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Belterra Geothermal Retrofit, Bowen Island

Explore this room in 3D

A geothermal retrofit of an existing mechanical room at Belterra on Bowen Island, with radiant floor heating and cooling. Here is the room before and after.

Before and after

Mechanical room

Before: old concrete mechanical room with the original geothermal unit and older piping

After: GeoStar geothermal heat pump with the black buffer tank and expansion tank beside it

Radiant manifold

Before: old red PEX radiant manifold in a wood-framed wall

After: new insulated radiant manifold with blue zone controllers

Boiler and tanks

Before: Viessmann Vitodens boiler and tank beside the old piping

After: new IBC boiler on a plywood panel with controls, buffer tank and hot water tank

More of the finished system

After: new GeoStar geothermal heat pump with insulated piping to the wall manifold

After: white hot water tank, expansion tank and black buffer tank with insulated piping

After: white hot water tank, expansion tank and new IBC boiler on a plywood panel

After: black buffer tank with insulated piping and controls

Before

Before: older piping and fittings on the concrete wall

Before: the original heating equipment with its front cover off

Before: old copper piping and valves in the mechanical room

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