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Re: is it possible to use plate heat exchanger for domestic hot water
There are a few ways to go about this. A small electric water heater tank as a buffer with the HX in a series loop set up as a zone from the CI boiler would probably be the easiest and cheapest. Otherwise a simple flow switch like a combi uses, that could actuate a 3 way valve or zone circ to do the same thing without the tank.
GroundUp
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Re: Very Cool 😎 Urinals at a Brewery
there's a brewery here in CT where rt 8 and 25 meet I95,
it's inside one of the cloverleafs,
same urinals.
it's inside one of the cloverleafs,
same urinals.
neilc
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Re: Old Radiators
Nice Dan..I installed those A.A. Griffin. Rads in my Old Victorian 1899-1900. The very wide one behind the couch in the Parlor I got from an Old Qauker Estate Farmhouse in Old Westbury (Long Island 🏝 North Shore Gold Coast). The Mini, I purchased at A1 Radiator in Mass from Fran Fahey. Love em. Mad Dog 🐕
Old Radiators
We are replacing the boiler in a c. 1887 Queen Anne Victorian home in upper NW DC, right on the Maryland line.
I have seen pictures of radiators like these, but never in person.
I will post pictures of the boiler when we replace it after the holidays. 
Dan Foley
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Re: Dear Reader
It's not surprising that the huge outpouring of gratitude is like a tidal wave of love. So many people were helped and managed to learn more skills. I'm forever grateful and trying to wrap my brain around your absence. I have memories of you when you worked for Wallace Ennace selling B&G pumps to my father's company. 60 Minutes should do a tribute. Enjoy your well deserved time and family.
Re: Dan Holohan Retires After 36 Years of Writing Magazine Columns
It’s getting close to 30 years since you put my career on a different path. 5-6 years later, hydronics was all I did. I can’t thank you enough for that.
Be well.
Enjoy the grandkids.
Enjoy the grandkids.
Thank you, Dan.
Re: Sourcing Small parts such as washers and stainless clips etc
Baxi, a German boiler uses similar seals
Bruno is a German contractor that has shown various seal repair kits on his IG site. Maybe reach out to him for some ideas.
Bruno is a German contractor that has shown various seal repair kits on his IG site. Maybe reach out to him for some ideas.
hot_rod
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Re: Completely brand-new setup and we continue to have issues.
@EdTheHeaterManIn fairness, there are some oil companies that will still do a thorough cleaning of Weil McLain pin-type boilers despite the hassle, and our is one of them. Every fall they spend a couple of hours cleaning our two WGO-5 boilers, and it is a pain, but they take the time to do it right.
Boiler passages???? What are those??" Now with most technicians a soot stick a nozzle and a filter is all you get for a tune up. Oh,you wanted us to actually clean the boiler????
So I have to agree with @EdTheHeaterMan that the very limited access to the top of the boiler is going to be problematic, and that a better choice for that setup might have been something like a Buderus that gets cleaned from the front instead of the top.
jesmed1
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