Hydronic Heating

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Working on solving a hydronic heating problem at a friends new garage. Its a heated slab and the guys that installed the slab, also laid in the PEX tubing and did it very wrong. They were told to keep the loops less than 240′ (1/2" pex) well being given three 500′ rolls they laid in 3 loops 500′ long. Big problem is that my buddy and I were gone that day and the slab was poured and finished when we returned late that night. Each loop will have 51′ head loss at 3 GPM. Any suggestions on salvaging this mess? circ pumps in series? One big pump? trying to solve this for hundreds not thousands.

We're about to move to a 5 acre bush block outside Daylesford. The house is rendered brick double storey. It has an electric HWS and wood heater. We'd like to install solar panels on the roof to power everything but cannot afford this at all now. We thought we could start off with a solar combined hydronic heating and HWS but don't know much about it. If anyone has experiences with this, or in general about solar power it would really help us decide the best way to make our new home more sustainable. Thanks for any help offered!

I am trying to profile the hydronic heating market.