I'm in the process of buying a property with a few year old Central Boiler (I assume it is a classic model) wood boiler. The property is a closed down horse boarding facility. The boiler is currently not hooked up (and looks barely used) because the previous owners could not figure out how to regulate temperatures well and gave up on it. The property is a 105ftx60ft building with living quarters in it. I am planning on turning it into a shop and using roughly 1800sq ft for living/office area and the remaining space as the shop.
From what I can tell, there look to be at least 2 Modine heat exchangers for heating the shop area (one has a squirrel cage fan and the other is a standard fan). The current furnace for the living quarters is kind of a hacked up setup because the previous owners were never happy with heating and is best described as a basket case, but it does look like there is a forced are heat exchanger for heating the living area in the rafters of the building. There is also a large electric water heater 100-150gal that has a water to water heat exchanger on it that isn't hooked up.
I'm assuming why they had problems is that the boiler was sized for the entire building and they were using one pump off the boiler and splitting it for heating the former stable area and apartment. I'm not sure if I want to heat the living/office area with the boiler or just the shop area, but from my research it seems like what would help regulate the heat output of this system would be to add some extra storage to it. And run separate "zones" to the different areas rather than trying to heat the whole thing uniformly.
I am open to any suggestions from your experiences.
From what I can tell, there look to be at least 2 Modine heat exchangers for heating the shop area (one has a squirrel cage fan and the other is a standard fan). The current furnace for the living quarters is kind of a hacked up setup because the previous owners were never happy with heating and is best described as a basket case, but it does look like there is a forced are heat exchanger for heating the living area in the rafters of the building. There is also a large electric water heater 100-150gal that has a water to water heat exchanger on it that isn't hooked up.
I'm assuming why they had problems is that the boiler was sized for the entire building and they were using one pump off the boiler and splitting it for heating the former stable area and apartment. I'm not sure if I want to heat the living/office area with the boiler or just the shop area, but from my research it seems like what would help regulate the heat output of this system would be to add some extra storage to it. And run separate "zones" to the different areas rather than trying to heat the whole thing uniformly.
I am open to any suggestions from your experiences.