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Re: Downspout drains underground under brick patio — no backup, but no water at exit either
Is there step flashing under the shingles that goes up under the siding? There should be an L shaped piece of flashing under each shingle that goes up under the siding. There should then be pieces of flashing at the end that brings that water out over the fascia instead of behind the siding. None of that is new, thinking like water and directing it out has been around for hundreds of years.
My bet would be on the water leaking down through that whole joint and down through the wall.
mattmia2
Re: Need new boiler
About all you can do is a visual inspection. No leaks you run it until it does, or you can't get parts.
Lack of qualified technicians is an issue.
If they can't fix the old boiler or don't want to just because its old what do, they do when they install a new boiler, they know nothing about? Cross their fingers and hope it starts and have tech support on speed dial.
That's not a real technician.
Re: Replace an aging Beckett RWB oil burner?
10.7% O2 on that combustion test seems ridiculously high. I normally find a true zero smoke at around 4-6% O2.
Re: Line voltage at thermostat
The wires may go to something that looks like this.
You need a high limit to measure the boiler temperature and shut off the burner if the boiler water temperature gets too high.
Re: Line voltage at thermostat
Has the presents of line voltage at the thermostat been verified or did someone just use a line voltage type thermostat on a 24 VAC system ?
109A_5
Re: 1895 Detroit Home - Single Pipe Steam Unknown Condition - Initial Inspection
The system is likely ok but everything about how that boiler is installed is wrong.
mattmia2
Re: Steam boiler
I don't recommend a boiler cleaner. Usually all they manage is to make the boiler surge, which will only add to your woes.
More to the point, unless there is something really and truly strange in the local water, the smell isn't coming from the steam or the water. There are many possible sources for a smell, but the bottom line is that it is likely to be something which is getting warmed up by the radiators or the piping. And the "something" is often mold in the walls or floors…
Re: Trying to use an Ultrasonic GPM meter to figure out my system head.
if the numbers Ed posted are reasonable, you need more pump, the 0015 isn’t going to get what you want
The 0026 not a cheap date or equivalent.
Maybe find an older style non electronic pump
a 26-99 Grundfos would cover that load
hot_rod
Re: Line voltage at thermostat
It wouldn't be allowed with line voltage wiring (except with service cable and dryer and range ckts in certain cases), but as long as the signal on the bare wire or casing is grounded or can be grounded there aren't really rules prohibiting it in low energy wiring.
mattmia2
Re: Triangle Tube Ceasing Operations
Closing their doors may stop some of the hemorrhaging, but it won’t relieve them of the liability for what’s already out there in the field.
We had over 25 hours trying to correct one that we installed at the end of last season before they announced the recall. Everyday, tech support kept telling us to do something different when they knew there was a design flaw in the boiler. We finally demanded and got a new boiler. Then, a couple of weeks later they announced the recall. They knew all along that there were issues.
It’s a shame since they were the ones that introduced the fire tube HX in the US and the original boilers were very reliable.
Ironman