Heating

yomchi

It's that time of the year again

What are you guys heating your halls and gyms with?

Any recommendations?

Cheers

returnNull

yomchi wrote: »

It's that time of the year again

What are you guys heating your halls and gyms with?

Any recommendations?

Cheers

burpee's :pac::pac:

650gs

Recently installed a 12 kw electric heater in the Cooldrinagh Dojo in leixlip, its like a blow heater but no fumes, she sticks in on for 3 or 4 min and the place is rosting

yomchi

Grabbing a climate king tomorrow, diesel fed. Fingers crossed

650gs

Fumes will knock you out but sure give it a bash

yomchi

650gs wrote: »

Fumes will knock you out but sure give it a bash

Aye its the same with all of them blow heaters, had a Butane gas fed one last year and that was the same but it only stays on for the first 10 mins or so and then get's knocked off. The place is well ventilate and has a high roof so it's all that bad.

gctest50

be a bit less fumes from this sort of one ? :

http://www.hss.com/g/56587/72kW-Indirect-Oil-Fired-Heater.html

http://www.hireheating.co.uk/products/indirect-gas-paraffin-diesel-heater-hire/h14-red-diesel-space-heater.html

yomchi

gctest50 wrote: »

be a bit less fumes from this sort of one ? :

http://www.hss.com/g/56587/72kW-Indirect-Oil-Fired-Heater.html

http://www.hireheating.co.uk/products/indirect-gas-paraffin-diesel-heater-hire/h14-red-diesel-space-heater.html

Would be ideal alright, budget wouldn't allow it at the moment though. Hoping to buy one for less money than it is to hire them ones. Thanks tho

650gs

http://www.dimplex.co.uk/products/commercial_heating/select_by_product/commercial_fan_heaters/cfs_range/index.htm
This is what you want, no fumes, very quite, instant heat and half the cost of gas or oil to run.
PM me for the name of two dojo's in Dublin using them at the moment if you fancy a look

Niall Keane

Domestically Electricity in this country is 4 times the price of domestic piped gas per Kilowatt hour! Check your bills!!!

When considering heating the initial capital expenditure is nothing compared to running costs as energy is so expensive here!

Also hot air rises, so high ceilings wont help much either. At least if heat source is at ground level it will mean convection heating beginning at low level, so at least fairly instant heat "washing past" your students at ground level. Wall mounted units means, beyond locally radiated heat, when it comes to convection, the voids above need to be heated before heat finds its way down to ground level. Integrated Fans help in this case - but that costs too!

If you are thinking an initial blast of heat as class begins, and hoping to maximize the effect for your students, it would be my opinion that ground based units are preferable in areas with high ceilings.

Is it an Irish thing though? this heating up martial arts gyms? I mean its probably 10 C anyway. Its like our swimming pools, they are generally way hotter than indoor pools in Europe. This is ideal of bathers but crap for swimmers. Likewise, I'd hate to train martial arts in a stuffy gym! But I know lots of hobbyists who insist on it?

yomchi

Niall Keane wrote: »

Domestically Electricity in this country is 4 times the price of domestic piped gas per Kilowatt hour! Check your bills!!!

When considering heating the initial capital expenditure is nothing compared to running costs as energy is so expensive here!

Also hot air rises, so high ceilings wont help much either. At least if heat source is at ground level it will mean convection heating beginning at low level, so at least fairly instant heat "washing past" your students at ground level. Wall mounted units means, beyond locally radiated heat, when it comes to convection, the voids above need to be heated before heat finds its way down to ground level. Integrated Fans help in this case - but that costs too!

If you are thinking an initial blast of heat as class begins, and hoping to maximize the effect for your students, it would be my opinion that ground based units are preferable in areas with high ceilings.

Is it an Irish thing though? this heating up martial arts gyms? I mean its probably 10 C anyway. Its like our swimming pools, they are generally way hotter than indoor pools in Europe. This is ideal of bathers but crap for swimmers. Likewise, I'd hate to train martial arts in a stuffy gym! But I know lots of hobbyists who insist on it?

Thanks Niall, I miss your posts

90% of my student base are juniors, kids who's lips turn blue and their feet get sore from the cold. It might be an Irish thing but at the end of the day I need them to feel comfortable when they walk into the Dojo and more importantly I want them to come back

650gs

Niall Keane wrote: »

Domestically Electricity in this country is 4 times the price of domestic piped gas per Kilowatt hour! Check your bills!!!

When considering heating the initial capital expenditure is nothing compared to running costs as energy is so expensive here!

Also hot air rises, so high ceilings wont help much either. At least if heat source is at ground level it will mean convection heating beginning at low level, so at least fairly instant heat "washing past" your students at ground level. Wall mounted units means, beyond locally radiated heat, when it comes to convection, the voids above need to be heated before heat finds its way down to ground level. Integrated Fans help in this case - but that costs too!

If you are thinking an initial blast of heat as class begins, and hoping to maximize the effect for your students, it would be my opinion that ground based units are preferable in areas with high ceilings.

Is it an Irish thing though? this heating up martial arts gyms? I mean its probably 10 C anyway. Its like our swimming pools, they are generally way hotter than indoor pools in Europe. This is ideal of bathers but crap for swimmers. Likewise, I'd hate to train martial arts in a stuffy gym! But I know lots of hobbyists who insist on it?

I agree electricity cost in Ireland is high but nothing can compare with the spiraling cost of oil and gas in the world (still going up) different boilers, heaters and fans run at different costs The one I gave the link to is one of the most economical to run on the market, it also blows the heat down to the floor it spreads out and rises filling the room with warm air, and set up with the right extractors can not over heat the room.
The Cooldrinagh Dojo in Leixlip installed this heating system over a year ago They were using 1,500 ltrs of oil a year at a cost of 1,274.00 euro up to that with the problem of the rads staying hot after it was turned off so uncomfortable to train in with the new system cost are down to 380.00 a year now that is an amazing saving.

Kungfu

A few hours of hard and intense training is the best heating system of all.