hair salon hot water?

[sinkyb]

Hi there, my wife is going to be opening a new hair salon and i am looking for advice on which is the best way to heat hot water for the 2 backwash units, there will have to be good pressure at the units, the shop has a gas supply and a combi boiler fitted at the moment was looking at the rinnai 16i to heat water but open to help and suggestions

 

[E4gas]

Hi there, my wife is going to be opening a new hair salon and i am looking for advice on which is the best way to heat hot water for the 2 backwash units, there will have to be good pressure at the units, the shop has a gas supply and a combi boiler fitted at the moment was looking at the rinnai 16i to heat water but open to help and suggestions

I fitted in my friends hair dressers , a system boiler ( 2rads ) 150 lt unvented , plenty off hot water , plus boiler not working can always put immersion on , they use to have a Andrews water heater , it was a beast

 

[Ermintrude]

Did one recently it had awful incoming and was a 5year lease. 2no 120l open vent cylinders on separate s plan two coffins and pump sets .

 

[sinkyb]

thanks for the replies guys, what actually is the most cost effective way of heating water? gas or electric? sorry i have not got a clue on this subject!

 

[Killy Bing]

Gas.
rinnai water heaters are good

what are you looking to do with it in the future?
any expansion?

something to consider is that rinnai unit + the combi boiler will likely be over your gas meters capacity (depending on what it is already there) so an upgrade would be needed.

likely a better solution would be an unvented cylinder run by the combi boiler

are you open to forum members doing the work?

we are a pretty good bunch

 

[Ermintrude]

Rianni running 150mm secondary with 3000l store?

 

[Worcester]

If they need lots if hot water and leccy for the dryers etc you could think laterally and consider a Baxi CHP unit ....

You size the boiler and storage cylinder so the boiler is running for as long as possible, - cylinder sized to provide a buffer in the demand cycle. (They paid to generate the leccy AND save on the leccy bill )

 

[oz-plumber]

It depends on the temperature of water required and the flow rate required.
We use a lot of Rinnai's over here, but as the temperature of the water required goes up, the flow rate out of the appliance drops...significantly.

Really more info is needed.

 

[Ermintrude]

Use a buffer and shove it on return

 

[josh]

Did one recently it had awful incoming and was a 5year lease. 2no 120l open vent cylinders on separate s plan two coffins and pump sets .

lol ermi he's only got 2 basins!

 

[Ermintrude]

lol ermi he's only got 2 basins!

They only had. 4! But were rammed. 12 staff .

Only 2 basins better go with the Rihanna then.

 

[josh]

They only had. 4! But were rammed. 12 staff .

Only 2 basins better go with the Rihanna then.

ah right! With all these suggestions he'd have a bigger gas meter with cracking plant but then no room in the place to get customers in!
Great performance from the taps though!