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 Long acclaimed by contractors for its construction quality and ease of installation, Fine/Line 30 is America's premier baseboard for hot water heating systems. Its super strong enclosure features a fully modulating damper and extra heavy support brackets with cutouts for return piping. Double bent aluminum fins won't loosen. Long-lasting self-adjusting plastic expansion cradles eliminate noisy metal to metal contact.

FINE/LINE 30 SERIES
Height: 7 7/8 in.
Depth: 2 11/16 in.
Length: 2 to 14 ft.

 

 

Convection heating for glass Wall areas
The Hydronic floor box provides uninterrupted heating comfort at glass wall areas such as patio doors, floor length windows, and other areas where there is insufficient wall space for baseboard. I recesses neatly into the floor and may be connected directly to a baseboard loop.

 

GALAXY GG SERIES

The Victory II power vent

 
Fuel: Natural Gas or LP
Type system: Hot water
Venting: Natural draft
Capacity: 75 to 399 MBH AGA input

Galaxy is one of America's most efficient and best built natural draft cast-iron boilers. It's engineered for fast, simple installation and years of dependable performance.

Advanced design Galaxy boilers utilize natural draft combustion. With AFUE to 84.78%, they achieve high efficiency operation without troublesome condensing. Made to exceptionally high quality construction standards, Galaxy is one of America's most dependable boilers.

Advanced design heat exchanger saves fuel, prolongs boiler life.

The computer-aided design of Galaxy's heat exchanger maximizes the transfer of heat from the flame to the water in your heating system. The flue passage design, thermal pin pattern and consistent wall thickness of each casting ensure uniform heat transfer and reduced thermal strain which prolongs the life of the castings.

Slant/Fin uses only metal push nipples that expand and contract with the individual boiler sections that they connect. No flimsy gaskets that may deteriorate and leak.

Lifetime Limited Warranty

Galaxy water boilers come with lifetime limited warranty; steam models have a 10 year limited warranty.

There are 76 Galaxy hot water and steam models in a variety of sizes and configurations to meet most heating requirements. For steam models and models with tankless heaters, see

 
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The Victory II power vent atmospheric boiler is ideal for high efficiency heating in homes, apartments, individually metered condos or any application where a chimney may not be practical. Designed and built to high Slant/Fin standards specifically for power venting, Victory offers superior operating performance and long term reliability. Design innovations make the Victory II easier to install and service. Horizontal flue discharge components are factory installed.
3-inch flue connector included. Condensate drain trap is built into the flue discharge assembly. Condensate drain tube is factory installed.

Domestic hot water with optional indirect-fired water heater. Refer to Slant/Fin Model WH water heater for more
 
Sealed combustion safely isolates the vent air.Victory Gas Boiler

The Victory boiler power vents horizontally through the wall or vertically through the roof without requiring a chimney
Some sizes can also vent into a chimney

Indirect-water

THE KICKER TK SERIES

Water HeatersSlant/Fin high output indirect-fired storage water heaters. HW series.
If you prefer to have a larger supply and reserve of hot water, choose a separate Slant/Fin indirect-fired storage water heater. The built-in heating-coil is connected to your boiler in the same fashion as a heating zone. The Slant/Fin HW series water heater is so efficient it can provide up to 5 times the volume of hot water as an identically sized direct-fired water heater.
 
WH SERIES
Model: WH
Type: Indirect-fired storage
Capacity: 30 to 80 gallons
 

A Slant/Fin Model WH indirect-fired storage water heater connects to a boiler just like a heating zone. Equipped with its own heat exchanger coil, it offers better efficiency, faster recovery and longer life than a direct-fired gas or oil water heater.

This Slant/Fin water heater is the most efficient in the industry, with a standby temperature loss of less than 1/2° per hour. Hot water in the stainless steel storage tank stays hot longer because there's no flue heat loss plus the tank is protected by a two inch blanket of thermal foam insulation. The extremely fast recovery means more gallons of hot water per hour for kitchen, bath and laundry. A high grade 90/10 cupronickel heat exchanger coil restores full water temperature two to five times faster than direct-fired units. The coil resists mineral build-up and its large diameter keeps pressure drop low.

Height: 37/8 in.
Depth: 17 in.
Length: 22 in.
 

This multi-purpose fan convection heater is ideal for use in kitchens, bathrooms and other areas where there's not enough wall space for baseboard. With output to 8715 Btu/hr., The Kicker provides enough heat output to equal up to 12 feet of baseboard. Fits in kickspace under cabinets or vanities. Recessed or surface wall mount kits also available. Connects to boiler in series with baseboard or as a separate zone. In its own tests following proposed IBR test conditions, Slant/Fin found The Kicker to have higher output than leading competitive units.

 


 Multi-purpose Fan Convection Heating

 

 

The stainless steel storage tank resists rust and corrosion. Connections are specially reinforced to buffer the tank from stress when fittings are tightened. Heaters in residential use are covered by a lifetime limited warranty.

 

 

RADIANT HEATING

Now you can install the very best in radiant floor heating from Slant/Fin, the industry leader in hydronic heating distribution and control.
Slant/Fin provides all the principal components you need for every job - from a simple PEX tube upgrade
for heating a kitchen to a slab type radiant floor to a complete integrated hydronic heating system for a variety of new
residential or commercial construction.
The best of everything for heating comfort, efficiency and dependability. Complete systems or a la carte. Superior PEX tubing.
Easy to install basic and deluxe manifolds and controls. All accessories for "wet" or "dry" installations. Slab on grade, sub-floor concrete
pour over, "staple-up" system. Commercial applications and snow-melting systems.




Only Slant/Fin offers you a single-source for system equipment, design software, technical consulting, maintenance
support and quality assurance. Our system components are truly Installer Friendlyª.
Add Slant/Fin excellence to all your hydronic heating jobs and build your business faster.
 



A variety of advanced control packages available for radiant heating systems as well as for modular
boiler or individual
boiler control or system control. Easy to set up. Some with self-diagnostics.
 

The outstanding support you need. Trained and experienced local field representatives, distributors.
 Fully staffed department at factory for design, maintenance, trouble shooting. Resident experts in
all Slant/Fin products
and components. You are not alone
 
Outdoor Reset Control
These simple devices save energy by regulating the boiler or furnace temperature in response to changes in outdoor temperature. On a zero-degree day, for example, the water in a boiler might need to be 180 degrees to heat the house. But on a 35-degree day, 125-degree water might be enough. The outdoor reset control makes the adjustments, saving a heating unit from excessive on-and-off cycles and smoothing out the uncomfortable fluctuations in interior temperature that result when a thermostat is in total control. Just make sure that your heating unit works with this kind of device. "A reset control can easily improve system efficiency by at least 10 to 15 percent,"
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Q. 1. I'm ready for a new house. Why should I choose a hot water baseboard heating system instead of accepting the more common hot air ducted system?
A. Most heating experts agree that a hot water baseboard system will provide your home with significant advantages in comfort, cleanliness, quietness, ease of control, health and safety.

Besides what most experts say, hot water baseboard heating is viewed as superior to hot air ducted heating by an average of 88% of homeowners who have experience with both.

This high level of preference, was determined through a blind mail survey to 3,000 homeowners in January 1997.

The preference percentages for hot water baseboard for each criterion are as follows: Comfortable from wall to wall, ceiling to floor, draft free, 87%; Clean, dust and germ- free, 96%; Quiet 83%; Easy to zone for separate temperature control of different areas, 79%; overall healthy and safe distribution of heat, 94%.

Q. 2. Why do so many homeowners have hot air ducted heating systems if hot water baseboard heating is judged to be much better and more comfortable?
A. Hot water baseboard heating systems, despite their clearly preferred rating over hot air systems, are not installed in the majority of new American homes. Homebuyers are not usually offered a choice by the builder as to which heating system they would like installed. Typically, builders combine hot air heating and air conditioning in the same ducted system to save in their cost of home construction. The ideal, efficient comfort system, however, would have a separate hot water baseboard heating system and a separate cooling system. In Europe, hot water heating is installed in over 95% of homes.
Q. 3. Which heating system will cost me less?
A. The separate hot water baseboard heating system adds less than 1% to the cost of a typical house and proportionately less for higher priced houses. But hot water baseboard can actually save 30% of home heating costs every year for a quick payback. First, hot water baseboard distributes heat more efficiently. Second, you can set your thermostat 2° or 3° lower than with a hot air ducted system and still be comfortable. Baseboard introduces convected and radiant heat at floor level, does not create drafts that cool your skin and avoids excessive, wasteful stratification of air (hot near the ceiling, cold at your feet). Baseboard is also easy to zone so you can vary the heat level from one space to another and choose not to heat unused rooms.
Q. 4. Are there any government guidelines on heating efficiency?
A. Yes. Boilers and furnaces have ratings called A.F.U.E. (Annual Fuel Usage Efficiency). Compare for yourself. There are high efficiency boilers and high efficiency furnaces. But remember that A.F.U.E. only measures how well the boiler or furnace converts fuel into energy to heat the home. The way the heat is distributed throughout your home affects your comfort level and the system efficiency and the operating cost. The true efficiency of a heating system is a combination of the A.F.U.E. of the appliance and the efficiency of the distribution system. Baseboard distributes heat far more efficiently that a ducted system.

According to the U.S. Government, hot air ducted heating is wasteful and less efficient.

Forced-air furnaces, the most common heating system, waste energy, through duct leakage, the system's effects on a building's filtration rate, and thermal conduction. For example, duct leakage accounts for 10% to 20% of the total air infiltration rate when the furnace blower is off. Total infiltration rates typically increase by 200% when the blower fan is turned on. The total infiltration rate can increase by as much as 500% when the return air paths are impeded, such as when interior doors are closed.

November 1995.
Source: Building Equipment Division
Office of Building Technology, EE-422 U.S. Department of Energy
1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington DC 20585

Q. 5. Which heating system is cleaner and healthier?
A. Hot water baseboard. It requires only ordinary household cleaning to be dust-free and will not spread smoke, dust and germs from room to room. Hot water baseboard only moves dust that is already in the house. Many doctors prescribe hot water baseboard heating to patients with asthma.
Q. 6. I'm a light sleeper. Is one heating system quieter than another?
A. Yes, the quieter system is the baseboard system. With a hot air ducted heating system, a large fan is required to force the heated air from the furnace into the ducts. Ducts carry the rushing hot air and the fan noise to every room. You are disturbed by the frequent start and stop of the fan motor and the "whoosh" of the air itself. With a baseboard system, a boiler circulates hot water silently through finger-width tubing. Since natural convection distributes the warmth, no fan is required. The small circulating pump on the hot water boiler is quiet and uses less electricity than the fan motor on a hot air furnace.
Q. 7. As far as my comfort is concerned, heat is heat, isn't it?
A. No, there are big differences in heat comfort. Do you ever feel chilly near a cold window even though very hot air is surging out of a wall register? Ever feel alternately hot and then cold when the furnace cycles on and off? The average temperature of the air in the room is one thing. How comfortable your body continuously feels is something else. Hot water baseboard provides heat through gentle radiation and natural convection starting at the perimeter of the house. This blankets cold walls and windows with warmth, preventing drafts and providing uniform heat from wall to wall and floor to ceiling. You feel comfortable all over and all the time without ever being conscious of the heating system operating.
Q. 8. What's the difference between a boiler and furnace?
A. A boiler uses oil, gas or electricity to generate hot water and in some cases steam, which is piped to baseboard radiation systems on the perimeter of the house. A furnace burns oil or gas to heat up air which is forced by a fan through a large ducted system and blown through registers in various parts of the house. Generally speaking, a cast iron boiler for a baseboard system has more than twice the life expectancy of a furnace for a hot air system.
Q. 9. How can I get a hot water baseboard heating system in the house I buy or remodel?
A. When you're aware of the advantages, maybe you can find a house you like that already has hot water baseboard heat. If you are having a new home built for you, ask the architect or builder to specify hot water baseboard heating. If you are modernizing a home that has hot air heating, you can leave the cooling system in place but replace the furnace with a boiler, piping and hot water baseboard radiation.
Q. 10. Does hot water baseboard heating interfere with carpeting or placement of furniture?
A. No. Baseboard radiators are mounted on the wall but the bottoms of the front panels have adequate clearance for carpeting to fit underneath. You can place furniture directly in front of baseboard and you will not interfere with safe, gentle, convection heating.
Q. 11. What is this radiant floor heating I keep hearing about and which system does it work with?
A. Radiant heating is installed by imbedding special hot water tubing in or under a floor. In some cases you can heat the whole house with radiant floor heating. More often, however, it is used to heat cold floors in selected areas such as a bathroom, kitchen or hallway, using baseboard heating in the rest of the house. Radiant floor heating radiates heat naturally upwards and warms the room occupants evenly from toe to head. No cold feet. It is most compatible with a baseboard system and draws hot water from the same boiler as the baseboard.
Q. 12. What kind of equipment does Slant/Fin manufacture and provide to my contractor or builder for a hot water baseboard heating system?
A. Slant/Fin provides nearly everything except the copper tubing and fittings. Your contractor or builder can purchase Slant/Fin products including: high efficiency gas and oil boilers, hot water baseboard systems, radiant floor heating, multi-purpose fan convection heaters for kick spaces and indirect-fired heaters for domestic hot water. All are available through Slant/Fin heating wholesalers throughout the U.S.A., Canada and around the world. They add up to the best hot water baseboard heating systems for your family's comfort, economy, health and safety.

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