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[Ridge]

Yep, when I get address I will send next week, stuff is light so no worries on shipping

[Ridge]

Got it

[slimjim]

GREAT/ THANK YOU!

[slimjim]

I got the pipe sample last night Ridge, Thank you. The pipe looks to be good quality but these are some differences that I see.
  1 Pex is 1 inch nominally sized on the Reheau (outside measurement) and metric 1 inch inside on the Logstor
  2 The foam appears with a naked eye to be a bit different, not sure which is superior, I would have no issue with the insulating value of either.
  3 The Logstor has what they call Smart membrane adhered to the black plastic exterior cover, between the cover and the foam, Logstor says this helps to protect the foam from gassing off in the future, I do not see this in the Reheau
  The Logstor is about 1/4 inch wider on the outside dimension.

  Conclusion, Either could go in the ground on one of my installs, If it's up to me and not the customer to make the choice from a $ standpoint I'm going to use the Logstor because of the Pipe size and added flow

[slimjim]

OOPS, I wanted to post a picture of the 2 side by each, Here you go, Logstor is on the left, Sorry about the messy desk, what can I say, my wife says I should be more organized and clean it up, I think a clean desk is a sign of a person with to much time on their hands, Great excuse anyway!

[Ridge]

that is a nice example, First I've seen them side by side, the logstor is larger so a person would get more flow.
I have to figure out my flow with the system I have with the diameter of my pipe and pump I am using, hopefully it will be sufficient for our needs.

[mlappin]

I see some bare feet in the pic as well.

You may be more right than you know, I seen a workplace study done years ago, people who have a slightly cluttered desk are more productive than those that have pristine desk. Another interesting study, when an office goes entirely paperless productivity generally goes down a slight amount.

People tend to deal better with having things wrote down, I can get the paper on the web but much prefer actually holding it in my hands while reading it. I also read enough though that I much prefer using my smartphone and the Kindle app rather than buying the print version.

[slimjim]

I would not get to concerned Ridge, there's a lot of boilers out there using nominally sized pipe and performing well !  I would pay more attention to fittings like 90's and heat exchanger sizing, if you can, keep the 90's to a minimum and spend the extra money on long radius, (refrigeration) 90's and a larger say 50 or 60 plate heat exchanger!  Very perceptive of you mlappin, I sit here most every morning from about 5 AM until my helper shows up around 9AM, when he shows I normally still need to pull my pants on and dress my feet, my wife thinks I ain't right in the head!

[big cat]

Finished my logstar pipe install last weekend and finished up the final grading to get ready for top soil and grass seed. Last, I just need to complete the sharkbite fittings (showed up today) and electrical connections. Couple issues I encountered were mass quantities of heavy shale so I had to re-route my pipe plan (fortunately I ordered extra) and the weight of the empty boiler maxed out the excavator's limits. Otherwise, should be good to go come winter (I hope).