadTower:

--- Quote from: CCM on January 02, 2009, 03:54:41 pm ---Am I missing something?

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They are often combined units here.

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