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Water Heater


This pic shows the ever growing series of pipes that will control the flow of water from our NTI hydronic water heater to both the domestic hot water system and to the radiant heat system. We will soon be hooking up the 80 gallon water tank that will act as a a reservoir for the hot water coming from the hot water solar collector. The goal is that the hot water from the hot water solar collector will minimize our need to use very much natural gas in the water heater.

Hydronic systems are cool...read more about them here: http://www.nythermal.com/Home/index.htm

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