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Re: oil burner pipe question
What happened to the oil line that was on the ground? Is it that difficult to run a new line across the floor at the edge of the wall? As a kid, I remember that the night service man might replace a fuel line and run it across the floor to get the heat back on after finding a leaking fuel line. The next day, it was my job to go back and "Cement the oil line". I got pretty good at using sand mix where the basement wall met the concrete floor. If it had to go across a doorway or across a traffic area on the floor, I was there with a hammer & chisel to make a 2" trench in the floor and dropping the fuel line in, then cement over the buried line.
I can't understand why there are so many overhead lines today. When you attach those lines to the basement ceiling joist, they have a chance of vibration that can be heard all over the house.
But I have also put a fuel line from an outside above ground tank across the basement ceiling. I would use the webbing that is sold for hanging ductwork and my pipe hanger. It may not look as smart as a metal clamp but there is less chance of vibration.
Finally, I am a fan of using a tiger loop if you are going to do the up and over oil line. And using the flexible oil line from the tiger loop to the pump will eliminate that vibration from the pump, so you can attach the oil line to the ceiling joist with metal clamps.
Re: Boiler Replacement Quote
Yeah right. A VERY knowledgeable homeowner, and streets ahead of many pros…
Re: Lochinvar Knight Boiler Flame Fail Ignition Errors - ready to pull my hair out
Check the pressure with it firing first. If there isn't enough fuel supply you will never be able to make it rich enough.
mattmia2
Re: Heating not working in the floor where the distribution system was changed
I wonder what an emergency exhaust valve is? I'm thinking Pressure Relief Valve…. If so, that is quite an interesting way to purge air. and we know that the relief valve was operated per the manufacturer's recommendation. You know , that tag on every relief valve that says Operate relief valve at least once a year to insure passage ways are clear. That important instruction that more than half of our industry's technicians were taught to never touch because it might leak.
Re: Should radiators be replaced by Forced air system.
Is this steam or hot water?
In any event, keep the radiators. You'll never achieve such even heat with forced air.
Pictures of the boiler and leaks would help. You most likely won't need to replace as much as you may think
Re: Boiler Replacement Quote
We can see the licensing system working as designed to disallow competent installers, and allow incompetent ones…kind of depressing
Re: Vaporstat shelf life?
I have taken apart a number of vaporstats. I dropped them and hit them [Old and new] to see if they would fail or give bad inaccurate operation. They did become inaccurate and had to be adjusted but did not fail. They are basically well built. As previously stated, High number of cycling off and on would be the most likely cause of failure. I just remembered that a vaporstat in my building failed because the person who installed the heating controller was controlling the steam cut off by a relay trigged by pressure from a vaporstat. This meant that the vaporstat was tripping 18 to 20 times a day during the winter season.
Re: Heating not working in the floor where the distribution system was changed
Are the grey PEX lined purged?
When you purged all the white PEX lines and you got water to flow thru each one, did you do it at the opposite end of the gray tubes? If there is still some air in the other grey PEX line (the one you didn't use to purge the white ones) then the circulator may be pulling at air in the line.