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Re: Converting to a hot water heater
The Buderus DHW tank is different from any Direct fire stand alone water tank. I have seen gas fired water heater with a 6 year warranty last 7 years before the tank starts to leak. just long enough for the warranty to be over. I have also owned that exact tank you have. It lasted 28 years in my own home. I don't remember dealing with the anode rod in the 28 years of ownership. Now everybody's water quality is different, so I can't predict what will happen with your Buderus tank. I just believe that you can do the Anode Rod Replacement and you should be fine.
Re: Leaking Radiator and Boiler Filling No Autofeeder hi
Wait! "the red circulator connects… directly to the top of my hot water heater…"
Is that water heated by hot water from the boiler? What is called an indirect? Those are notorious for leaking from the domestic hot water side to the heating side…
Re: Baseboard no heating
Did you do the install or a Pro ? Post pictures of the boiler and the surrounding system / piping. Boiler Make and Model. Any circulator and/or zone valves for the baseboards ?
Baseboard system pressure OK ?
109A_5
Re: Weil McLain 1107-1 baseboard hot water wont shut off
could be a stuck end switch or zone valve too if it is using zone valves.
mattmia2
Re: How would you tackle these issues with my hydronic heating system? (1920s home)
Fellow homeowner with a gravity system here. Have you checked the radiators on the old gravity loops for balancing restriction disks in the radiator unions?
novajke
Re: Leaking Radiator and Boiler Filling No Autofeeder hi
If a main floor vent is leaking water, you know two things: that vent is all done and you need a new one. Second, the boiler is insanely overfilled. If that vertical copper line with a valve on it in the first picture is the only way to fill the boiler (no indirect, no DHW coil) it has to be leaking by. Easy to check. Drain the boiler down to halfway on the sight glass. Close that valve. I don't see a handy union on that line… pity. But anyway, if the water level in the glass rises… there's your problem.
If there is… new valve time. Use a ball valve.
Re: Partially Replacing Hot Water Boiler with Furnaces
Heat pumps?
Keep the hot water as a back up
pecmsg
Re: Partially Replacing Hot Water Boiler with Furnaces
Why are you getting rid of the radiators? Forced-air will never be as comfortable…………….
Re: Steam Boiler Pressure & Some Of My Adventures
MegaSteam boilers should last for decades.
Re: Am I blind? Not seeing the gas shut-off valve.
I think it is piped properly. Closed space T under the boiler:
The installer didn't do themselves a favor with the spaghetti piping plus it is highly unprofessional to leave a setup without check you get heat on all zones.
My hat off to @EdTheHeaterMan for tracing any of the pipes as I couldn't when I looked at this.
I've had issues with triticators clogging on gravity feed conversions. The sludge in the old pipes clogs the gauge and gets stuck. A dirt filter would have been a good idea. Obviously you are getting pressure to the boiler as the relief valve vented (these are set to 30PSI).
You need the boiler tech back and they need to make sure you have heat on all zones before they leave. This is not something the owner expected to figure out. That is part of their job when doing this kind of work. If they have to replace any of the existing pumps, that would be extra work and cost, but if the pumps are fine, getting it all working is part of the job.
Also make sure there is an outdoor sensor installed and a base reset curve configured in the boiler. Without that, you are giving something like 10% of free efficiency up.
Kaos