Competency F5: Install Hydronic Control Systems

Once the hydronic system has been designed, it is time to install it. The major piping components are placed and installed according to the design specifications and manufacturers’ literature. Care must be taken to follow all design considerations to the letter; to not do so could mean violating code requirements and nullifying warranties, among other consequences.

By this point in time, most installers within our piping industry have been well-schooled in the techniques and considerations involved in the installation of the pipes, valves and fittings that make our hydronic systems work. As long as the designers have produced a piping schematic that entails the manner that all the major components, such as the boilers, pumps, mixing valves and heat emitters, should be sequenced, the installer should have few problems.