Best Of
Re: Need advice: What type of HVAC system & capacity to install, 3-bedroom house
this thread is 9 years old.
pecmsg
Re: Heat loss calc..
Piping looks good.
The only thing I don't care for is the flex gas line connector. If it was me I would drop the tee lower so the flex has a straighter run with gradual bends. Like 2 45s. JMHO
Re: Heat loss calc..
95 feet of fin tube ELEMENTS (not the shell) can deliver no more than 47,500 BTUH. So any boiler that can deliver MORE than 47,500 BTUH is too large for your house.
If you actually measure the elements (inside the shell) the length will probably be about 85 feet………………resulting in a maximum delivery of 42,500 BTUH. Figure 75% efficiency and the boiler you require is 56,000 BTUH. NOT MORE.
Buy more………pay for more for the entire life of the boiler!!!😫
LRCCBJ
Re: New steam boiler - newbie help
Hopefully the old company still has someone that knows steam.
Re: 1966 heating oil tank
I agree price is crazy. I can remember buying 275s at a tank MFG on Cherry Street in East Hartford. When you went to pick them up he would ask "MA. or CT" and then tack weld the appropriate tag on the tank then hit that spot with black spray paint. I am sure they were never pressure tested as they were supposed to be.
Price was either $50/tank or $75/tank can't remember. We would load 4 on a pick up truck and head back to Springfield.
Re: 1966 heating oil tank
Two things I have not noticed in any comments
- Oil tanks can rot away from the inside. That is the usual way a basement tank starts to leak since the outside of the tank is protected from the weather. That said, removing the tank bottom deposits and sludge from the bottom may expose some pin holes that are being blocked or plugged up by that sludge. Spending $$$ to clean a tank may clean the leaks out and then you need a new tank ASAP!
- Never put any oil from your old tank back into your new tank!!! So plan on running out of oil the day you are getting your new tank. Any combination of sludge and oil that is left in the old tank needs to be disposed of. Don't try to save a few dollars by putting 60 years of oil problems in your brand new tank.
Additionally, consider a double wall plastic tank like the Roth or Granby offerings.
Re: 1966 heating oil tank
@ChrisJ I think the OP mentioned he had the side outlet for the oil and no one pitched tanks back in the old days.
Big question in my mind if those things even help but can't hurt.
To prevent sludge I used to promote a two pipe system to constantly filter the oil. But I am by myself on that one . For some reason everyone thinks a two pipe system is death. Leak in the return line is the only comment I get which I find crazy
Re: Is there a list of the best help forums for the various 'challenges' we encounter?
I agree with @EdTheHeaterMan , Heating help is the best!!!
Mike Holt electrical is the best I have found for electrical. But they have decided for liability reasons to only allow people licensed in the electrical trade, (Electricians, contractors and engineers) to participate on that forum.
That forum is one that like Heating Help the people that participate are respectful (for the most part) and they don't allow nasty stuff or swearing etc.
Re: 25 Years ago.....
he got too caught up in trying to figure out what happened to that young kid in the picture that he forgot to post it
mattmia2