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Re: Will installing a 1/8" flow meter in the oil line be a problem?

If your going to go through all that you may as well invest in two 275 gallon tank within a tank Highland Petrohoppers and two sets of petrometer oil level gauges so your other tenant can monitor and pay for thier own fuel use and have 2 oil storage tanks that will be safe for 50 plus years and be done with it for the 2 residences.

leonz

Re: Graphite nut packing: Where/what to buy?

The good stuff had asbestos in it , they took it away :( Teflon

Big Ed_4

Re: System 2000 sudden issue

baseboard radiators…typical 80's house style ones…. I am not home at the moment but yesterday the returns did not feel hot.

jhickey

Re: Longest lasting steam radiator vent

China does not mean poor quality. Just about every smartphone, tablet, and computer is made there, and untold numbers of components for all industries. They make it as good as US companies pay them to make it. And I will not let Harbor Freight get slandered without saying you can a lot of good stuff for very little money there.

ethicalpaul

Any Roth Oil Tank Downsides?

During my annual burner service, they found a pinhole leak in my 27 year old steel tank. Looking at replacement options, the Roth tank is only slightly more than a steel tank but has a 30 year warranty instead of 3 years. Also, no issue with warranty if any oil is pumped over from old tank.The primary business of the vendor I’m talking to is tank replacements so their trucks are equipped with a pump out/storage tank and proper filtering. New oil line will be run overhead and a tigerloop added. It’ll take up less room and shouldn’t rust through like my current steel tank. Curious if there is any downside to the Roth tanks?

Brent H.

Re: Oil tank safety valve

This is a photo of what is there. Looks like one?

Dave119

Re: Oil tank safety valve

https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1832673#Comment_1832673

Generally, as you are well aware, "disaster doesn't strike".

The tanks develop a drip………….which can accelerate…………but are eminently manageable with suitable pans until one can make the switch.

Why don't you then suggest to replace the tank every 10 years………..just to prevent A DISASTER from striking? You really don't know when the tank will give you a DISASTER…………now do you?

You don't work for an oil company so I'm a bit surprised at such a response!

LRCCBJ

Re: Oil tank safety valve

Replacing the tank "due to it's age" is simply a scam to make more money. Period. You replace it when it starts to leak. You know this because of a small drip underneath it.

And, you DO NOT have a leak in the tank.

LRCCBJ

Re: Adding a Radiator on a Gravity System in the Basement

The coil is inside the boiler. It has much less heating capacity than a tankless coil because it's meant to heat a separate storage tank.

bburd

Re: Space Heat Limiting, Draft and NG Pressure Drop Mod/Con Lochinvar NKC 150N Combi

Do you have records of the gas pressure from previous years that you can compare to, or is it just a new development because there were no faults before? I'm assuming this is natural gas? have you added any gas fired appliances since the install? or replaced any other gas fired equipment?

GGross