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1. H Current item 1 l Contact Last Name First Name Manfred EE E o S Attention Manfred Schmidt Company Polytech Products Inc Address 4603 13th Street N E Calgary T2E 6M3 AB Canada Company Phone Click the drop down arrow of the Select Budget Project combo box to choose which budget project you want to create a price quote for If you decide to include just the final price without showing discounts and product list prices in the price quote uncheck the box beside Show price discounts and product list prices in the Details tab HeatLink Design Suite is able to look into the Contacts list maintained by Microsoft Outlook to extract the particulars of the party that the price quote is to sent to Click the Quote To tab for details as shown below JEE Link www HeatLink com Select Budget Project Anderson Residence ze Quoted By Quote To Details This price quote is created based on the product list generated by the Budget library The product list can be edited such as applying your own discounts or markups or even changing the suggested quantities before sending the budget quote to your customer YUI 2 09H By default any discounts or markups specified on the product list will be displayed in the budget quote Uncheck the box below if you wish not to show the price discounts markups and the product list prices but to display only the final
2. Design Suite 2 0 RX IG OR 77 Si Ka A TONY WY KI AMN ar A TAI 2222 0e SE ZONI AUA R L7180 May 30 2005 woke md g s G oO Heat Link Table of Contents www HeatLink com Wodne o oan ee nee ee teeters ner Renna eer ee enter eet eee ne eer re tty area 3 Geine Sred ane ne eee cee 4 Design Suite 8 eu BEEN 7 GIE EE eer eee E E eee ene rete E 8 BUC ee 18 HeatLoss TE EE 24 HeatLink Design Suite Online Help Guide cece ccccccccceeaeaeseaeaeesssssssseeeeeeeeeeeeeees 30 HeatLink Design Suite Online Product Guide 1 00 0 ccc cccncnstnnssssseesssssssseeeeeeeeeeeees 31 Project Design Considerattons 33 HeatLoss Sheet sesiis eiie AEE Ar EESO 35 PATNA TE EE 51 Material List Sheet cocci EE E ei iee 6l S mmary E EE 66 BI ET EE 69 Appendix I HeatLoss e ue re reien UI 73 Appendix IT R value of Typical Materials for Standard Contruction eeeeeeeeeseessessssssssssssee 74 Appendix ITI R value of Typical Materials Floor Coverings 0000soooooeeoeeeennsssssessssssssssssssssses 75 Appendix IV Friction Losses Through Pipe Fittings and Valves 76 Appendix V Some Factors Affecting Radiant Floor Heating Design cccccseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees SEI Ir INS sce pc cet gc oc esa sc weenie fs ence wenn ot a on vss gists eee eee 80 Software Disclaimer The information delivered by this software is specific for use with HeatLink products only
3. The Design Suite keeps in its internal memory an archive of HeatLink product catalogue for your reference To access HeatLink product catalogue go to the Material List sheet if you are working on a heatloss project file or the Product sheet if you are working on a budget project file Then mouse right click on any of the stock numbers to display the HeatLink Product window as shown below YUI 209H Paste Special HeatLink Product Product 65116 Print Preview Print l Clear Contents Description 83 000 Btu h Injection Board 1 2 Valve 2 9 GPM Injection rate Add Watch A separate window bearing the title HeatLink Product Description will display the details about the product of the selected stock number as shown below Material Guide HeatLink Product Description Heatloss Guide 65116 83 000 Btu h Injection Board 1 2 Valve 2 9 GPM Injection rate L Prebuilt amp prewired injection board including 31320 Injection Control 1 2 injection valve DDC motor pressure bypass valve globe valve pump and isolating ball valves You cannot close the HeatLink Product Description window since its close button has been disabled To close it you have to click the Close button in the HeatLink Product window In the HeatLink Product window you can 1 Drop the Product combo box to select other stock number to show its product details 2 Click the Print Preview button to show you how the prin
4. Drop the Select Budget Project combo box to select the budget project to print If you have installed Adobe Acrobat the PDF Copy is enabled Checking the box beside will turn the printout to PDF file The resulting PDF files can be found in the same folder where the budget project file was saved Hold down the Shift or Control key when you do multiple selections in the Choose Sheets To Print list box Click the Print button to send sheet s to printer or to be saved as PDF files in the folder where the budget project file was saved To get indication on how big the system pump is necessary for the budget project select Budget gt Tools gt Size Pipe and Pump to display the Pipe amp Pump Sizing window as shown below Pipe amp Pump Sizing Primary Heat Source Click System Pump to Conventional boiler show apnea pail amp enable the OK System pump size and pipe size can be approximated for budget purpose if total ak hry vi Loca of the longest main pipes to the farthest manifold on each level between pump and manifold are provided Drop the Select Budget Project combo box to select the budget project to work with Select the material of the main pipes to manifolds by dropping down the Material combo box You can choose either PEX or Copper The pipe size is automatically suggested based on the estimated water flow Put down the main lengths to the farthest manifold from the system pump on each level and the
5. Print Sheet T Frint Size Pipe and Pump Select Budget Project Location Country cada State Prov Ontario Bracebridge Budget For Ce Residential Suggested Indoor 70 deg F Commercial Use 50 to 90 deg F 70 Hydronic Heating System Primary Heat Source Conventional boiler Select one of the open projects you want to customize by pulling down the Select Budget Project combo box Follow the step by step as guided by the Next gt button to tweak the project based on the new requirements Click the Help button to bring on the Help window if you need information on any of the input fields Mouse click on any part of the picture shown in the Help window to jump to the related section After you customized the project you can create another price quote based on your changes to the project by following the steps as outlined in the Budget gt Tools gt Create Quote section above www HeatLink com Create Quote Customize Print Sheet Size Pipe and Pump You can send print to any connected printer or turn it to PDF file if you have installed Adobe Acrobat Select Budget gt Tools gt Print Sheet to display the Print Sheet window as shown below TRECEJ Choose Sheets To Print Upper Main Basement Summary Product Hold Shift key while mouse clicking for multiple and consecutive selections or Ctrl key for multiple but non consecutive selections
6. 7 Pipe Size Pipe size is determined primarily by the size of the project Typically residential applications make use of 1 2 PEX pipe while 5 8 or 3 4 pipes are often best suited for commercial ones i fz a Enter the pape site desired for your ippa The Heatloss allows you to use a default pipe size for the entire proj ect or a specific size for a given room The selected pipe size will have _ _ ___ sor a bearing on the loop circuit length in your radiant heating system design Does it make sense to increase pipe size in radiant floor slabs to get more heat output See Section A of Appendix V for a discussion about this issue 8 Pipe Spacing rn Pipe spacing refers to the distance between the PEX pipes in a given loop circuit It can vary from one room or zone to another of a given project Pipe spacing has direct bearing on your application in the following ways Sa The closer the pipe spacing the lower the supply water temperature required to offset a given heat loss or to produce a given heat output 8b Floor finish of low R values requires a closer pipe spacing to avoid noticeably warmer floor directly above the piping e g tile as opposed to carpet 8c Pipe spacing can be used to change the average floor surface temperature by decreasing or increasing the spacing in the design phase 8d Both the pipe spacing and how far the pipe is underneath the floor surface are directly related
7. Any substitutes or alternatives must furnish their own details of design for performance comparison HeatLink makes no warranties on this software In no event shall HeatLink be liable for any damages loss of profits and opportunities or any other incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of this software Introduction Why should you upgrade to HeatLink Design Suite v2 2 eS a EH 10 11 K IK 14 15 16 www HeatLink com It creates budget price quote with minimal user input enhancing productivity by cutting down tremendous time required in any price quotation process YUI 2 09H It provides a good indication on pipe sizing as well as pump sizing It allows user to run evaluate multiple projects simultaneously It is modular appropriate library file will be loaded automatically in accordance to the type of file being opened You can unload the library file you do not need at any time It allows incorporation of your own material list in any price quote created It allows suggested piping and wiring schematic drawings to be zoomed in and out for details before being sent to a printer It has the management features you need to open close and copy project file seamlessly It exposes its resources such as R Value lookup or calculation without first running any project file It fully integrates your Microsoft Office applications including Outlook and Internet Explorer You must have
8. Heat Link Quote Sheet www HeatLink com Cell E89 Cell E96 Replace the red X s with the heat shortages reported for all those WC designated rooms in the Analysis sheet Glycol concentration is transferred directly from your entry in Cell L59 in the Heatloss sheet Cell G97 Cell K97 Cell E98 Output in this cell is your required glycol quantity in the main pipes only if you have made entries to the lengths of pipe mains Column N between Row 38 and Row 65 in the Summary sheet Reported in this cell is your required glycol quantity in the loop circuits of total volume as reported in Cell L107 of the Analysis sheet based on your specified glycol concentration in Cell E96 Specify Molybdate content in your installation Entered for you is HeatLink s suggested concentration You may override this suggested value but it should not be less than 0 625 O Molybdate is a corrosion inhibitor agent it is vital to any hydronic heating Cell G99 Cell K99 Cell G103 Cell 1103 Cell G114 system Its concentration must be maintained in your installation at all times See Section C of Appendix IV for more details Output in this cell is your required Molybdate quantity in the main pipes only if you have made entries to the lengths of pipe mains Column N between Row 38 and Row 65 in the Summary sheet Reported in this cell is your required Molybdate quantity in the loop circuits of total volum
9. Over an unheated space Carpet floor over an unheated space Over an unheated space amp R 20 Carpet floor over an unheated space amp R 20 Over an unheated space amp R 30 Carpet floor over an unheated space amp R 30 Basement Slab floor Perimeter Concrete slab on grade no edge insulation Concrete slab on grade 1 edge insulation Concrete slab on grade 1 5 edge insulation Concrete slab on grade 2 edge insulation Commercial ACH for each area provision for other related infiltration loss Areas with 1 or 2 outside walls Areas with 3 or 4 outside walls For slab on grade area having exterior exposure use perimeter factor For areas not having exterior exposure use floor factor e g basement slab Heat Link Appendix III www HeatLink com Appendix III R value of Typical Floor Covering F ft hr BTU 1 2 1 40 TRECEJ Z f a w Z O EE Urethane 1 4 1 00 Co f e eet a SE E 3 4 1 00 multiply R value by 1 5 for wool carpet Heat Link Appendix IV www HeatLink com FRICTION LOSSES THROUGH PIPE FITTINGS amp VALVES wl k wll eS ei 5 j Chien Es En A AL GATEVALVE GLOBE ANGLE CHECK ORDINARY MEDIUM LONG SIZE VALVE VALVE VALVE ENTRANCE STD SWEEP SWEEP OF PIPE WIDE 1 4 1 2 3 4 WIDE WIDE WIDE TO PIPE Dk 900 De Inches OPEN CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED OPEN OPEN OPEN LINES ELBOW ELBOW ELBOW STRAIGHT PIPE IN FEET EQUIVALEN
10. from the total square footage all cabinets fixtures and other non heat producing areas PEX pipe selection and spacing Most residential and light commercial applications are best designed with 2 oxygen bartrier or non oxygen barrier pipes However certain applications may warrant the use of 3 8 or 5 8 tubing Pipe spacing in a radiant floor heating installation directly affects the heat output required supply water temperature and occupant comfort of the area Supply water and floor surface temperatures To keep supply water temperature and floor surface temperature from exceeding recommended figures consider choosing a flooring of low R value and reducing the heat loss of an area 1 e increased insulation better quality windows PEX piping and loop requirements Loop lengths in excess of the recommended may result in uneven or improper heat outputs and return water temperatures below acceptable design parameters All loops in a multi loop area should be kept as equal in length as possible to simplify system balancing Flow rate pressure drops and heating requirement The system flow rate and heating requirement are the summations of all the individual loops and the system pressure drop is the maximum value of all these loops You use these data to size a circulator for your installation RELEJ www HeatLink com Project Design Considerations 1 Always use a separate distribution manifold header for a garag
11. 00 1 30 5 40 3 50 1 30 2 1 2 3 29 15 00 16 00 4 10 12 30 3 00 2 50 1 50 6 50 4 00 1 50 3 4 09 18 00 19 00 5 10 15 30 4 00 2 90 1 80 8 00 4 80 1 80 3 1 2 4 50 20 00 22 00 6 30 20 00 4 50 3 40 2 10 10 00 5 60 2 10 a sn NOTE 1 8 to 4 are standard pipe sizes Heat Link Appendix V www HeatLink com A Does Pipe Size Make a Difference in Radiant Floor Heating Design When the heat output of your radiant heating design with 1 2 pipe does not meet the required design heating load one of your possible immediate reactions would be to use a larger diameter pipe to boost the heat output You expect that there would be more heat out of a 5 8 pipe than a 1 2 pipe i e thermal output increases with pipe size If that is the case how much will it be And is it worth using large size pipe to boost heat output To verify if it makes sense to increase the pipe size in radiant floor slabs to pump up heat output a study was conducted using PEX pipe of size ranging from 3 8 to 3 4 spaced at 12 OC in a 4 thick concrete slab with 1 insulation underneath different supply water temperatures of 80 100 and 120 F were tested In this study the slab was finished with 3 8 laminated hardwood flooring of 0 43 R value and an indoor temperature was kept at 70 F Heat Output Relative to 1 2 PEX Pipe Water Temp 100 F 120 F Drawn from this study are the following 1 The heat output difference between 3 8 and 1 2 pi
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13. Line 76 Line 80 Line 85 Line 88 Line 89 Line 90 Line 95 a Le 75 STANDARD ONE LOOPS 76 Floor Temp FL 80 Flow Rate loop mal es AP Loop Manifold eh 58 Thermostat one Number a NEE 89 Pipe type oxy non oxy ll g0 Total Pipe in Room ft a a a5 Loops in Room i ee Reported here is the computed floor surface temperature of the room outside the border zone YUI 2 09H If it exceeds 88 F you will need to reduce it by tweaking your entries in the Heatloss sheet such as lowering the floor surface temperature and or the supply water temperature Note the local codes in your area should take precedence over our suggestion It is the computed flow rate of each loop circuit See note in the Introduction about changing the flow rate of a loop circuit The computed friction loss through the loop circuit and the manifold modules the loop is connected to when the dial setting on the return module is set at 12 It is transferred directly from the Heatloss sheet It is transferred directly from the Heatloss sheet The computed total pipe length of this particular room shows up here It is the number of loop circuits computed for this particular room not including any border zone if there is any in the room Heat Link Analysis Sheet www HeatLink com 2 _____0_ __e e i Manifold Group a7 Room 7 Loopt a ee 96 Spacing imp II 99 Average Loop Lengt
14. POF Filename 4 Help and Support jw Delete log files for successful jobs Ask to Replace existing PDF file ES Search www HeatLink com HeatLink Design Suite Orientation Menu Commands When you first start up HeatLink Design Suite you see HeatLink Start menu item at the end of the Excel menu bar A drop down menu as shown below will display when HeatLink Start menu item is selected Sub menus Acrobat HeatLink Start Project B EE Project km Reference Reference Exit Exit Options About YUI 2 09H it groups the commands you need to create new project open previously saved project close project and copy currently open project it groups the commands you initiate to look up R Values of commonly used construction materials to calculate R Values of composite materials to find weather data outdoor design temperature of most cities and an online manual related to floor heating design issues terminates HeatLink Design Suite in Excel You will see that the box beside HeatLink Suite Wizard is unchecked in the Add Ins window popped up when you select Tools Add Ins on the menu bar for access to user s settings and product database to show the current version of HeatLink Design Suite access HeatLink Website and user s registration number Pending whether you are running Budget or HeatLoss library you will find the following menu items at the end
15. Summa 37 36 Manifold 1 oO EN ORO ccc ae ee it SEET EE EE G aa a U lls lt ai lt a aa ia cm ov E 40 4 42 Pete eee eer RCT CESS Car EE sos nee ces EE KKK KK ee saan ee EERE EELER vu enne KEE EE KKK ie e enn GEEEEER Eee enn n rarer Cede eee Te nee ue e e EK KEE KEE Ku nee on EE EE bene E ee ner nunna dh senses neces EE EK Ke Ku enn VEER nna o vue E e EK EK El EE EE EE o TT Ene CUTER E wennen Ee KEE Kn nr eeen oa n a een ve e EE e KEE E En vu ue uv EE EELER EE EEEEE os ue NEE RK KEE KEE vn un VEER ened cede er renner Cede EE ve E E KEEN EE e ee sn sae DEE ER ER EES oao oa n n e Eu ee Kee E ne Gift errrtereg SEEREEERRRREEEEER KEEN EEEEEEEEERRERRRRRRREERREREE EEEEEREREEEEREEEER EE eee CeCe eee Cee E T KEEN Row 38 to 65 Column N Length of Mains ft Enter the length of your main pipes both supply and return to the related manifolds Your entry here will allow HeatLoss to suggest an appropriate pipe size reported in Column O and compute the total friction loss of these main pipes reported in Column P for you If you know the length of the system mains to the manifold headers entering their pipe lengths in this column will allow HeatLoss to compute the friction head your installation has to overcome so that you can size a right pump for your system To account for the pipe fittings such as valves tees and bends see chart in Appendix IV for their equivalent length of straight pipe Pipe fitti
16. can absorb approximately 3 to 4 mg oxygen per liter of water per day at 104 F Oxygen barrier EVOH PEX pipe of the same size produced to DIN 4726 industry standard that requires oxygen diffusion of no more than 0 1 mg per liter per day at 104 F is able to obstruct oxygen diffusion to an effectiveness of 98 compared to the non barrier pipe However 1 Oxygen diffusion increases considerably with increasing water temperature At 140 F for example the increase is about 16 folds compared to that at 104 F i e it is 1 6 mg litre per day for PEX pipe produced to DIN 4726 standard 2 Though oxygen absorbed in water decreases as pressure decreases the absorbing capacity of water for oxygen does not decrease significantly At 30 psi for instance it is 12 8 mg litre per day at 104 F and 9 4 mg litre per day at 140 F 3 The aggressiveness of oxygen increases by 4 folds at 140 F as compared to 104 F Corrosion of metallic components accelerates and leads to leaks eventually 4 Oxygen in the system accounts for the formation of ferrous oxide hydrate concentrated with H O a thick gray brown sludge blocking and restricting flow through the piping in a closed system 5 Most boilers are of cast iron Given the facts above corrosion damage cannot be eliminated by using oxygen barrier PEX pipe alone Other means must be introduced to the system to inhibit oxygen aggressiveness HeatLink recommends the use of Molybdate inhibitor in clos
17. ee EE en Se eg Ce a a ee Tr THE MATERIAL IST CONTAINS THE ROUGH IN MATERIAL ONLY FOR T T3 sft Track on Gubtloors a0 shortages Ai ol GE Saft Track on Insulation 3 shortages Ai Ont Gi sft Dry System D shortages AAAs of oo sft Tu ap on Mesh or Rebar od shortages Ai 30 EU RECOMMENDED HEATLINK OPTIONS EE Please insure the proper material is added to your quotation ER PEA mains For manifolds outside of the mechanical room Ur PEs mains are not used please allow for necessary copper piping J4 Length of supplyfreturn piping Is or 40mm FES 4 PES pipe by RIF adapters per manifold 35 4 conduit 30 simanitold if entering and exiting concrete J6 Glycol m solution would be wol ot glycol in PEA only L add glycol tor non PES mains boiler other circuits ete Eh Glycol in PEX mains L1 GO Intloor DEZ tL 35 M colub Corr inhib 0 625 GC solution would be wol ot inhibitor in PEs only L add inhib For pop PE s mains boiler other circuits ete SE Inhibitor in PES maine tL Inhibitor Infloor DES L1 100 Other Items to be costed amp included in gour quotation 101 allow appros D TUibr output for boiler or Heat Exchanger Domestic hot water and ventilation loads not included iz Boiler package including all necessary aquastats expansion tank pressure regulator amp backflow preventer gate amp ball valves pressure relief 103 valve air vents amp pump require
18. load If lesser you must make some modification s to boost heat output You may consider Raising the supply water temperature H P Increasing the circuit s flow rate Reducing piping spacing a 9 Adding border zones Choosing a floor covering of lower R value Adding supplemental heat emitters fan coil and radiator Adding more underside insulation gt mm mm A combination of the above If your heat output is greater than the design load of a room or building you may consider lowering the flow rate to your installation using a balancing valve globe valve or possibly increasing the pipe spacing 1 Heat Output Shortage Look into those rooms that show heat shortages in meeting the design heating load and see if the reported heat loss is reasonable Should you decide to reduce the pipe spacing to boost heat output take note of the suggested minimum pipe spacing below PEX Pipe Minimum Spacing SR EES SECHER woke g s G oO ES Heat Link Analysis Sheet www HeatLink com Your installation type has a direct bearing on the pipe spacing For instance in a WC type installation wire mesh spacing will have a direct impact on pipe spacing wire mesh usually has two sizes of spacing 6 and 12 Should your installation type be either WT or WS the tracking used will have a dominant impact on pipe spacing tracking can cradle pipes at a spacing of multiple of 3 e 3
19. mains in Column N including all the related pipe Cell K71 Output in this cell is the total flow rate of your installation a summation of the cell values in Column E between Row 38 and Row 65 O You use this flow rate to size a circulator for your radiant floor heating system Heat Link Quote Sheet www HeatLink com H Heatloss Analysis Material List sunmay Qunte Introduction YUITI09H The Quote sheet easily lets you generate a price quotation based on the list of materials applicable to your installation including those specific items of your own as displayed in the Material List sheet HeatLoss outputs a price quote in this Quote sheet ready to print and forward to your customer or client The Quote sheet consists of two pages l Page 1 is an itemized list of materials extracted directly from the Materials List sheet 2 Page 2 is your quote template spelling out other details such as materials suggested but not included in your quote a breakdown on the area of the installation and quantity of recommended corrosion inhibitor and antifreeze if antifreeze has been factored in your system design You can modify this template to your liking Step By Step Entry amp Output l1 Page 1 o E A E BR FE d G H AI BE S KE 3 Poetech PRODUCTS sine HeatLink Quote 5 46036 13th Street WE Calgary 4B Canada Tel 403 250 3432 Fax 403 250 1155 E T Date 03 Jul 03 Prepared by 5 Company
20. material requirements and system cost the occupant comfort will likely suffer as floor surface temperatures become uneven Moreover high supply water temperature has a negative impact on wood structures 3 Recommended Flow Rates The general range of pipe friction loss used for design of hydronic systems occurs between 1 and 4 ft 100 ft In addition flow velocity must be considered Too high flow velocity will cause noise in piping And too low flow velocity will be unable to move any air bubbles possibly entrained in the water To strike a balance between friction loss and flow velocity for a typical radiant floor heating system the following is suggested Based on 100 ft length of PEX pipe Fer Size USgpm Pressure Head water com 1 40 Heat Link Analysis Sheet www HeatLink com For a given length of pipe one will experience high pressure head AP at faster flow Therefore for a given pressure head higher flows are possible for shorter length of pipe loops In general a change in system AP 1s accompanied by a change in the system s flow rate in the following relationship YUI 209H Change in AP is proportional to change in gpm To change the flow rate of a loop circuit you can consider reducing the design AT the temperature differential between supply and return of the loop as high AT always results in low flow rate or vice versa For a hydronic heating system AT and flow rate are rel
21. pipe in between joists For Wet installation you may not need to provide specific floor heating to hallways or corridors when piping to the surrounding rooms passes through these areas For Dry installation make sure the zones rooms are squares or rectangles Also check the joist setup of the structure as pipe spacing is very much dependent on the joist setup md id G S Heat Link HeatLoss Sheet www HeatLink com Line 64 Line 65 Line 66 Line 67 Dit eegene E R T Cement abv pipe w 200 San Fioo Tiecees OWI E MaxFloorTemp Ss o oS Temp Dee on II Pipe Type oxy nonony II Pipe Size int o S Spacing moes LL Max Length A II Enter a distance between the room and the manifolds located elsewhere in feet It is used to calculate the pipe leader length this distance will be multiplied by 2 automatically to account for the supply and return pipes which is added to the maximum loop length on Line 73 Enter the thickness of cement above the pipes The thickness of cement has a direct bearing on the performance of your installation See a discussion about this subject in Appendix HHI A 1 3 8 cement underlayment pour is quite common in residential and light commercial projects Enter the thickness of a subfloor in inches It applies only to dry installation The following columns will be defaulted to this entry that can be overridden if the sub floor thickness
22. selections in the Choose Sheets To Print list box Click the Print button to send sheet s to printer or to be saved as PDF files in the folder where the budget project file was saved JEE Link www HeatLink com HeatLoss gt Resources HeatLink Design Suite keeps a library of piping and wiring schematic drawings You can e make reference to the suggested schematics pertinent to your project by selecting HeatLoss gt i HeatLoss Resources gt Schematic to display the Schematic Drawing window as shown below e Tools A Lal Schematic Drawing Resources Schematic Show Specification Ft Select HeatLoss Project testing molyb e Basic simple C Other complex The highlighted application has Application with hot water tank Fan Coil Application with fan coil unit chang Application with fan coil heat exhanger and hot we Bese a Application with fan coil heat exhanger and hot we Hot Water Tank Simple Application with zone valves Application with fan coil unit and hot water tank Multiple Boilers StatLink Setback Drop the Select HeatLoss Project combo box to select the heatloss project to work with Select the Basic simple radio button if you want to pull out the suggested schematics piping and wiring for radiant heating system without reference to other applications Select any item in the Other complex list box for radiant heating system together with other applicatio
23. that you can click the Help button in the Create New Budget window for help when you are creating a new budget project ooo To bring on the Design Suite help guide follow the steps below db Cut Position the mouse at the input field you need help Right click the mouse to display the context or shortcut menu as shown on the left Copy Select the HeatLoss Guide menu at the bottom to display the Help Guide window as shown E below E Paste Paste Special Guide note Enter the R value of the roof or attic in Column D The following columns wil be defaulted to this value You can overnde H if the R value is different in other rooms Clear Contents i Fick From List Add Watch l The Help Guide displays helpful hints related to the currently selected input field The four buttons on the right side of the Help Guide window are respectively from top to bottom HeatLoss Guide Bonus Info more information related to the selected input Bonus Idea bonus idea for the selected input Online Manual you can look up the related issue from the manual Online Reference access the related tools for the input They are enabled or disabled dependent on the concerned subject After viewing the bonus info or idea you can go back to the original guide note by mouse clicking the Guide Note label in the top left corner of the Help Guide window www HeatLink com HeatLink Design Suite Online Product Material Guide
24. the floor finish in a room always has impact on IS your floor heating system Not only must it be able to withstand LG y Am Length Drop arrow to highlight a type applicable to the the heat transmitted from the piping through the thermal mass its HEmwiah __ onan erence pending type chosen h R value plays an equally important role in your system design Floor finish of a low R value can conduct heat more than ie those of high R value Consequently the floor finish R value DEE has a bearing on the temperature of the heating fluid running underneath O The lower the R value of a floor finish the lower the supply water temperature is required to offset a given heat loss Heatloss helps you easily select floor finish in a room Due to its tendency to expand and contract under wide temperature variation wood flooring has low exposure limits to temperatures Worth considering in your system design with wood flooring are Ja Hardwoods Le oak and maple are a better choice over softwoods ie pine 2b Prefinished floating wood floor systems are an excellent alternative to traditional wood flooring 2c The narrower the wood board the less shrinkage that will occur 2d Quartersawn flooring expands and contracts only 30 that of plainsawn flooring woke S Ci G O Heat Link HeatLoss Sheet www HeatLink com Area rugs with padding over radiantly heated hardwood floors should be avoided Sup
25. upward and downward No the room below would be underheated while the room above comfortably controlled No the room below would be underheated while the room above overheated No the room below would be overheated while the room above underheated What can be benefited from a radiant floor heating system running on a higher water temperature differential between supply and return a b S d The system flow rate is lower The system pressure head is lower The size and operating cost of the distribution circulator would be reduced All of the above woke md g s G oO Heat link Questions www HeatLink com 9 What will be your concerns in running a radiant floor heating system on a high temperature differential between supply and return a Noticeable differences in floor surface temperature from one area of the room to another particularly when people walk barefoot on the floor b High water temperature near the beginning of the circuits may cause problems with flooring such as embrittlement of vinyl shrinkage of wood or discoloration in carpet c Residual air bubbles possibly entrained in the system can not be delivered to the air vents because the flow velocity is so low d All of the above A radiant floor heating system is installed in a 20 x 20 room that has a heat loss of 25 Btu hr ft at a desired room temperature of 70 F The room has a carpeted floor and is over a
26. your project location for whatever reason you can use this feature anytime to update the outdoor design temperature Heatlink Start Budget HeatLoss Project z m Reference gt 2 a sc Select HeatLink Start gt Reference gt Weather to display the Weather window as shown O below Exit R Value Cale mme Option gt Weather About Manua m Outside Temperature 44 deg F Drop the Country combo box arrow to bring on a list from which you can select the country such as Canada and USA Then drop the State Prov combo box arrow to bring on a list from which you can select the state or province Finally drop the City combo box arrow to display a list from which you can select the city where the project is found If you are currently working with a HeatLoss project file the Use Data button will become visible In that case your can update the city designation and its outdoor design temperature in the HeatLoss worksheet directly by clicking on that button wc g s G O www HeatLink com Heatlink Start Budget HeatLoss Project 7 Reference i Exit R Value Cale Option Weather About Manua HeatLink Start Exit Acrobat BE HeatLink Start Project Reference Exit The Design Suite keeps a resourceful knowledge base specifically related to radiant floor heating design If you come across an interesting issue during your de
27. 1s different in other rooms Note that after you change this default entry the program default on this line will be lost It is defaulted to either 80 or 85 F dependent on your entry on Line 6 You may override this program default Note that after you change this default entry the program default on this line will be lost The maximum allowable temperature for high traffic area is 88 F See Line 79 for less traffic area O You should look up the computed floor surface temperature on Line 76 in Line 68 Line 69 the Analysis sheet This maximum floor surface temperature can be raised by 1 or 2 F if floor covering is carpet or a pipe in joists installation is being considered In any event the local codes in your area should take precedence over our suggestion This temperature drop is defaulted to your entry in Cell P57 You can override this program default Note that after you change this default entry the program default on this line will be lost The temperature drop has a direct bearing on the water flow rate in the piping This entry is defaulted to either oxy or non oxy dependent on your entry on Line 62 If you have selected D on Line 62 the entry on this line is non oxy to avoid potential noise problem due to pipe expansion and contraction Note that after you change this default entry the program default on this line will be lost If the local codes in your area dictate the use of oxygen barrier pipe only you ha
28. 4 Oxygen Barrier HeatLink Black UV Protected PEX pipe 825 00 98419 Lan 5 8 Oxygen Barier HeatLink Black LV Protected PEX pipe 567 00 98119 1 000Ft 5 8 Oxygen Barrier HeatLink Black UN Protected PEX pipe 1000 1260 00 98105 1000ft 1 2 Oxygen Barrier HeatLink PEX pipe 1000 840 00 99305 300ft 1 2 Oxygen Barrier HeatLink PEX pipe 26200 op212 200k 3 8 Oxygen Barrier HeatLink PEX C pipe 231 00 9105 1000 Tie Straps 5 5 1000bag 439 40 89107 1000 Tie Straps 7 5 1000 bag 74 90 89010 500 Track Staples 500 bag 63 00 89000 1 Pipetrackina el A fs o 87000 Heattransferplate olla F O 86005 172 Conduit 90 s O 20 Extra space is made available at the bottom of material list for you to place other items related to your installation for price quotation These extra items of your own will be transferred to your quote in the Quote sheet TRECEJ e 4 HeatLink Material 6 Stock QTY DESCRIPTION Unit List ea C MECHANICAL OPTIONS O C OCOC OOOO i Fy Boiler wm y 3 Expansion Tank wm a Ar Separator wm WO Back Flow Device ne Wi Primary Pume ne M2 West Exchanger em Ws Weg 104 Pressure Gauges ww os Thermometers em We Aquastats em Wr Staging Controls em 108 Pressure Reducing vaes ww 109 indirect Fired Hot Water Tank ww Mop Ramco wm May Base Board Fin Le M2 Base Board Cabinets El 13 o ooo Rough In Labour o a
29. 6 9 and 12 For a Dry installation structural joist spacing will dictate the pipe spacing of your design In a typical dry residential application 1 2 pipe is normally used Pipes should be arranged at 8 spacing for 16 on centre joists 6 spacing for 24 on centre joists and 6 spacing for 19 centre joists if a 3rd pipe is required in a 16 joist spacing use 5 pipe spacing Other spacing can be achieved with different joist setup Use of heat transfer plates in a dry installation enhances response time distributes heat more evenly and allows lower supply water temperature A joist heating system without use of heat transfer plates e a suspended piping system utilizing only sealed air pocket below sub floor would be limited to 20 BTU hr ft and a total floor finishing R value of 2 0 or less For HeatLink systems use of heat transfer plates is mandatory 2 Pipe Spacing Piping in rooms like bathrooms or areas where the floor finish is either tile vinyl or linoleum or hardwood should be of spacing no more than 6 apart in order to avoid hot and cold spots on hard surface floor coverings However you may consider a pipe spacing of more than 6 in areas or rooms where minimal traffic is expected It should be noted that increasing pipe spacing in most cases will still produce the required heat output with the use of a higher supply water temperature While this can provide the benefit of reduced
30. AEC Flumbing amp Heating Joseph 4 Address 123 Hidden Street Hidden Valley 4B Canada 10 Attn John Doe Quote 2 d H Phone 403 234 5673 12 Fax 403 234 6789 13 Project Name A Alig House Total discounted price before taxes 15 065 99 i4 15 ae Fro Pasco Zog Last 16 15 98105 1000 1 2 Oxygen Barrier HeatLink DEN pipe 1000 640 00 17 10 938305 2000 12 Oxygen Barrier HeatLink PEY pipe 300 252 00 18 T 89107 1000 Tie Straps 7 5 1000bag 74 90 19 S 89010 500 Track Staples SOO shaq 63 00 20 24 69005 1 2 x 1 2 DEN Comp Coupling ea SEI 2 12345 Boiler SH 3500 00 22 s50 34567 Rough In Labour Hr 25 00 The Project Name in Cell E13 and Prepared by in Cell H8 are copied from the Heatloss sheet You may override the program default Note that after you change these cell entries the program default in these cells will be lost Heat Link Quote Sheet www HeatLink com Cell E8 Enter the company name of your customer Cell E9 Enter the address of your customer Cell E10 Enter the name of the person you quote is addressed to Cell E11 Enter the business phone number of your customer woke md g s G oO Cell E12 Enter the business fax number of your customer Cell H10 Enter your job reference number for the installation you are quoting Cell K13 Output here is your quoted price before any government taxes it is transferred directly from the Material List sheet 2 Page 2
31. Analysis sheet giving you a quick overview of what your installation is like Should you need to modify your system design you can go back to the Heatloss sheet and tweak your entries there and or make changes only limited to a few places in this Summary sheet See a partial view of the Summary sheet below Boiler Size Out Put Output for Radiators are based on 560 ATs per near foot System Pump Size CN Note Mainz sizing is based on the use of PER home rum mains IF copper or steel pipe is to be used flow rates and pressure drops will hawe to be accounted for to select proper pump sizing HeatLoss can intelligently suggest 40 mm 78200 or 55 mm 78400 TwistSeal manifold dependent on your system flow rate Of course you can override this program suggestion However HeatLoss will not comply with your overriding if the flow rate to the manifold of your choice does not support it RT NEIE Select Manifold Type lege seele a Detauted to either mini or regular mieis i Sgr esse TiwistSeal pending the tatal Flory to this Dee E ie manifold header Vou may override De WAT run Mm with regular but KEYES is not recommended per E REEER E EEERERERER EE ER ERER EE EEERR E RER rt teeter Mini mini TwistSeal 478200 TwistSeal regular TwistSeal 76400 rer E REEER E EEE ER ERER EE ER ERER EE EEEER EE EE E d Eeer Perret tert eter erie tere EE ERR d Eeer As a word of caution your overriding
32. Cell D28 a area with the actual square footage in Line 18 Enter R value of the crawl space The following columns will be defaulted to this value You can override it if the R value is different in other rooms Enter R value of the insulation under the concrete slab The following columns will be defaulted to this value You can override it if the R value is different in other rooms Enter R value of the insulation around of the slab perimeter Oo The new Canadian Building code 2003 requires a minimum of R5 insulation Line 30 Cell D31 throughout the entire floor area Perimeter only will no longer be acceptable Enter the average wall height below grade Enter R value of the insulation in the wall structure The following columns will be defaulted to this value You can override it if the R value is different in other rooms Buried wall TRECEJ wf g G S Heat Link HeatLoss Sheet www HeatLink com Cell D33 Line 34 Cell D36 Line 37 Cell D39 Line 40 Cell D42 Line 43 Cell D45 Line 46 Glass Type R value Glass fed zg Ft Glass Type R value Glass hinged sq ft Door Type R value Door Entry metalwood sq ft Door Type R value Skylight Type R value Skylght fied sq ft Enter R value of fixed type glass windows The following columns will be defaulted to this value You can override it if the R value is different in
33. However you have to drop down the File of types combo box found at the bottom of the Open window to select ALl Files to allow you to see files with extension of either bbe hhl or hhg www HeatLink com HeatLink Start Select HeatLink Start gt Project gt Close to display HeatLink Suite Close window allowing you to close any of the running libraries Position the mouse over the icon momentarily to display its help tip to help identify the name of the running library For the picture shown on the left and below both Budget and HeatLoss library are running in this example Close will not be available if none of HeatLink Suite libraries is running RELEJ Select to the project and all of its running project files You will be prompted to confirm if you are sure to close the library If you have still work files open for the library you want to close you will be prompted if you need to save these work files before proceeding Select HeatLink Start gt Project gt Copy to display HeatLink Suite Close window allowing you to make copy of any of the running work files If you are running multiple libraries simultaneously select the Project Type to display all its work files you have opened Then select the work project to copy You have to give it a new project name for the copy or else you will be prompted The feature comes in handy For instance you are looking at a multi storey apartment building You c
34. I 3 Pipe Size el II 10 Spacing sel IT The Room Name transferred directly from the Heatloss sheet The room Reference Number transferred directly from the Heatloss sheet Indicates whether or not the room has floor heating transferred directly from the Heatloss sheet Displays either Floor heat Radiator Fan coil or No heat dependent on your entry on Line 61 of the Heatloss sheet Indicates whether it is a dry or wet installation transferred from the Heatloss sheet WC wet installation using tie straps WT wet installation with pipes cradled on tracking that is stapled to the sub floor WS wet installtion with pipes cradled on tracking that is stapled to Styrofoam D dry installation Indicates thickness of concrete topping transferred from the Heatloss sheet Displays either Carpet Plush carpet Vinyl Wood Tile or Concrete transferred directly from the Heatloss sheet The gross area footage of the entire room transferred directly from the Heatloss sheet Net heat producing area transferred directly from the Heatloss sheet The PEX pipe size you have selected for the room transferred directly from the Heatloss sheet PEX pipe spacing inch you have selected in the Heatloss sheet Heat Link Analysis Sheet www HeatLink com Line 41 The computed amount of heat required to meet the design heating load of the space Line 42 The actual heat output delivered by your design parameters and piping T
35. T LENGTH 1 8 14 85 5 00 19 00 9 00 5 00 2 00 1 4 EN 1 25 7 00 26 00 12 00 6 00 3 00 60 1 00 3 8 ER 1 80 9 00 36 00 16 00 8 00 4 00 SEH 1 40 1 15 1 2 41 2 10 12 00 44 00 17 60 7 18 5 18 HO 1 60 1 55 1 10 3 4 Ras 2 90 14 00 59 00 23 30 10 30 6 86 1 40 2 30 2 06 1 50 1 70 3 40 18 00 70 00 29 70 13 10 8 74 1 60 2 70 2 62 2 00 1 1 4 ER 4 80 24 00 96 00 39 10 17 80 11 50 2 50 3 60 3 45 2 50 1 1 2 1 07 5 60 28 00 116 00 45 60 20 10 13 40 3 00 4 50 4 03 2 90 a 1 38 7 00 36 00 146 00 58 60 25 80 17 20 3 50 5 40 5 17 3 60 2 1 2 1 65 8 40 41 00 172 00 70 00 30 90 20 60 4 00 6 50 6 17 4 40 3 2 04 10 00 52 00 213 00 86 90 38 40 25 00 5 00 8 50 7 67 5 50 3 1 2 2 10 12 50 60 00 246 00 100 00 52 00 24 00 5 50 10 0 8 50 6 30 d Use the smaller diameter in the column for pipe size d Smaller diameter Larger diameter we E CONTRACTION ENLARGEMENT SIZE SQUARE CLOSE d d d ER E D OFPIPE 45 90 gt RETURN STD STD D D D D D D Inches ELBOW ELBOW BENDS TEE TEE 1 4 1 2 3 4 1 4 1 2 3 4 Po STRAIGHT PIPE IN FEET EQUIVALENT LENGTH O O 0 STRAIGHT PIPE IN FEET EQUIVALENT LENGTH 1 2 ER 4 00 5 00 1 00 3 10 80 60 36 1 60 1 20 3 4 1 10 5 00 6 00 1 40 4 10 1 00 DO 48 2 30 1 40 TF 1 40 6 00 7 00 1 80 5 30 1 50 1 00 62 2 70 1 60 1 1 4 1 84 8 00 9 00 2 30 6 90 1 70 1 40 ES 3 60 2 30 1 1 2 2 15 9 50 11 00 2 70 8 10 2 00 1 60 ET 4 50 2 70 97 2 2 76 13 00 14 00 3 50 10 30 2 50 2
36. Value Of Standard Materials window Then position your mouse and mouse click in the Heatloss worksheet the input cell where you want the selected R Value to be placed and click the button just below the close button of the window on top to restore the R Value Of Standard Materials box and then the OK button to complete the action TRECEJ www HeatLink com You often need to look up the R Value or thermal resistance factor of composite assemblies Ve made up of standard construction materials The Design Suite provides you with a ready means at your finger tips of computing the R factor of composite structures In addition the Project 8 3 calculated figure can be placed in your HeatLoss project Heatloss sheet where the R Value Reference R Value i applies with a couple of mouse clicks d Exit R Wane Cak Select HeatLink Start gt Reference gt R Value Calc to display the Composite Material R Options Weather Value Calculator window as shown below About Manua SE Composite Material R Value Calculator Wood bevel siding 1 2 x 8 lapped Wood siding shingles 16 7 1 2 exposure Asbestos cement shinges Stucte per inch Eugen Paper 1 2 nall base insul board sheathing 1 2 insul board sheathing regular density 25 32 nai board sheathing reg density LS plywood OOOOOO0O0O Composite R Valpe You may apply the R Value to a HeatLoss oriented Gen fle but it bears no impact on an
37. a a ee a ee EIN Mechanical Labour 15 Controls Labour pi startup Labour woke g s G S Heat Link Material List Sheet www HeatLink com You can change the quantities or add other items related to your installation to this Material List if you need to Since this Material List sheet is for your own reference and upon which you build a price quote for the installation your customer is requesting HeatLoss makes it easy for you in this regard Incorporated in the Material List sheet are two price adjustors for price discount and mark up purpose J k L hi M L 1 Default Discount 2 Additional Discount Markup positive Markup negative Discount 3 Cell O1 This default price discount rate is applied to all the products you are quoting for the installation Cell 02 You can use this entry to do a mark up or further discount on the product price for the job you are quoting This entry is applied to all the products on the list of materials Should you need a price mark up and no discount on the product prices enter 0 in Cell O1 and a positive percentage in Cell O2 or vice versa When you prefer not to use the universal price discount and or mark up rate in Cells O1 and O2 you can override the program defaults by entering a different price discount rate in Column L or mark up in Column M or both next to the products that these special rates are applica
38. age a ceiling may be a cathedral type that has a larger square footage than the floor footage of a given room Enter the actual flat surface square footage of an exposed floor If the floor is a cantilever type use that portion of the surface area not the complete floor area Enter a total square footage if the complete floor is over a crawl space See note in the help box for its connection to Line 23 below Heat Link HeatLoss Sheet www HeatLink com Cell D19 Cell D21 Line 23 Ceiling A Value Wall FA Value Crawl Space R value Cement Floor A Walue Perimeter A Yalue 5 0 6 Buried Wall height Burned Wall A Yalue Enter R value of the insulation in the roof or attic The following columns will be defaulted to this value You can override it if the R value is different in other rooms Enter R value of the insulation in the wall structure The following columns will be defaulted to this value You can override it if the R value is different in other rooms If room floor is partially or entirely over an unheated area select an appropriate floor type from the pull down menu Choose BF for basement floor SOG for slab on grade or OCS for over a crawl space This selection is linked to area entry on Line 18 applicable R value in Appendix II Be sure to override the default exposed oO You can use OCS for a floor that is cantilever type or over an unheated area See Cell D25 Cell D26
39. at loss is estimated using air volume room Volume displaced in an hour at a temperature differential AT between indoor and outdoor conditions O 0 018 ACH Volume AT where ACH air change per hour www HeatLink com Standard double glass window fixed woke md g s G oO Standard double glass window hinged Low e glass window fixed Low e glass window hinged Solid wood door Metal fibre core door Wood frame double glass door Metal frame double glass door Overhead garage door Appendix II Appendix II R value of Typical Materials for Standard Construction F ft hr BTU Ceiling below unheated room Ceiling below unheated room amp R 20 Ceiling below unheated room amp R 30 Ceiling below unheated room amp R 40 Ceiling roof combination amp R 20 Ceiling roof combination amp R 30 Wats Floors amp Perimeter see note below Frame Siding gypsum board amp R 20 Siding gypsum board amp R 30 Cement Above grade 8 12 unfinished cement Above grade 8 12 cement amp R 20 2 5 below grade 8 12 unfinished cement 2 5 below grade 8 12 cement amp R 20 5 8 below grade 8 12 unfinished cement 5 8 below grade 8 12 cement amp R 20 Residential ACH for each room new construction only Windows outside doors on 1 side Windows outside doors on 2 side Windows outside doors on 3 side entrance halls Sun rooms windows on 3 sides Floor
40. atLink Design Suite is able to look into the Contacts list maintained by Microsoft Outlook to extract the particulars of the party that the price quote is to sent to Click the Quote To tab for details as shown below JEE Link www HeatLink com Select HeatLoss Project testing maolyb if Quoted By Quote To petails Look Up My Outlook Contact List Found 1 Current item 1 Contact Last Name First Name Manfred Company RELEJ Attention Manfred Schmidt Company Polytech Products Inc Address 4603 13th Street N E Calgary T2E 6M3 AB Canada Phone 403 219 1216 Fax 403 250 1155 e e To look up any particular contact in your OutLook Contacts list put in either the First Name or Last Name or both for the person you want to look up Or you can search by the Company name Use the lt or gt button to scroll through the matches if there are any The lt and gt buttons are enabled only if multiple contacts match the search criteria The particulars of the person you choose will be transferred to the price quote for you automatically To complete the price quote you need to fill in your own particulars in the Quoted By tab You will be informed of where the price quote is to be found when you click the OK button k li G O zia Ad Link www HeatLink com Create Quote Optmize Print Sheet HeatLoss provides a project overview o
41. ated in the following BTU hr HIT 500 AT In the presence of propylene glycol replace 500 with 470 for 30 450 for 40 and 430 for 50 for water with 0 glycol 4 System Pressure Head You should always check the computed pressure head your installation has to overcome in Cell H107 in this Analysis sheet Together with the friction loss of the pipe mains to the manifold headers you can size your system pump based on this pressure head It is suggested that this system pressure head be ideally kept low preferably not exceeding 15 head water for residential installation To lower this pressure head you can consider reducing your system flow by increasing the design temperature differential AT of your installation See the discussion above on the relationships between flow rate pressure head and design temperature differential of a radiant floor heating system Remember that presence of glycol in your installation has a bearing on the system pressure head You system circulator will pump harder to move viscous glycol works g G S Analysis Sheet www HeatLink com Step By Step Output Line 23 Line 24 Line 25 Line 26 Line 27 Line 29 Line 30 Line 31 Line 32 Line 38 Line 40 Room Name Room Number 25 Do Floor Heat 26 Type of heating 27 Wet or Dm twttwriws oy 29 Cement above pipe 20 Floor Covering 21 ross Area ca Net Area al I
42. ble to Note that after you change the default entries in these two columns the program default will be lost J K L M 2 O HeatLink Material 4 H Ce Discount or Marku i 6 10000 1 2 AquaLink Natural PEX C pipe 100 f s5000 o O ee 9 2000 172 AquaLink Natural PEX C pipe H e H 10 50mm x 4 6 D 1 2 HeatLink PEX A pipe ee FAJO O es Dn S o o 11 150ft 40mm x 3 7 D 1 4 HeatLink PEX A pipe 0 e000 It o 12 1000 1 Oxygen Barrier HeatLink Black UN Protected PEX 100 307 00 o HeatLoss provides you with great flexibility in price adjustments on HeatLink products you are quoting for your job or project See the example below and take note of the discount rates in Column L and M for the product 89010 12345 and 34567 Heat Link Material List Sheet www HeatLink com EEE Default Discount 40 00 Additional Discount Markup positive Markup negative Discount HeatLink Material 03 Ju03 TRECEJ 16 ams 15 10008 1 2 Oxygen Barier HeatLink PEX pipe 1000 840 00 40 00 10 00 Oes 8 316 00 17 98305 10 Lamp 1 2 Oxygen Barrier HeatLink PEX pipe f 252 00 40 00 10 00 066 1 663 20 20 jasio7 7 Ion Tie Staps 75 1000 bag lt 7490 Anois ES IX 346A 21 em 3 500 Track Staples oee ag 189 00 I MECHANCAL OPTIONS TCE 3r gel 1 Boiler rs go O OS S 3 150 00 113 34567 50 Rough In Labour o hw ON 1 150 00 167 Total 4 15 065 99 The disc
43. control horizon T i by bringing you StatLink a control device running on 24 Vac making Yes thermostat wiring seamless StatLink can be expanded for wiring Sea e _ arora multiple thermostats making your wiring work less burdensome For better degree of energy efficiency and comfort a StatLink setback module can be considered StatLink works in perfect harmony with any standard injection controller HeatLoss lets you specify StatLink easily wales mse id G S Heat Link HeatLoss Sheet www HeatLink com 10 Use of Anti freeze Glycol If PEX piping is likely exposed to temperatures below 32 F for long periods use of anti freeze to protect the fluid from freezing and bursting the HeatLink piping will be necessary The recommended anti freeze to use is inhibited propylene glycol To your advantage HeatLink glycol has been premixed with Molybdate a corrosion inhibitor vital to your hydronic heating system Under no circumstances should you try automotive ethylene glycol which contains silicates detrimental to any pump seals The addition of glycol to a system increases the system piping pressure head AP and requires a higher flow rate gpm to transfer the same amount of heat to offset a given heat loss Do s and Don ts e Donotuse galvanized pipe or fittings with glycol solution The zinc will react with glycol inhibitors e Use a suitable boiler system cleaner to flush cutting
44. d pump capacity For manifold and tubing only to equal Ft Hd oi USGPI1 104 Transformers Copper amp Fittings 105 Copper or PEs mains to all manifolds 106 Installation labor 107 Almost all areas show sufficient Hoor heating output without exceeding German D M Standards For the rooms For which shortages were 108 indicated above rough in piping only should be provided for a future alternate heat source if required Que to the HeatLink FloorHeat 104 program s safety margin supplemental heat in this area may never be required rte our advice to go through one heating season before 10 connecting the rough in IF at severe outdoor temperatures room temperature is not satistactory supplemental heat would hawe to be provided 111 at an extra charge i e electrical or hydronic baseboard or kick space heaters etc UE 113 Disclaimer 114 The Material List and HeatLoss calculations are based on the information provided to us on HAEN i 115 Ir there hawe been any subsequent changes polytech Products Ine assumes no responsibility For the design or function of the Cell E80 Replace the red X s with the heat shortages reported for all those WT designated rooms in the Analysis sheet Cell E83 Replace the red X s with the heat shortages reported for all those WS designated rooms in the Analysis sheet Cell E86 Replace the red X s with the heat shortages reported for all those D designated rooms in the Analysis sheet gt
45. dless of the type of manifold selected 5a Each manifold header includes a supply manifold and a return manifold 50 Isolation valves are to be installed on the supply and return manifolds aC An air vent either automatic or manual should be located at each manifold station on the return manifold for air removal 5d The number of modules a supply or return manifold contains is equal to the number of circuits served by the manifold header sip 4 ei Cp Always use a separate distribution manifold header for a garage Step By Step Output You will find on this list of materials a partial listing of the HeatLink line of products their corresponding stock part numbers SK U and shipping unit Visit our Website at www heatlink com or contact your HeatLink area representative for a complete listing of HeatLink radiant heating products The recommended quantity shown on the list in Column H Qty is directly transferred from the Analysis sheet based on your entries in the Heatloss sheet Heat Link Material List Sheet www HeatLink com HeatLink Material 4 a Ee EC i az C H 92905 J1000f 1 2 AquaLink Natural PEX C pipe 1000 550 00 92305 300ft 1 2 AquaLink Natural PEX C pipe 165 00 99050 50mm x 4 6 1 1 2 HeatLink PEX A pipe e e on 99240 150ft 40mm x 3 7 1 1 4 HeatLink PEX A pipe 690 00 99128 100ft 1 Oxygen Barrier HeatLink Black UY Protected PEX pipe 307 00 98522 3
46. e 2 For piping embedded in concrete e wet installation you may not need to provide specific floor heating to hallways or corridors when hot water piping to the surrounding rooms passes through these areas wakes wel g s G O ais For piping in between joist or under subfloor i e dry installation make sure the zones rooms are squares or rectangles Check the joist setup of the structure as pipe spacing is very much dependent on the joist setup Heat Link HeatLoss Sheet www HeatLink com Heats Doc Z Material List 4 Summary E Q p E Introduction sl 1 Zoning Most people prefer the bathroom to be warmer for showers and baths and the bedroom to be a little cooler while sleeping Zoning refers to separating the application into different areas of thermostatic control A separate thermostat works in conjunction with a zone valve that opens and closes upon heating demand to allow the flow of hot water through a piping circuit In essence zone controls use the input information from the zone thermostats to deliver heat where necessary HeatLoss makes zoning design Mandold Group Number Tarota Z dore Hueste Dore vak bor Mpa res Select Thermostat Type Drop array to zelech a herria Harati E peeched Hia Roce tempersture well be input for you selected here Floceheshing 46000 series l Heat Cool 46137 easy for you 2 Floor Finish Be aware that
47. e HeatLink Suite Window as shown below HeatLink Start Project YUI 209H Reference Heatlink The ees Approach S eae Click the About tab to learn which version of HeatLink Design Suite is currently running The registration can be looked up in the Registration tab If you need technical support you need to note the build as well as the registration In addition you need the registration to activate the application if you have not done so yet To activate your Design Suite you can log on to the Profession web page on HeatLink Website http www heatlink ca Or complete the form found in the file hldsregform txt and fax it to HeatLink Canada at 403 250 1155 hidsregform txt is one of the files you downloaded or distributed by your local HeatLink representative mse lie G O www HeatLink com Budget Menu Commands Budget menu item on the menu bar becomes visible when you have created a budget project or opened a previously saved budget project file Budget gt Tools HeatLink Design Suite Budget library will generate a price quote based on your inputs to creating a project Select Budget gt Tools gt Create Quote to display the Create Quote window as shown below i Select Budget Project Quoted By Quote To Details Tools b Create Quote Resources P Customize Print Sheet Size Pipe and Pump Jonk Up My Outook Contact lit
48. e as reported in Cell L107 of the Analysis sheet based on your specified glycol concentration in Cell E98 Reported in this cell is the friction head of your installation that must be overcome it is transferred directly from Cell F71 of the Summary sheet Output in this cell is the total flow rate of your installation it 1s transferred directly from Cell K71 of the Summary sheet Replace the red X s with the date when job information was delivered to you YUI 209H woke g s G oO ES www HeatLink com Appendix Introduction Calculating heat loss is the starting point to approach the design of any radiant floor heating system Heat loss from a building comes about in two ways 1 by conduction via all surfaces that are warm on the inside and cold on the outside 2 by air leakage via infiltration of cold air through cracks and gaps of windows and doors O Heat loss calculation is an estimate of the rate measured in BTU hr at which a building or room loses heat at the outdoor design temperature Itis impossible to calculate the exact heat loss rate due to the vast details of a building to be considered 1 By Conduction Heat flows through a solid object when there is temperature differential AT across the object The heat flow rate Q depends on the thermal conductivity K thickness Ax and area A of the object in the following K TTE As we are more interested in heat loss r
49. e nook and 12 otherwise For some reason the tile feels cooler than a bare foot would prefer whenever heat input is interrupted by the thermostat Why RELEJ The piping should have been at 3 spacing instead of 6 in both the kitchen and the nook The system pump is undersized 1 e insufficient flow in the circuits The tiled floor area releases heat from the slab faster than the carpeted area You forgot to put in a mixing controller to modulate the water temperature What would be the best remedy to the problem as described in Question 5 above Order a mixing controller either 31320 or 30360 from HeatLink Replace the system pump with one of higher pressure head and more flow capacity Replace the tiled floor area with carpet Keep the pump running even heat input is interrupted by the thermostat Radiant heating piping is installed on a suspended floor deck to heat the room below and above The thermal resistance of the flooring in the room above is equalized to that of the ceiling finish in the room below The space above the floor is a living room with plenty of south facing windows and the space below is a heated basement The design room temperatures in these rooms are the same For convenience the room thermostat is in the living room Will the system perform as expected a Yes it will deliver to expectation because the rate of upward heat flow is as much as the downward one due to equal thermal resistance
50. e used but not both Enter designed indoor air temperature during winter in F The room temperature on Line 51 will be defaulted to this entry Enter your designed outdoor air temperature F It is defaulted to a temperature according to your selection of city upfront It is ideal to keep the outside temperature at the coldest figure expected for the area in winter You can consult other sources for this design parameter For instance in Calgary temperature would dip down to 35 F in a cold snap while the average temperature during winter would be only 5 F The temperature differential between the inside and outside temperatures shows up here This differential will be used for the heat loss calculations Select the percentage of glycol to be used in your installation from the pull down menu See Use of Anti freeze Glycol in the Introduction of this sheet Heat Link HeatLoss Sheet www HeatLink com Supply Temp Water Temp Drop Base on Pipe Size 10 20 norm W378 172 5 8 244 TRECEJ Cell P56 Enter the supply water temperature you desire for the system in F It normally ranges from 100 F to 140 F Temperature exceeding 160 F is rare Cell P57 Enter your designed temperature drop AT between the supply and return This value has a commanding impact on the system flow rate A small value means water must flow faster while a larger value means a slower flow to offset a g
51. ect to work with The Dry and Wet check box will be enabled or disabled according to the install type specified in your budget project Click the OK button to display the HeatLink Job Specification window along with a separate window showing the job specification as shown below Type Wet Print Preview Print l HeatLink Floor Heating Wet System Residential You cannot close the separate job specification window since its close button has been disabled To close it you have to click the Close button in the HeatLink Job Specification window Drop the Type combo box to display the specification type Wet or Dry to show Click the Print Preview button to show you how the print looks like when it is sent to a printer Click the Print button to send it to a printer by selecting which printer the print is sent to if you have multiple printers connected Occasionally the separate job specification window may become hidden It will become visible again if you click any of the buttons other than the Close button www HeatLink com HeatLink Design Suite Online Help Guide Dependent on where you are when you are working with any heatloss project file not budget project file the HeatLink Design Suite will A intelligently provide you with appropriate help and guide If you feel lost or want to find out more about what to do with any particular input wll field you can ask Design Suite for guidance g s G LA Note
52. ed loop system Molybdate is environmentally acceptable and thermally stable To be effective it must be present in the system in a concentration of 100 150 ppm For better detail on water quality in hydronic systems please request a copy of INFO 29 1 from your HeatLink area representative TREGE Heat Link Questions www HeatLink com l You are asked these floor heating related questions on the phone I have hardwood flooring everywhere in my house What water temperature do I run How far apart should I put the pipes The best response to these questions is a Ican t tell because water temperature and pipe spacing are to be answered by a professional fa md g s G oO b For a hardwood flooring you should use 6 spacing and run water temperature at 150 F c I need to do a heat loss calculation for each room of your house before I can answer your questions d You ve got me I will call HeatLink to find out for you Se A 1 wooden rod and a 1 steel pipe were placed outside on a snowy day If you were to grab both of these which one would be warmer a The wooden rod is warmer b The steel pipe is warmer c None of them is warmer d None of the above 3 My house is already framed My wife is now nagging me to put in floor heating in place of forced air Oh By the way I will use hardwood flooring in my 8 ft ceiling house I know there are quite a few ways to do i
53. eduction than the thermal conductivity of a material we usually express ra R value the thermal resistance of a material Hence the heat flow rate becomes A AT Rvalue AP O The greater the R value of a material the less heat flows through it for a given area and temperature differential across it It means that for a given heat output Q and area A high AT is necessary for large thermal resistance i e high R value Heat Link Appendix www HeatLink com Now you can see why a floor covering of high R value has an adverse impact on the supply water temperature of a radiant floor heating system For instance it is determined that a heat output of 30 BTU hr ft is needed to achieve desirable comfort ina room You are now choosing a floor covering between carpet without rubber pad R value 1 00 and with rubber pad R value 1 88 To simplify calculation let us consider only the floor finish here and neglect anything else AT F If floor surface temp is 85 F supply water temp will be TREGE If other things such as air space are factored in the supply water temperature of your installation with carpet and rubber pad flooring will be more likely to exceed an installation limit than the one without the rubber pad 2 By Air Leakage A building has many imperfections through which air leaks such as cracks and gaps around windows and doors electrical outlets and fireplaces Air leakage he
54. eet If it exceeds 95 F you will need to reduce it by making changes to your border O zone entries in the Heatloss sheet What possible measures can we follow to achieve it Would change to pipe spacing and supply water temperature help wales ad G S Heat Link Analysis Sheet www HeatLink com Line 59 Line 65 Line 66 Line 68 Line 69 Line 70 Line 71 Line 72 Line 73 The computed flow rate in each loop circuit in the border zone The computed maximum friction loss experienced by the loop circuits of this border zone The computed total pipe length in the border zone Both the supply and return leader lengths are included Indicates the number of loops required in this border zone HeatLink Setting This is the manifold group number for the border zone Each border zone manifold is balanced separately from the others A reference number is given to this border zone You may use it on the layout drawings for future reference The PEX pipe spacing you have selected in the Heatloss sheet The computed loop length to be used in this border zone based on your border zone inputs in the Heatloss sheet This is the dial setting to be set on the TwistSeal 55 mm or 40 mm return manifold module suggested by HeatLoss Note HeatLoss frees you of the tedious work on flow balancing among loop circuits Heat Link Analysis Sheet www HeatLink com
55. el Open a blank workbook if none is there yet by selecting File on the menu bar and then New from the drop down menu b Choose Jools on menu bar and then Add Ins on the drop down menu to show Add Ins window Click the Browse button to open the Browse window d Select the drop down arrow beside the Look in combo box to navigate to the destination folder as indicated in the setup process eg RELEJ C Documents and Settings userID A pplication Data Microsoft AddIns HeatLink Design Suite v2 You should find the Look in combo box at the top of the window e Highlight All Files on the selection list when you click the drop down arrow beside the Files of type combo box in the Browse window You should find the Files of type combo box at the bottom of the window f Highlight HeatLinkWiz lib file on the file list and then click OK g You should see the box beside HeatLink Suite Wizard is checked Click OK again to dismiss the Add Ins window If Excel is running on screen now you should see that HeatLink Start is the last menu item on the Excel menu bar Why the setup install utility is preferred We strong suggest you run MyInstall to setup HeatLink Design Suite v2 on your computer for the following benefits 1 To ensure only the applicable library files are copied to the right place on your computer 2 To ensure all the supporting files are copied over to your computer 3 To completely delete previously installed applicat
56. enerate a price quote based on your inputs to creating a project Select HeatLoss gt Tools gt Create Quote to display the Create Quote window as shown below Select HeatLoss Project testing Quoted By Quote To Details This price quote is created based on the product list generated by the HeatLoss library The product list can be edited such as applying your own discounts or markups or even changing the suggested quantities before sending the price quote to your customer By default any discounts or markups specified on the product list will be displayed in the price quote Uncheck the box below if you wish not to show the price discounts markups and the product list prices but to display only the final price before taxes Select Quote To tab to fill out the quote recipient s particulars If Microsoft Outlook is enabled you can search your contact list for intended quote recipient details by specifying either contact first name last name or company name Select Quoted By tab to fill out the quote sender s particulars Iw Show price discounts and product list prices Click the drop down arrow of the Select HeatLoss Project combo box to choose which heatloss project you want to create a price quote for If you decide to include just the final price without showing discounts and product list prices in the price quote uncheck the box beside Show price discounts and product list prices in the Details tab He
57. ensing boiler geothermal heat pump and solar energy collector woke sel g s G oO For a given heat output the marginal gain in output by using 5 8 instead of 1 2 pipe can help lower the supply water temperature of your installation by a couple of degrees though the gain in heat source efficiency from this temperature reduction may be small As a system designer you have to justify using 5 8 pipe over 1 2 pipe by comparing the reduced operating cost over the entire life of your installation to the difference in capital cost of using these pipes B Does the depth of radiant heating pipe in a concrete slab make any difference As you would expect the thermal output of an in slab radiant heating system does depend on how deep the piping is in a concrete slab To verify this dependency a study was conducted to demonstrate the effect of pipe depth on heat output for a 4 thick bare concrete slab operating with 100 F water and resting on 1 inch of extruded polystyrene insulation PEX piping on 12 OC spacing Relative to 1 below surface 100 94 4 86 3 Though the results may seem trivial several points can be drawn from this study 1 Due to the concrete thickness the thermal resistance increases as the piping goes deeper in the slab Therefore higher supply water temperature is necessary to push the heat energy through this increased resistance to achieve a given rate of heat output Hig
58. f the building or an individual room is exchanged with outside air See the Introduction of Appendix A sheet for more details Heatloss offers assistance in the selection of air leakage rate dependent on the number of walls having windows or exterior doors It also makes provision to account for other air leakage related heat losses for commercial project due to perhaps frequent use of door openings such as revolving doors This infiltration loss is in addition to the air leakage heat loss inherently related to the quality of a building construction as described above WOEN ype TNS Skylar ft i ht red zap Gran Factos ACH Gemeen Air Leakage Heat Loss i tl Tosccoupt For the heat loss thru gaps and l cracks around window amp door frames Room Temp FL Suggested ACH pending of exposed walls Nel Aves sait with doors and windows Heat Loss stun A 0 05 On 1 side i Constiction Loss 0 15 On 2 sides i Mech Vent Loss Res 0 30 On 3 sides TOTAL HEAT Loss 0 40 On 4 sides nl TE 3 Su To ecoount for other infitration related heat 3 loss due bo commercial use of space such as SS Mel fies sgj frequent opening of docs 5 Heat Loss BTU en E Suagoested ACH pindi of epsa paal s Conun Lor with doors B windows OH oh i Sa TRECEJ woke Ci G O ais Heat Link HeatLoss Sheet www HeatLink com
59. f your input parameter and summarizes your radiant floor heating design in a convenient place Before you create a price quote for your Heatloss project it is always advisable to tweak your system design parameters to see how the system responds to your changes such as water temperature on heat shortages Select HeatLoss gt Tools gt Optimize to display the Optimize Project window as shown below Ei m Space Floor Heating Results Min Floor Temp 84 0 F m Overall Room Slab Settings Temperature deg F between 35 and 200 Room design 70 ras a SO m In Concrete Pour Max Floor Temp E40 F between 0 5 and 8 0 S emp Max Floor Heating Max Floor Warming 2 in Shortages BTU h 74 732 Primary Heat Settings Hydronic Circuits Radiant System Settings Mixing Scheme Manual 4 Way Mixing IR source Type Conventional Boiler m Water Temperature deg F between 35 and 200 between 5 and 30 r Radiant System Results T EN a 140 i H Supply J Delta T 20 a Flow 13 0 gpm Loop Flow ft sec Min 1 3 Glycol Used in System 30 EE pm 119 482 E Contra Stang e I StatLink 40190 Setback 40170 At Temp deg F 180 Use Filter Head 8 7 ft Indoor sensor 30076 430077 The Optimize Project applies to the currently active HeatLoss project only i e the Excel file that you are pre
60. h supply water temperature will not be ideal e when low supply water temperature is essential to maximize the efficiency of your heat source such as condensing boiler geothermal heat pump and solar energy collector when concrete slab and floor covering are susceptible to high slab temperature See the Floor Finish in the Introduction of the Heatloss sheet for more details Heat Link Appendix V www HeatLink com 2 Itis important to know that what affects the efficiency of a radiant floor heating system is the back and edge losses which are mostly influenced by the surface temperature of the radiant piping The higher the pipe surface temperature due to high supply water temperature the higher the back and edge losses 3 Whether there is under slab insulation or not the closer the piping is to the bottom of the slab the greater the underside heat loss 4 The further away the piping is to the surface of the slab the bigger the thermal mass above it As you can imagine warm up time in response to a call for heat is longer and so is the cooling time after heat input is called off by system control Reference 1 John Siegenthaler P E Does Tube Size Matter October 2001 PM Magazine 2 John Siegenthaler P E To Lift Or Not To Lift November 2002 PM Magazine C Corrosion due to oxygen diffusion in radiant floor heating system A non oxygen barrier PEX pipe filled with water that is low in oxygen
61. hat you can include them in your price quote whereas the Enable product description lookup option permits you to access and print the HeatLink product catalogue from the material product worksheet The last option allows your own products to be incorporated in the material list generated by the Design Suite if it is checked The application keeps your materials in its own internal database If the product database maintained by the application is empty when you check this option you will be prompted to create one immediately TREGE k oj ie G O www HeatLink com HeatLink Start Project j Reference Exit Options Settings About Product Database You can build up your own product database in Design Suite so that you can include your materials in every price quote generated by the application Select HeatLink Start gt Options gt Product Database to display the User Product Database window as shown below Build Import Item 2of2 Use the Build tab to build up your product database one item at a time For the picture shown above there have been 2 items loaded in the database and the second item is currently displayed To view the items in the database click the scroll bar up down arrow and drag its tab The item will be updated accordingly To add item to the database fill in the text boxes The Description and Unit Price must not be left blank they are essential to identify y
62. he parts of the building exposed to colder than inside temperatures yellow outline as shown Items include 4a 4 b 4 c 4 d Knoewalla d JINN Ceilings Floors exposed to unheated space or cooler room temperatures Walls exposed to unheated space or cooler room temperatures Ceilings exposed to unheated space or cooler room temperatures Doors exposed to unheated space or cooler room temperatures Windows www HeatLink com 5 R values R value is the measurement of a material resistance to heat conduction High R value means more resistance to heat flow When designing a radiant floor heating system or calculating heat loss specific R value of the following 1s to be determined Sa Ceiling insulation 5b Wall insulation 5C Floor insulation HeatLoss Sheet 5d Doors only those exposed to unheated room or area 5e Windows and skylights 5f Floor finish R values of some typical windows and doors can be found under the Reference section of the HeatLoss menu You can also find the R value of materials commonly installed in any standard construction in the Appendix Hl and IH of this user manual 6 Infiltration Heat leaves a building by air leakage through imperfections of the building envelope such as gaps and cracks around sashes and frames of windows and doors One of the practical approaches to quantify this heat loss is to select a rate at which the interior air volume o
63. heated area HeatLink HeatLoss shows that the room will have heat shortage if the floor surface temperature is below 85 F Try question 10 to 14 below for this floor heating design 10 Ifthe room flooring is changed to hardwood from carpet which of the following will be true a The room s heat loss remains the same b There will be no heat shortage c The floor surface temperature will be higher d None of the above 11 Which of the following floor construction will change the required floor surface temperature a A thick concrete slab b A thin gypcrete slab c A frame floor d None of the above 12 Ifthe room flooring is changed to tile from carpet which of the following will be true a The radiant floor heating system s supply water temperature can be lowered b The floor surface temperature 85 F remains c The room s heat loss remains the same d All of the above Heat Link Questions www HeatLink com 13 Which of the following statement is true The room s design heating load is dictated by the room construction not floor covering b Heat energy moves from hot to cold c Floor coverings are part of the floor construction Floor construction dictates the path in the direction of least thermal resistance that the heat energy will take from the radiant floor heating system to the floor surface d All of the above 14 Given that the R value of air and tile are 0 68 F ft hr BTU a
64. heating system together with other applications The check boxes directly underneath The highlighted application has label indicate what the other applications are Note that you cannot change the check boxes Click the Show button to display the HeatLink Schematic window along with a separate window showing the schematic drawing as shown below Anderson Residence You cannot close the separate schematic drawing window since its close button has been disabled To close it you have to click the Close button in the HeatLink Schematic window Select the Piping or Wiring radio button to display the piping schematic and wiring schematic accordingly Click the Print Preview button to show you how the print looks like when it is sent to a printer Click the Print button to send it to a printer by selecting which printer the print is sent to if you have multiple printers connected Occasionally the separate schematic window may become hidden It will become visible again if you click any of the buttons other than the Close button www HeatLink com HeatLink Design Suite keeps a library of the install specifications You can make reference to the suggested specification pertinent to your project by selecting Budget gt Resources gt Budget Specification to display the Job Specification window as shown below E Tools H Arial Ha Q S 9 Resources Schematic pa Specification sl Drop the Select Project combo box to se
65. his value is limited by the floor surface temperature you have selected in the Heatloss sheet TRECEJ Line 43 Itis the actual heat output delivered by the heat producing area i e the net area in the Heatloss sheet plus the heat output generated by the border zone 1f there is any Line 44 Ifyou declare this room as no floor heat area on Line 62 in the Heatloss sheet the heat loss of this room will show up here Or else it shows nothing Line 45 This is how much BTU hr the radiant floor heating falls short of the design heating load To eliminate or reduce output shortage consider in the Heatloss sheet Reducing the pipe spacing Raising the supply water temperature to a maximum of 145 F Adding border zones Adding other heat emitters such as radiators or hot water coils A rough in piping is to be provisioned for future consideration WT E e a es ee eee 46 BORDER ONE LOOPS 8 Border one Area sub Ff 53 Output T a 55 Zane floor temp FR 54 Flow Rate loop mn lr 65 AP total Ahead II 66 Total Pipe in Border zone A a e8 Loops in Border Zone ee E Line 48 The border zone area transferred from the Heatloss sheet Line 53 The heat output delivered by the border zone This value is limited by the floor surface temperature you have selected in the Heatloss sheet Line 55 The computed floor surface temperature for the border zone corresponding to your border zone inputs in the Heatloss sh
66. installed Microsoft Outlook and Internet Explorer to fully exploit the new features It allows user s full control over the work environment such as warning message and error detection It allows product description to be output to a printer It allows project or job specification to be output to a color capable printer It adjusts itself automatically to print report to the right length without wasting paper It imposes no more stoppage to your file opening process by double clicking on a file name It has the latest product reference numbers SKU from HeatLink It has the latest product pricing from HeatLink It offers so many new features and enhancements that the list above hardly exhausts them all in one place Where can you get HeatLink Design Suite v2 HeatLink Design Suite v2 can be downloaded from HeatLink Website at http www heatlink ca pro If you are a registered user you must log in and navigate to the software Web page to download the software by selecting the Software link on the left hand side of the screen You will find 3 hyperlinks allowing you to download the respective software optimized for different version of Microsoft Office and Outlook HLDS2000 HLDS2002 and HLDS2003 Alternately you can approach your local HeatLink representative for a copy of the software if you have no access to the Internet k md g s G oO www HeatLink com Getting Started Microsoft Office Versio
67. ion files of version 1 and or version 2 if you do a re installation of version 2 4 To detect if you have installed Adobe Distiller on your computer so that you can make use of the unique print feature provided by the software 5 To eliminate the redundancy of HeatLoss Guide menu in the popup menu window when you right click on a worksheet in Excel This redundancy is caused by abnormal exit of Excel when using HeatLink Design Suite v1 You may run MyInstall anytime again to re install HeatLink Design Suite v2 on your computer woke md g s G oO www HeatLink com Why are you given a serial number You will be provided when software was downloaded from HeatLink Website or by your local HeatLink representative a serial number to do a full install You enter the serial number when prompted during the setup process ie when running My Jnstall The serial number will entitle you to 1 A 30 day free trial period before you decide to activate the software for good 2 Technical support on using the software by registering with HeatLink Canada 3 Activate the software You can activate your copy of software on line at http www heatlink ca pro or fax in the completed registration form to HeatLink Canada at 403 250 1155 Find the file hldsregform txt among the distributed files for a blank registration form if you have missed it during the setup process Exploiting Adobe Acrobat feature changi
68. iven heat loss The value is copied onto Line 68 where it can be overridden This AT normally falls in a range from 10 to 20 F Cell P58 Select a pipe size from the pull down menu This size will be copied onto Line 70 where it can be overridden depending on the room being evaluated For instance you use 1 2 piping for every room except the garage where you decide to use 5 8 piping instead So you change the value on Line 70 to 5 8 for the garage Larger pipe results in smaller friction loss and the system may end up requiring a smaller head pump D Floor HeattiARadiF an Coil 40NPDIEC b2 wet or Dm pweewriwssoy Line 61 Select a choice from the pull down menu Only when you specify Y to Floor Heat will the HeatLoss update the bill of materials accordingly for your project Only a heat loss load no bill of materials will be computed for the other options i e select FC from the pull down menu if fan coil is to be used R for radiator board or N if no heat necessary Line 62 Select a choice from the pull down menu to specify wet or dry installation The option you select will affect the bill of materials accordingly For wet installation using tie straps choose WC For wet installation with pipes cradled on tracking that is stapled to the sub floor choose WT For wet installation with pipes cradled on tracking that is stapled to the insulation Styrofoam choose WS Choose D for dry installation i e
69. lect the budget project to work with The Dry and Wet check box will be enabled or disabled according to the install type specified in your budget project Click the OK button to display the HeatLink Job Specification window along with a separate window showing the job specification as shown below HeatLink Job Specification Type Wet Print Preview Print l Description HeatLink Floor Heating Wet System Residential You cannot close the separate job specification window since its close button has been disabled To close it you have to click the Close button in the HeatLink Job Specification window Drop the Type combo box to display the specification type Wet or Dry to show Click the Print Preview button to show you how the print looks like when it is sent to a printer Click the Print button to send it to a printer by selecting which printer the print is sent to if you have multiple printers connected Occasionally the separate job specification window may become hidden It will become visible again if you click any of the buttons other than the Close button i G O JEE Link www HeatLink com HeatLoss Menu Commands HeatLoss menu item on the menu bar becomes visible when you have created a HeatLoss project or opened a previously saved HeatLoss project file HeatLoss gt Tools Create Quote Optimize Print Sheet HeatLink Design Suite Budget library will g
70. m the pull down menu if the distribution manifold is equipped with a single zone valve that is controlled by a thermostat Line 10 Select a floor finish from a pull down menu woke ad G oO ES Heat Link HeatLoss Sheet www HeatLink com Line 12 Line 13 Line 14 Line 15 Line 16 Line 17 Line 18 DG Exp Wall Height D JExposed Wall W Am Length IS Am width 6 Gress oom Area sol UI V L tposeg Ceding Area sol II i Exposed Ener Area Se n WE Enter an average height of all the exposed walls The adjacent columns will be defaulted to this entry Of course it can be overridden 1f the exposed wall height is different in other rooms Enter the perimeter length of all the exposed walls or walls next to unheated area e g garage storage crawl space etc Bedroom Enter a room length if the room is rectangular or square 6 ft A Livin Enter a room width if the room is rectangular or square a ER Reon The room square footage will be calculated automatically if the room length Line 13 and the room length Line 14 have been eck ta entered This cell can be written over by typing in a total square l Exposed wall 6 10 16 feet footage should the area be of an irregular shape Enter the actual flat surface square footage of an exposed ceiling Some rooms may have a partial exposure The ceiling footage may not be the same as the floor foot
71. n Compatibility You must be running Microsoft Office and Microsoft Outlook of the same version number in order to fully exploit all the new features delivered by HeatLink Design Suite In addition you must have installed Microsoft Internet Explorer By default Internet Explorer is loaded along with the installation of Windows operating system If you are running Office 2002 and Outlook 2002 you will need the Design Suite optimized for version 2002 If you are running Office 2000 and Outlook 2000 you will need the Design Suite optimized for version 2000 Office applications with Outlook of different version number are currently not supported Zipped Compressed If HeatLink Design Suite is downloaded from HeatLink Website at http www heatlink ca pro you will find the application comes in a zipped file You need to unzip it to extract the multiple files before you can install it The zipped file is self extracting if you mouse double click on its file name Upon unzipping itself all the application files will be extracted to the following location on your computer by default C HLDSv2 where C is your local boot drive on your computer Install Setup Installing HeatLink Design Suite can be made easy with the setup utility provided Look for the file MyInstall xls in the files distributed through download from HeatLink Website or your local HeatLink representative Before you run MyInstall xls to install the application the macr
72. n click the System Pump icon to display the suggested pump size Click the OK button to turn it to a report so that you can print it on a printer or change it to PDF file as outlined in the Budget gt Tools gt Print Sheet section above JEE Link www HeatLink com Budget gt Resources HeatLink Design Suite keeps a library of piping and wiring schematic drawings You can make reference to the suggested schematics pertinent to your project by selecting Budget gt ge Budget Resources gt Schematic to display the Schematic Drawing window as shown below oe G Tools Nz S Schematic Drawing Resources P Schematic Specification F yl Select Budget Project 4 way mixing e Basic simple C Other complex The highlighted application has Application with hot water tank Fan Cail Application with fan coil unit E Heat Ed Application with fan coil heat exhanger and hot we ge e Application with fan coil heat exhanger and bot we Hot Water Tank Simple Application with zone valves Application with fan coil unit and hot water tank Multiple Boilers StatLink Setback Drop the Select Budget Project combo box to select the budget project to work with Select the Basic simple radio button if you want to pull out the suggested schematics piping and wiring for radiant heating system without reference to other applications Select any item in the Other complex list box for radiant
73. nce gt R Value to display the R Value of Standard Materials window as shown below R Value of typical Window of Standard Materials Mouse cick any part of the house to bring up a list of related material s R Value You may apply the highlighted value to a HeatLoss oriented file for calculation but your selection bears no impact on any results by HeatLink Budget Standard double glass window fixed Standard single glass window hinged Standard double glass window hinged Low e double glass window fixed Low e triple glass window fixed Low e c w argon double glass window fixed Low e c w argon triple glass window fixed Low e double glass window hinged Low e triple glass window hinged Skylight single glass Skylight double glass Position your mouse anywhere over the house picture and mouse click the part of the house of which the R Values you want to look up For instance mouse click the window to look up the R Values of most windows construction as shown in the picture above If not sure position your mouse momentarily over the house image to bring up the help context box If you are currently working with a HeatLoss project file the OK button and the Location Selection box will become visible In that case select from the list box the material of which the R Value you want to use To place the selected R Value in the Heatloss worksheet mouse click the highlighted dash button near the bottom of the window to shrink down the R
74. nd 0 22 F ft hr BTU respectively and the piping is running between joists what would be the supply water temperature ignore the thermal resistance of PEX pipe a 124 5 F b 107 5 F c 100 0 F d 140 0 F 15 What would you suggest to a customer who is putting in his house a radiant floor heating system that relies on a geothermal heat pump a A tighter pipe spacing b Low thermal resistance of floor covering c Use of 5 8 instead of 1 2 PEX All of the above a RELEJ ree 022222222222222222200 L7180 BEID Link Canada Manufactured by polytech PRODUCTS Inc Head Office 4603E 13th Street N E Calgary Alberta T2E 6M3 Phone 403 250 3432 Toll Free 1 800 661 5332 Mississauga Office 1555 Bonhill Road Unit 7 Mississauga Ontario L5T 1Y5 Phone 905 795 8289 Fax 905 795 0210 Toll Free 1 800 661 5332 China Room 404 Chit Lee Commercial Building 30 36 Shaukiwan Road Shaukiwan Hong Kong Phone 852 25107333 Fax 852 25107208 BI Link Ireland Cappincur Tullamore Co Offaly Phone 0506 24062 Fax 0506 24063 Freephone 1800 311338 JD Link M xico ADOLFO PRIETO 1759 C Col Del Valle C P 03100 M xico D F Phone 52 55 5534 4241 Fax 403 250 1155 52 55 5524 9850 Zeid Link U S A Inc 89 54th Street S W Grand Rapids Michigan 49548 Phone 616 532 4266 Fax 616 532 9322 Toll Free 1 800
75. nd non border zones are tallied and reported here woke md g s G oO Heat Link Analysis Sheet www HeatLink com 106 ZE GEDE E ALSA tee ATA Selen TON Cell Q105 The heat loss of all rooms not calling for floor heating are tallied and reported here If you use electric baseboard radiators instead of boiler water to make up these heat losses it should be netted off from the total boiler make up in Cell Q106 Cell Q106 The summation of all the cell entries in Cells L105 L106 and Q105 Cell Q107 The BTU h required for ventilation bringing air of outside temperature to room condition in the building is calculated and reported here e Ee veer Fa e eg Tee Ce e Ee eg eege ee ae ee Een 158 SQ FT Org system SQ FT wet Trap SQ FT Tracking on Subfloor Cell E158 The total area footage related to your installation designated Dry only in between joists in the Heatloss sheet Cell H158 The total area footage related to your installation designated WC wet installation using tie straps only in the Heatloss sheet Cell L158 The total area footage related to your installation designated WT wet installation using pipe tracking stapled to subfloor only in the Heatloss sheet gt D M T D 158 SQ FT Tracking on styrofoam Cell P158 The total area footage related to your installation designated WS wet application using pipe tracking stapled to insulation Styrofoam only in
76. ng printout to PDF file If you have installed Adobe Acrobat on your computer HeatLink Design Suite v2 will exploit its feature to allow you to turn the report printing to PDF file You may have installed Acrobat Reader on your computer However the Acrobat Reader alone does not provide the necessary function that HeatLink Suite must use To check if you have fully installed Acrobat software and configure Acrobat to work with HeatLink Design Suite follow the steps below 1 In Windows mouse click the Start button in the lower left corner of your screen and then select Control Panel see the picture on left a My Documents 2 Select Printers and Faxes if you are running Windows 2000 or XP or Printers if you are running Windows 98 4 My Recent Documents 3 Acrobat has been fully installed on your PC if you see Acrobat Distiller icon of 4 If Acrobat Distiller is installed right click Acrobat Distiller to display its shortcut menu My Pictures Select Printing Preferences if you are running Windows 2000 or XP or Properties if g i you are running Windows 98 Select Adobe PDF Settings tab Uncheck the box beside Far My Music Do not send fonts to Distiller PE My Computer Acrobat Distiller Printing Preferences a My Network Places General Conversion Settings eBook Edit Conversion Settings ve Connect To Do not send fonts to Distiller Printers and Faxes k View Resul In Acrobat W Prompt for the
77. ngs equivalent length should be added to their respective lengths of mains in this column for calculation of main pipe friction loss RELEJ woke md g s G oO Heat Link Summary Sheet www HeatLink com Row 38 to 65 Column R Manifold Type Should you decide to override the program recommended TwistSeal in this column highlight the cell corresponding to the concerned manifold shown in Column B and select an item from the pull down menu to override program recommendation Your selection will update the flow settings accordingly in Column O between Row 5 and Row 32 Leave the TwistSeal selection overriding to the last minute until you have fine tuned all your entries in the Heatloss sheet and see no more other changes S to your system design Overriding program selection is final any subsequent change s to your entries in the Heatloss sheet will not cause HeatLoss to revert back to its previous recommendation on TwistSeal Cell F69 This is the boiler make up BTU hr transferred directly from the Analysis sheet OH Your heating source should be of a rating no less than this value Cell F71 Reported here is the friction head your installation has to overcome it is the maximum value of the manifolds total AP in Column Q between Row 38 and Row 65 fittings this cell value will be the pressure head to size a circulator for your installation oO If you have entered length of
78. ns The check boxes directly underneath The highlighted application has label indicate what the other applications are Note that you cannot change the check boxes Click the Show button to display the HeatLink Schematic window along with a separate window showing the schematic drawing as shown below Anderson Residence You cannot close the separate schematic drawing window since its close button has been disabled To close it you have to click the Close button in the HeatLink Schematic window Select the Piping or Wiring radio button to display the piping schematic and wiring schematic accordingly Click the Print Preview button to show you how the print looks like when it is sent to a printer Click the Print button to send it to a printer by selecting which printer the print is sent to if you have multiple printers connected Occasionally the separate schematic window may become hidden It will become visible again if you click any of the buttons other than the Close button www HeatLink com HeatLoss Tools b Resources Schematic Specification HeatLink Design Suite keeps a library of the install specifications You can make reference to the suggested specification pertinent to your project by selecting HeatLoss Resources gt Specification to display the Job Specification window as shown below TREGE Installation Type Used Drop the Select Project combo box to select the heatloss proj
79. o security level of your Microsoft Excel 2000 or Microsoft Excel 2002 XP application must be lowered from High to Medium Follow the steps below to change macro security in Excel Select Tools on menu bar Highlight Macro on the drop down menu Choose Security on the popup menu Click the Security Level tab if it is not chosen by default Click the radio button beside Medium if High is chosen by default eS SS eS To begin the software install or setup follow the steps below Double click on the file name Mylnstall xls You should be able to find this file among the files distributed lick the Enable macro button when prompted to allow macro execution Follow up the self explanatory steps on screen 1 2 3 4 Make sure to read the entire license agreement by scrolling it down to the very end 5 Check the J accept the license agreement box Or else the setup process will not continue 6 Key in the serial number provided when prompted Or else the setup process will not continue The serial number was provided to you when you downloaded the software from HeatLink Website or given to you from your local HeatLink representative Si Click the Finish button to complete the setup process when it becomes visible Click the Yes button to run HeatLink Design Suite v2 now when prompted If you selected No you would need to follow the extra steps below to invoke the Design Suite in Excel www HeatLink com a Run Exc
80. of the Excel menu bar Note that if you have closed all the work files without explicitly closing the libraries Budget and or HeatLoss menu will become disabled HeatLink Start Sub menus Tools H Tools Resources ka ai Resources HeatLink Start Sub menus Tools g e Tools Resources Resources it groups the commands you need to create quote price quote customize the current budget project print sheet send report to printer and size pipe and pump for your budget project it groups the commands allowing you to look up and print the related schematic drawings and specification for the budget project it groups the commands you need to create quote price quote optimize the current floor heating design print sheet send report to printer it groups the commands allowing you to look up and print the related schematic drawings and specification for the floor heating project www HeatLink com HeatLink Start Menu Commands HeatLink Start is the very first menu item on the menu bar that you will see when you first start up HeatLink Design Suite It allows you to create new project or open previously saved project In addition it allows you to access its internal resources a G HeatLink Start gt Project mim Select HeatLink Start gt Project gt New to create a new project You will see the HeatLink Suite Get Started window show up on screen allowing you to specif
81. oils flux and etc prior to filling the installation with glycol solution It is recommended not to permanently connect to pressure reducing valve If there is a leak the addition of make up water will dilute the glycol and may render the piping susceptible to freezing However other alternate safety devices as per the local codes in your area should be consulted e Do not use chromate water treatment It reacts with glycol HeatLoss makes it easy for you to incorporate glycol solution in a system design You can select glycol concentration between 0 and 50 to see the impact on the system flow rate and piping friction loss due to its presence i d EE i i i H 11 Border Zones x The border zone of a room refers to the floor area that extends around the perimeter of the room and toward its center at a given distance from the wall typically 3 A border zone is considered in radiant floor heating for two reasons lla To reduce or eliminate heat shortage D Othe osxm 11 b To provide greater comfort Exposed Wall Heat Link HeatLoss Sheet www HeatLink com Border zones provide greater comfort and eliminate or reduce supplemental heat by increasing the floor temperature and heat output along outside walls with windows where most heat loss takes place HeatLoss makes consideration of border zones easy for you You just need to decide the zone footage and HeatLoss will take care of the
82. other rooms Enter the square footage of all fixed type windows in the room Enter R value of hinged type glass windows The following columns will be defaulted to this value You can override it if the R value is different in other rooms Enter the square footage of all hinged type windows in the room Enter R value of metal or wood exterior doors The following columns will be defaulted to this value You can override it if the R value is different in other rooms Enter the square footage of all metal or wood exterior doors exposed to unheated area in the room Enter R value of any glass or overhead exterior doors The following columns will be defaulted to this value You can override it if the R value is different in other rooms Enter the square footage of all glass or overhead exterior doors exposed to unheated area in the room Enter R value of any skylight windows The following columns will be defaulted to this value You can override it if the R value is different in other rooms Enter the square footage of all skylight windows in the room Heat Link HeatLoss Sheet www HeatLink com Line 48 Line 49 Line 50 Line 51 Line 52 Line 53 Cell E56 Cell E57 Cell F57 Cell E58 aS SE AD E F _ _ G S e Eessen TTT co NoHeat anf SS SS si Eegiel sr CE ol TT SR ER E TRECEJ p3 Heat Loss TU Enter a value for the infiltration factor Please read the sugges
83. ounted price or marked up price is shown in Column O The total price discounted or marked up or both will be transferred to and reported in your Quote sheet See the quote below corresponding to the materials list above E ES E E EG E Ce SS WS ee ee ee ee ee 3 PoMiech PRODUCTS ne HeatLink Quote D 4603E 13th Street WE Calgary AB Canada Tel 403 250 3432 Fas 403 250 1155 E T Date 03 Jul 03 Prepared by 5 Compan AGC Plumbing amp Heating Joseph 4 Address 123 Hidden Street Hidden valley AB Canada 10 Attn John Oge Duote 23d H Phone 403 234 5678 12 Fax 403 234 6789 13 Project Name A Aig House Total discounted price before taxes 15 065 99 14 15 ae Frou 8 Herc deeg fra 16 15 38105 20001 1 2 Oxygen Barrier HeatLink PEX pipe 1000 640 00 17 10 98305 00t 1 2 Oxygen Barrier HeatLink PEX pipe 300 252 00 18 H 89107 1000 Tie Straps 7 5 000 EI 74 90 19 3 69010 500 Track Staples SOO bay 63 00 20 24 69005 1 4 x 112 PEX Comp Coupling eg 9 58 i 12345 Boiler eg 3500 00 z2 s 34567 Rough In Labour hr 25 00 Heat Link Summary Sheet www HeatLink com hi Heatloss Analysis Material List summary 2 Introduction Ba md g s G S HeatLoss generates a short report in the Summary sheet breaking down the analysis of your system specification in the Heatloss sheet on a room by room and manifold by manifold basis In essence it is a condensed report compiled from the
84. our products Then click the Add button to actually put it in the database To delete a particular item from the database use the scroll bar to move to that item and click the Delete button to actually remove it from the database To edit a particular item in the database use the scroll bar to move to that item and type over its Description Reference Unit and Unit Price Click the Restore button to undo the changes you made to any particular item in the database For instance you used the scroll bar to go to Item 2 You then changed the description from An Excellent Model Hot Water Tank to Radiator You then realize you have made a mistake In that case click the Restore button to cancel the changes you made Click the OK button to update the database and close the window or the Cancel button to dismiss the window without updating the database Use the Jmport tab to build up your product database by batch If you have built up your own products list using Excel worksheet Design Suite will create its internal database in one easy step Just follow the description on screen on how it can be accomplished To incorporate your own products in any of the price quote generated by HeatLink Design Suite you have to check the Incorporate my products in the quoted material list in the user Options See HeatLink Start gt Options gt Settings www HeatLink com HeatLink Start About Select HeatLink Start gt About to display th
85. pe is barely noticeable over the water temperatures tested 2 The discrepancy between 1 2 and 5 8 pipe is relatively bigger The output is slightly higher at the low water temperature than at the higher water temperature it is 6 4 more heat than the one using 1 2 on the average If the slab finish 1s bare concrete instead this average gain will increase to 9 3 The difference between 5 8 and 3 4 pipe is small The average increase is 2 4 though it 1s slightly higher at the higher water temperature than at the lower water temperature Based on 1 and 3 above it 1s hardly justifiable to boost only heat output by using 1 2 pipe over 3 8 or 3 4 over 5 8 pipe The slight gain in heat output by using larger size pipe in these cases can be equally accomplished by a slight change to your system supply water temperature pipe spacing pipe depth below floor surface or floor finish resistance 1 e its R value However using a larger size pipe does lower the flow resistance of your installation in these cases It can make a big difference in pump sizing under certain circumstances TRECEJ Heat Link Appendix V www HeatLink com The 6 to 9 output gain dependent on flooring type in using 5 8 over 1 2 pipe can prove beneficial under certain circumstances despite higher capital cost upfront particularly when low supply water temperature is essential to maximize the efficiency of your heat source such as cond
86. ply water temperature must be raised to overcome the increased resistance to heat flow At high supply water temperature wood flooring will experience gapping and possible cupping However if the design heating load is less than 20 BTU shr ft area rugs can be used without much concern Area rugs with padding can be installed without adverse effect over ceramic tile floor so long as the design heating load is less than 25 BTU hr ft Area rugs with padding over linoleum or vinyl tiles should be avoided because the glue mastic is most likely to break down due to the high temperatures under the padding 3 Ceiling Height Ceiling height is used to determine room volume and exterior wall area When a vaulted ceiling is present an average height is preferred as opposed to taking the ceiling height at the peak or where the vault begins For example if a room has a vaulted ceiling beginning at 8 0 and peaking at 12 0 the average ceiling height to use in calculations will preferably be 10 0 O When designing a commercial floor heating project such as warehousing facility 4 Area unless it is absolutely necessary it is not required that the full ceiling height be used Itis sufficient to take the ceiling height at 1 2 of the actual height when the ceiling is 30 ft high or over The area of different envelope components of a building has a direct bearing on heat lost calculation The envelope is composed of t
87. price before taxes Select Quote To tab to fill out the quote recipient s particulars If Microsoft Outlook is enabled you can search your contact list for intended quote recipient details by specifying either contact first name last name or company name Select Quoted By tab to fill out the quote sender s particulars W Show price discounts and product list prices To look up any particular contact in your OutLook Contacts list put in either the First Name or Last Name or both for the person you want to look up Or you can search by the Company name Use the lt or gt button to scroll through the matches if there are any The lt and gt buttons are enabled only if multiple contacts match the search criteria The particulars of the person you choose will be transferred to the price quote for you automatically To complete the price quote you need to fill in your own particulars in the Quoted By tab You will be informed of where the price quote is to be found when you click the OK button Ald Link www HeatLink com Home owner may change his or her requirements after you completed a price quote Instead of creating another project for that you just need to customize the existing project and create another price quote based on the new requirements Es E Tools a i ger E Select Budget gt Tools gt Customize to display the Customize Budget window as shown c Resources P Customize below
88. program suggestion on either 40 mm or 55 mm TwistSeal is final any subsequent change s to your entries in the Heatloss sheet will not cause HeatLoss to revert back to its previous suggestion Leave the TwistSeal selection to the last minute until you have tweaked all your entries in the Heatloss sheet to your satisfaction and foresee no more other changes to your system design Heat Link Summary Sheet www HeatLink com Suggesting either 40 mm TwistSeal or 55 mm TwistSeal dependent upon the computed flow rate to a manifold header is a nice feature of HeatLoss The cost saving and price competitive benefit are apparent as you do not need to quote an oversized manifold when the flow rate is easily handled by a compact version Another nice feature of HeatLoss 1s to let you upgrade 40 mm TwistSeal Mini to 55 mm TwistSeal because of product stock part logistic issues For instance for a particular floor heating installation HeatLoss recommends five 55 mm TwistSeal and one 40 mm TwistSeal Mini You may find it would be more convenient to order just six 55 mm TwistSeal instead HeatLoss is able to make an intelligent choice on suggesting the right TwistSeal for you It is also your responsibility and discretion to make the right choice to use 55 mm TwistSeal over the program suggested 40 mm TwistSeal Mini Step By Step Entry amp Output LB l E o E _ Gel D Ce a e Kat L mMm _ N_ o P a R ooo Manifold
89. reated a project file for the main level Instead of creating project file for each of the other levels you copy the main level project file and rename the copy to the other level such as Level One You then make changes to the new copy Now you have project file for the main level and level one respectively This saves you time by eliminating all the work necessary to create a new project for Level One and all the other levels New Project Name To Identify The Copy Copy of test work file www HeatLink com Select HeatLink Start gt Project gt Close to display HeatLink Suite Close window allowing you to close any of the running libraries Position the mouse over the icon momentarily to HeatLink Start display its help tip to help identify the name of the running library For the picture shown on Project the left and below both Budget and HeatLoss library are running in this example Close will not be available if none of HeatLink Suite libraries is running k s g s G O a HeatLink Suite Close Select to dose the project and all of its running project files You will be prompted to confirm if you are sure to close the library If you have still work files open for the library you want to close you will be prompted if you need to save these work files before proceeding Select HeatLink Start gt Project gt Copy to display HeatLink Suite Close window allowing you to make cop
90. rest pipe spacing 8 Beidencomedopr and maximum circuit length will be selected pending the size of PEX pipe you L _k Temp Drop orro selected 73 Max Floor Temp F YUI 2 09H Step By Step Entry Thermostat Thermostat one Number fone Valve For Mapnitoldly es Line 3 Enter a room name Any legitimate name to identify the room being evaluated e g kitchen nook for a combined area Line 4 Room Number is automatically entered once the Room Name is entered You may override it Note that after you make a change to it the auto fill in feature will be lost Line 5 Enter a Manifold Number for this room or Zone to be connected identification number is used for internal calculation and can be used on the loop circuit layout plan Line 6 Select an appropriate type of thermostat from the pull down menu if a thermostat is to be installed in this room Line 7 Enter a number for the zone or room thermostat One or more rooms can be on a single thermostat Each thermostat selected 1s an individual zone Any adjacent room to be a part of this zone 1s to have the same zone number In this case do not select thermostat on Line 6 for this adjacent room However if you select no thermostat on Line 6 and do not indicate a number on Line 7 the loops calculated for this adjacent room will be considered running on Reset i e being taken care by the injection mixing controller only Line 9 Select Y for Yes fro
91. sently working with Click the Update button to commit all the changes you have made to the project and close the Optimize Project window The Update button will only be enabled when you have made change to any of the input parameters Click the Cancel button to undo all the changes you have made to the project and close the Optimize Project window After you optimized your project you can let HeatLink Design Suite generate a price quote by following the steps as outlined in the HeatLoss Tools Create Quote section above www HeatLink com You can send print to any connected printer or turn it to PDF file if you have installed Adobe Acrobat Create Quote Select HeatLoss gt Tools gt Print Sheet to display the Print Sheet window as shown below Optimize Print Sheet Select HeatLoss Project testing molyb a Choose Sheets To Print YUI 2 09H Heatloss Analysis Material List Summary Quote 1 Hold Shift key while mouse clicking for multiple and consecutive selections or Ctrl key for multiple but non consecutive selections Drop the Select HeatLoss Project combo box to select the HeatLoss project to print If you have installed Adobe Acrobat the PDF Copy is enabled Checking the box beside will turn the printout to PDF file The resulting PDF files can be found in the same folder where the budget project file was saved Hold down the Shift or Control key when you do multiple
92. sign process you can look up the topics in the manual for suggestions and guidance Select HeatLink Start gt Reference gt Manual to display the Reference Manual window as shown below Reference Manual Topic Border zones The border zone of a room refers to the floor area that extends around the perimeter of the room and toward its center at a given distance from the wall typically 3 A border zone is considered in radiant floor heating for two reasons A To reduce or eliminate heat shortage B To provide greater comfort Border zones provide greater comfort and eliminate or reduce supplemental heat by increasing the floor temperature and heat output along outside walls with windows where most heat loss takes place Heatloss makes consideration of border zones easy for you You just need to deride the zone fontane and Heat oss will take care of the rest Drop the Topic combo box arrow to select the subject you like to look up The More Info and More Idea buttons in the top right corner will be visible pending the subject selected Clicking either one of them will bring on additional info and or idea concerning with the current subject To switch back to the subject topic content before you click on the More Info or Idea button mouse click the Topic again Select HeatLink Start gt Exit to unload HeatLink Design Suite in one easy step It unloads HeatLink Design Suite from Excel The box beside HeatLink Suite Wi
93. t Which one should I use The best advice to your customer is a A 1 1 2 underlayment pour on top of piping stapled to the subfloor b Install piping in plywood sleepers and aluminum underlayment system on top of the subfloor c Install piping in between the floor joists below the subfloor d Install piping in between the floor joists with aluminum heat transfer plates below the subfloor 4 A customer calls in complaining that the floor heating system you installed is running amok and that he feels like walking on hot iron after he replaced his 1 4 carpet flooring to 3 8 hardwood in the house What are you going to tell your customer a Your floor heating system warranty has just expired b You need to replace either the mixing controller or the mixing valve or both c You need to place a service call with your boiler dealer d Nothing serious you just need to lower the supply water temperature setting on your mixing controller Heat Link Questions www HeatLink com a b CG d a b O d You recently put in floor heating in the main floor of your dream home The floor is nicely carpeted except both the kitchen and the nook where tile flooring is used instead The system is very simple it relies on a thermostat that controls a modulating valve to a heat exchanger on the boiler side and a pump maintains water flow through PEX loops Piping 1 2 PEX is at 6 spacing in both the kitchen and th
94. t Ft a a 100 HeatLink Setting EE ee Line 96 This is the manifold group number transferred directly from the Heatloss sheet Each manifold header is to be balanced separately from the others Ba md g s G oO Line 97 A reference number transferred directly from the Heatloss sheet You may use it for future reference on any layout plans Line 98 The PEX pipe spacing transferred directly from the Heatloss sheet Line 99 Itis the computed average loop length for this particular room not including the border zone 1f there is any in the room Line 100 Itis the dial setting that the TwistSeal return module is supposed to set for flow balancing among the loop circuits EE e E a a a S a SE 102 Base Board Rad Length ee Tooo T 104 V Board For Shortages a Line 102 If you specified no floor heat to this room in the Heatloss sheet length of baseboard radiator is computed and suggested here based on the room s heat loss Line 104 Ifyou call for floor heat and the radiant heating falls short of the room s design heating load length of baseboard radiator is computed and suggested here based on the room s heat output shortage O HeatLoss assumes a radiator output of 560 BTU hr ft in the calculation Heat Link Analysis Sheet www HeatLink com E i ee Ses bei eS Perea Eee S Design Temp ne Ave Water Temp 130 F 107 Total Flow USgalimin si Total ft hd Cell E105 The
95. t looks like when it is sent to a printer 3 Click the Print button to send it to a printer by selecting which printer the print is sent to 1f you have multiple printers connected Occasionally the HeatLink Product Description window may become hidden It will become visible again if you click any of the buttons other than the Close button in the HeatLink Product window fa wel g G S www HeatLink com This page is intentionally blank Heat Link Project Design Considerations www HeatLink com To begin your heat loss calculation and radiant in slab system design a set of architectural plans 1s helpful Information such as floor area ceiling height and window area must be known for each room m order to conduct a reasonable heat loss calculation O If you lack detailed project information Heatloss will make heat loss calculation easy for you as it follows most typical industry standards Radiant floor heating design is an iterative process below are the steps you would likely come across in your design process l Estimating your heating requirements The room or area heating requirements must be determined using heat loss calculations Determine required heat output The heat loss of any given area must be replaced with the heat output provided by the radiant floor Only net floor area is used in determining the required heat output The net area is calculated by subtracting
96. temperature differential between the indoor and outdoor of the room is reported here based on your inputs in the Heatloss sheet RELEJ Cell E106 The average water temperature of your design is reported here One half of your design temperature drop AT is subtracted from your design supply water temperature Cell E107 Your system s flow rate to offset the design heating load of all the rooms is computed and reported here Cell H105 The loop circuits of all the rooms are tallied and reported here Cell H106 The lengths of loop circuits of all the rooms that call for floor heating are tallied and reported here This total length does not include the main pipes to the supply and return manifolds Cell H107 The maximum pressure head ft head water to overcome in the system is computed and reported here It is preferably not to exceed 15 head water for residential installation See this sheet s Introduction for more details Cell L105 The total actual heat output delivered by your floor heating installation in all rooms is tallied and reported here Cell L106 All the heat shortages due to floor heating are tallied and reported here These shortages must be made up by other heating means If you use electric radiators instead of boiler water to make up these shortages it should be netted off from the total boiler make up in Cell Q106 Cell L107 The volumes of all floor heating pipes in all rooms border a
97. the Heatloss sheet Cell Q158 Reported here is the total required BTU hr for all the rooms you have evaluated It is actually the summation of cell entries in Cells Q106 and Q107 i e the boiler make up BTU hr plus the BTU hr to meet the mechanical ventilation needs Heat Link Material List Sheet www HeatLink com bl Heatloss if Analysis Material List Summary F Introduction YUI 209H HeatLoss summarizes for you a bill of materials in the Material List sheet based on your design specifications i e the entries you input in the Heatloss sheet Categories of materials include PEX pipes mixing devices and controls fittings accessories manifolds and other miscellaneous radiant heating products 1 PEX Pipe Based on the computed number of loops and their corresponding loop lengths in the Analysis sheet the numbers of coils of each PEX pipe size needed are determined To minimize waste try to group circuits together to get near the coil length in stock 3 8 1 2 5 8 and 3 4 HeatLink PEX coils are commonly stocked in 300 450 500 and 1000 lengths Please refer to our current product catalogues 2 Water Temperature Mixing Controls Output from the Analysis sheet are the quantity and size of mixing devices needed for your system specifications It 1s worth noting that 2a One mixing device 1s needed for every supply water temperature necessary 2b Mixing devices are to be sized according
98. tion in the help box This figure is used to estimate the heat loss due to the quality of the building Enter a value for the commercial air leakage factor This figure is used to estimate the heat loss due to perhaps frequent use of door openings such as revolving doors It is in addition to Line 48 above Please read the suggestion in the help box Enter the square footage of all the non heating areas in the room such as cabinets appliances toilets bath tub vanities fireplaces and etc Any area that you cannot run piping underneath will contribute to No Heat areas The room temperature will be defaulted from cell L56 However you can override it if a different room temperature is required for the room Net Area will be calculated automatically from subtracting the value on Line 50 from Line 16 This area will be used to calculate the required piping The calculated room heat loss appears here based on your inputs 56 Construction Loss WO O zb Mech Venti Loss Res oS DW 54 TOTAL HEAT LOSS The heat loss of all the rooms is totaled and reported here Output in this cell is the heat loss due to mechanical ventilation if there is any Enter the volume of air displaced in the entire structure in cfm cubic feet per minute Itis used to estimate the heat loss due to mechanical ventilation Read the suggestions in the help box for guideline Reported in this cell is the total heat loss due to construction as
99. to the amount of flow passing through and the pressure drop across them under the design condition 3 Pipe Fittings PEX pipe fittings are always needed to make a transition from the PEX to the manifolds or the distribution system HeatLink offers standard compression fittings to accommodate PEX transitions to manifolds The number of fittings needed for your installation is based on the output from the Analysis sheet note that each circuit requires two fittings one at each end supply and return 4 Pipe Installation Accessories PEX pipe installation requires standard accessories that provide pipe protection as well as system performance Accessories include pipe fasteners pipe elbows and heat transfer plates 4a Pipe Fasteners They include pipe tracking tie straps and etc 4b Pipe Elbows Elbows are used on the pipe when it enters and exits a concrete slab 4c Heat Transfer Plates Heat transfer plates are used in joist space installations to help conduct and transfer heat from the heating pipe to the underside of a floor woke md g s G oO Heat Link Material List Sheet www HeatLink com 5 Distribution Manifolds HeatLink 40 mm and 55 mm TwistSeal manifolds are selected based on your system flow rate Based on the computed number of circuits of all the rooms evaluated HeatLink TwistSeal manifolds matching your design specifications are suggested Generally the following points apply regar
100. to the surface temperature variance See Section B of Appendix V for a discussion about pipe depth in concrete slab Dei a ged bo the Floor Finish type of the current Zone You may override the default and Border Zone Spacing in consider using 12 for commercial jab If you have no idea of what pipe spacing to begin with S EE Se Heatloss will select for you a pipe spacing appropriate to the 7 tot alan type of floor covering you have selected S Tiejmarble 6 ER SECH reo Finish 12 SI Increasing pipe spacing may still produce the required heat output with the use of a higher supply water temperature Though this can produce the benefit of reduced material requirements and system cost the room comfort will likely suffer as floor surface temperature becomes uneven Heat Link HeatLoss Sheet www HeatLink com 9 Supply Water Temperature To establish proper supply water temperature for an installation take into consideration of the following points Suppl Car LD aler Temp Hl s d Supply Water Temperature ase on Pipe Size T Enter the howest possible sysbem supply water bemperatune needed to keep no heat shortage in ary room See Analysis sheet to VIBA ary Installation type e poured or in between joists YUI 209H Room heat loss 140 deg F for PEX buried in concrebs P 160 deg F For PEX under subfloor i 2 3 Pipe spacing 4 Floor finish t
101. uld a major heat shortage be reported in the Analysis sheet See the Border Zones in the Introduction of this sheet for more details O The pipe spacing in border zone is normally defaulted to 3 for 1 2 PEX and 6 A for 5 8 PEX Line 76 Itis defaulted to 3 for SZ PEX and 6 for 5 8 PEX Note that after you change this default entry the program default on this line will be lost Le Line 77 The computed maximum loop length is reported here If you override the program default enter a pipe spacing of no less than 6 times the diameter of the pipe you have selected for the room O The maximum loop length in the border zone is shorter than its counterpart in the non border zone Line 78 The same as Line 68 Line 79 The same as Line 67 but for the border zone Maximum allowable floor temperature in the border zone 1s limited to 95 F Heat Link Analysis Sheet www HeatLink com 3 pi Heatios Analysis 2 Materi List Summary Introduction TREGE This worksheet outputs a detailed analysis of your heat loss calculation based on all your previous inputs so that you can take necessary actions to tweak your system design by changing your entries in the Heatloss sheet In essence it is a read only sheet as no user entry is necessary The reported heat output may not exactly match the design heating load of the room or building it may be greater or less than the design heating
102. ve to override the program default Heat Link HeatLoss Sheet www HeatLink com Line 70 The entry is defaulted to your input in Cell P58 You can override the program default Note that after you change this default entry the program default on this line will be lost Line 72 This entry is defaulted to either 6 or 12 8 for dry systems dependent on your entries on Line 62 and Line 10 It can be overridden for areas such as bathrooms and kitchens to a spacing of no more than 6 inches This entry is preferably left unchanged until you need to reduce the heat shortage as reported in the Analysis sheet YUI 2 09H 6 OC pipe spacing in areas with floor finish of hardwood tile or linoleum is O suggested to avoid possible hot and cold spots Do you know why How is the R value of these materials compared to that of carpet Line 73 Dependent on your input in Cell P58 the computed maximum loop length in feet is reported here There is an additional pipe length added to the loop your entry on Line 64 You may override this calculated value Note that after you change this cell entry the program default in this cell will be lost soles md aad G S Heat Link HeatLoss Sheet www HeatLink com JE DIE LI E TI e 75 Border one zq Ft 76 Border Zone Spacng AT SEENEN 7a Temp Dop Em Il 7a Max Floor Temp TT Line 75 Enter border zone square footage here sho
103. well as mechanical ventilation Ba g s G S Heat Link HeatLoss Sheet www HeatLink com Cell H56 Cell H57 Cell H58 Cell J56 Cell J57 Cell J58 Cell J59 OQ Cell L56 Cell L57 Cell L58 Cell L59 J EI H J 57 5s Ho Indoor sensor Glycol 5 Output in this cell is the total area footage of all the rooms Output in this cell is the total heat producing area net of all the rooms Output in this cell is the total non heat producing area of all the rooms Choose one of the injection mixing controls from the pull down menu Choose Yes or No for StatLink control from the pull down menu See StatLink control in the Introduction of this sheet Choose Yes or No for Setback module to go with StatLink from the pull down menu See Setback module in the Introduction of this sheet Choose Yes or No for Indoor Sensor in your design from the pull down menu Indoor sensor is different than a thermostat in that l it provides additional resistance input via a thermistor to an injection mixing controller It is necessary for indoor reset control that increases or decreases supply water temperature based on indoor temperature in conjunction with outdoor temperature Indoor reset is capable of quickly compensating for rapidly changing heat loss conditions in conjunction with outdoor reset control either indoor sensor or thermostat is to b
104. y of any of the running work files If you are running multiple libraries simultaneously select the Project Type to display all its work files you have opened Then select the work project to copy You have to give it a new project name for the copy or else you will be prompted The feature comes in handy For instance you are looking at a multi storey apartment building You created a project file for the main level Instead of creating project file for each of the other levels you copy the main level project file and rename the copy to the other level such as Level One You then make changes to the new copy Now you have project file for the main level and level one respectively This saves you time by eliminating all the work necessary to create a new project for Level One and all the other levels New Project Name To Identify The Copy Copy of test work file The New Project Name To Identity The Copy text box will show as soon as you select a work file in the Select Open Project To Copy list box JEE Link www HeatLink com HeatLink Start gt Reference HeatLink Start Budget HeatLoss Project i 2 e Reference h g vaie Exit R Value Cate Option Weather About Manua The Design Suite keeps an archive of R factors thermal resistance values of most standard construction materials You can access these R Values and use them in your project design easily Select HeatLink Start gt Refere
105. y result by Budget In the Select materials from list box choose materials that apply to the composite assembly or structure of which the R Value you want to calculate Click the Add button to put the selected materials in the list box on the right If materials were added to the box on the right by mistake select the materials that you want to remove from calculation and click the Remove button Click the Calculate button to compute the R Value of the composite materials that appear in the box on the right Make sure to click the Calculate button to update the result after you added or removed materials from the lists If you are currently working with a HeatLoss project file the OK button and the Location Selection box will become visible In that case your can use the calculated R Value in the HeatLoss worksheet directly To place the selected R Value in the Heatloss sheet mouse click the highlighted dash button near the bottom of the window to shrink down the Composite Material R Value Calculator window Then position your mouse and mouse click in the Heatloss worksheet the input cell where you want the computed R Value to be placed and click the button just below the close button of the window on top to restore the Composite Material R Value Calculator window and then the OK button to complete the action www HeatLink com You can access and look up the outdoor design temperatures used by the Design Suite If you want to change
106. y the project type to create by mouse clicking any of the icons Budget HeatLoss and HeatGain unavailable in v2 You may position your mouse momentarily on any of the icons to display its project type Select and get started a new project with Left icon Budget project Middle icon HeatLoss project Right icon HeatGain project not available in HeatLink Design Suite v2 Note that you can click the Help button in the Create New Budget window for help when you are creating a new budget project Select HeatLink Start gt Project gt Open to display Open Suite File window allowing you to list and open any type of HeatLink Suite files of extension hbg hhl and he Open Suite File x Lookin O eme slo E mb oSrreen Shots E Abram hbg E Anderson Resdence Abs E my big step ahead hig E My Little Baby hbg Ej My Test without POF hbg test hbg Femme 0 Fies of tpe E ergeizg dl Gesi You can open HeatLink Suite file by mouse double clicking on any file name with extension either hbg hhl or hhg In doing so HeatLink Design Suite with the appropriate library will start automatically provided that HeatLink Design Suite has been loaded in Excel in the first place ie HeatLink Suite Wizard has been checked in the Excel AddIns window You can find it when you select in Excel Tools then Addins on the menu bar You can also use Excel File gt Open to open HeatLink files
107. ype Le its R value HeatLoss provides helpful hints when designing a supply water temperature for your project The relatively low supply water temperatures of radiant heating systems necessitates the use of a tempering or mixing valve to lower the output of a heat source such as a conventional boiler HeatLink has made available two and four way thermostatic and manual mixing valves to provide precise temperature control Thermostatic mixing valves maintain desired output temperature regardless of input temperatures and flow rates This is done by thermostatically varying 5 the mixture percentages from the hot and cold ports Manual mixing valves Drop ar w bo highlight a mixing maintain a fixed percentage of mixture from the hot and cold ports resulting means ideal to your project in output water temperatures that parallel any input variations These mixing n valves together with electronic mixing controllers have greatly enhanced E Mian inj Manual on off ii W radiant floor heating systems Injection mixing controllers enable supply EE water temperature to vary with outdoor temperature with the objective of meeting the required heat load of a building at any time In essence these devices regulate efficiently the system output the heat ET Geck ET Mixing w SEET system Mixing Device HeatLoss allows you to select an injection mixing control appropriate to your application Furthermore HeatLink expands the
108. zard in the Excel Add Ins window will be unchecked If any of the Suite libraries and its related work files are still running when this command is issued the Design Suite will prompt you to save the files before proceeding After you executed this command you have to load HeatLink Design Suite in Excel before you can use it again To load the Design Suite application run Excel if Excel is not running yet Make sure a workbook worksheet is opened Select Tools then Add Ins Check the box beside HeatLink Suite Wizard in the Add Ins window to load the application www HeatLink com HeatLink Start gt Options You have full control over the work environment when using the Design Suite HeatLink Start Select HeatLink Start Options Settings to display the user Options window as shown Project rz pag eo Reference Exit Options Settings About Product Database M Enable product suggestion if Enable product description lookup from material product list Incoporate my products in the quoted material list Enable input error checking and Enable warning message only apply to heatloss related projects while the other options apply to all Design Suite project files The first four options are checked and enabled by default It is advisable to leave these setting enabled or checked at all times Enable product suggestion allows the application to recommend to you other HeatLink products pertinent to your project so t

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