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Geothermal hot press

  • 12-05-2009 2:47pm
    #1
    LMR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5 ✭


    I am planning to put in a Geothermal system but I have a hot press already built upstairs in my dormer house. Does geothermal mean there won't be a seperate tank in my hot press (to dry off clothes) OR can the heat pump be stored in the hotpress? Thanks for any replies.:confused:


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  • #2
    sydthebeat
    Subscribers Posts: 42,171 ✭✭✭✭sydthebeat


    LMR wrote: »
    I am planning to put in a Geothermal system but I have a hot press already built upstairs in my dormer house. Does geothermal mean there won't be a seperate tank in my hot press (to dry off clothes) OR can the heat pump be stored in the hotpress? Thanks for any replies.:confused:

    the manifold for the heating system, the cylinder, and the heat pump all take up a significant amount of floor area.....

    for geothermal i usually try to allow at least 2.0 x 2.0 minimum....

    there will not be much of a 'press' left after these are incorporated...


  • #3
    mr_edge_to_you
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,189 ✭✭✭mr_edge_to_you


    LMR wrote: »
    I am planning to put in a Geothermal system but I have a hot press already built upstairs in my dormer house. Does geothermal mean there won't be a seperate tank in my hot press (to dry off clothes) OR can the heat pump be stored in the hotpress? Thanks for any replies.:confused:

    Hey LMR,

    We are locating are heatpump in out garage about 2m from the house and putting a 300litre cylinder in our "hot-press". Unfortunately with the geo-thermal setup you lose on the storage aspect of the "hot-press" because the not-so-cylindrical cylinder is so bulky.

    In most cases the hot water cylinder is enclosed in a larger unit which you won't be hanging close off.

    http://www.energysuperstore.ie/heatpumps_thermia_diplomat.php

    That link might give you an idea as to what a combined heatpump and cylinder looks like!


  • #4
    gears
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 758 ✭✭✭gears


    If all the equipment for your heat pump is and I imagine it probably will be located somewhere other than your hot press you could install a low temperature radiator to give you the heat you need to dry clothes.

    Also if you're installing a HRV it would be a good idea to have an extract point in your hot press to remove the excess moisture and recapture the heat.


  • #5
    john_cork
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭john_cork


    You can put a cylinder in the hot press upstairs and the heat pump in a utility room or garage or outdoors. I have a hotpress with a cylinder and the heat pump in the garage. The heat pump diverts to this cylinder when it needs to heat water. I got the cylinder with all the necessary bit with the heat pump. Mine is a Geostar unit and my plumber told me it was made in Ireland.


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