Have we forgotten to make heat traps? (2012)
I designed and installed a complete hydronic heating system in our house last year, replacing a conventional forced air system. It being the first time I&#x27;d ever done such a thing (and indeed, the first time I&#x27;d ever really been exposed to hydronic heating at all) I learned everything through reading (mostly the excellent idonrics series at <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.caleffi.com&#x2F;usa&#x2F;en-us&#x2F;technical-magazine" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.caleffi.com&#x2F;usa&#x2F;en-us&#x2F;technical-magazine</a>). I went <i>really</i> deep on the reading so while I had&#x2F;have a pretty solid theoretical understanding I was&#x2F;am a complete novice on the craft side of the field.<p>Overall, the practice seems to be very heuristic based, with every installation being a bit different and rules of thumb being the norm. Our system seems to work fairly well in practice, but I&#x27;ve been curious to get a professional&#x27;s opinion on it (the only pro that&#x27;s seen it was the gas guy who did the final hookup, who seemed impressed but didn&#x27;t really offer any specific criticisms).<p>Repo at <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;mtrudel&#x2F;boiler" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;mtrudel&#x2F;boiler</a><p>I&#x27;ve since added an elixir based graphing system to it, at<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;mat.geeky.net&#x2F;boiler" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;mat.geeky.net&#x2F;boiler</a>