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@bdl

I will give you my opinion and that is all it is. Go with Weil Mclain or Peerless. Stay away from Burnham and any of their re branded names like Crown.

Burnham came into the northeast (I am in MA.) big time in the 80s and 90s & 2000s. The schools were putting them in like crazy and all the installers were pushing them. They must have had good prices because they were taking every commercial job.

They (Burnham) blamed the water (chlorides) everywhere but eastern MA and RI were the worst. They also talked about some portion of the heat exchanger which had hot flue gas on one side and no water on the other.

My problem with them is ok, steam boilers can fail but hot water should go 30 years or more. Well, theirs didn't. I saw job after job with hot water boilers leaking after 10-15 years. I know of a high school with 5 Burnhams built in 2002 and they were all replaced when I retired in 2019 and most of them leaked long before they were replaced. JMHO

Your not that far into NH. I am sure there are some MA contractors with NH licenses. Search around some of the MA border towns. The boiler is shot so ripping the jacket off to find the leak you have nothing to lose. You may be able to slap some JB weld on it to buy some time. Weil McLain EG-50 is 454 sq feet of steam and Peerless 63-04 is 458

First time time might involve a tiny learning curve. But it's really very easy.

Will need to field assemble the wiring. No big deal. The wiring comes marked. Not well, but if you look at the wires, you will see tiny notes as to which wire goes where

@Saul , call us on 410-321-8116 and we'll set up an appointment.

I can't help but think of this every time one of these discussions comes up.

OK in this case there is no "should" about it, this boiler will perform as good as any boiler you could pick.

Congratulations for getting one of the last 63 models ever produced

To quote one of my favorite movies, "it would be a shame to blow it up"

And congratulations for resisting going to the next larger one "just to be safe". You have somehow, some way, actually purchased the correct sized boiler, making you very rare around here!