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Jeff Ivany on
May 20, 2008
I got up yesterday and was getting some stuff cleaned up for breakfast when I realized that we had no hot water. Again. For the third time in about 18 months. It’s been just under a year since we had about $1200 worth of parts replaced on our Polaris high efficiency gas [...]
Posted in General, Kemptville
| Tagged Direct Energy, gas hot water, high efficiency, polaris, repair
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By
Jeff Ivany on
February 6, 2008
As some of you may recall, I recent completed a hydronic heating coil replacement at my home. The actual replacement of my heating coil was very straight forward and easily something that the average DIYer could do themselves. Replacing a coil is simply some standard plumbing - cutting copper piping, soldering, etc. I [...]
Posted in General, Kemptville
| Tagged DIY, heat exchanger, heating coil, hydronic heating, polaris, radiant in floor heating, water to air heat exchanger
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By
Jeff Ivany on
January 19, 2008
Today was Hydronic Heating Coil Replacement day at the Ivany homestead. What is a hydronic heating coil you ask? It’s basically just a water to air heat exchanger which is really just a radiator like you find in a car. Here is a picture of the old one that I replaced today:
The house actually [...]
Posted in General, Kemptville
| Tagged heat exchanger, heating coil, hydronic coil, polaris, radiant in floor heating, water to air heat exchanger, wood furnace
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By
Jeff Ivany on
June 13, 2007
You may recall that I had problems with my Polaris High Efficiency gas hot water tank last month. I rent this unit from Direct Energy and this has proven to be a very cost effective way of heating my home, as long as the unit is running. Having the gas hot water tank [...]
Posted in General, Kemptville
| Tagged Direct Energy, gas hot water, polaris
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By
Jeff Ivany on
May 30, 2007
We have a Polaris high efficiency gas hot water tank that provides both our domestic hot water and also hot water for heating our house. This is a very cost effective way to heat both the water and the house. As long as it is working.
Ours hasn’t been working since Sunday. We don’t actually [...]
Posted in General, Kemptville, Review
| Tagged Direct Energy, gas hot water, high efficiency, polaris, repair, Review
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