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Re: Will 5-Section Boiler Be Too Big for 2300 Sq Ft Home ?rs-home-heating-steam-hot-water-systems/516413
Lots of things:
There are lots of things you should so. Heat loss, measure radiation etc.
We don't discuss price here.
Mty take is that if you get that boiler and burner for $600.00 and it is in good shape and running when it was removed, you'd be stepping over a ten dollar bill to find the dime someone might have dropped. In your lifetime, you will never pay back a new boiler by the few pennies you save over buying the $600.00 Buderus and installing it yourself. Does it come with a Reillo burner? A plus is that you can easily switch that boiler to LP Gas.
If it was me, and I needed a new boiler, and I got a nice boiler like that one, and my wife was warm. and we saved all that money over e new one, she'd be happy. And she might take me out to diner with the savings. A lot more than you have saved with that 368 POJ.
IMO.
There are lots of things you should so. Heat loss, measure radiation etc.
We don't discuss price here.
Mty take is that if you get that boiler and burner for $600.00 and it is in good shape and running when it was removed, you'd be stepping over a ten dollar bill to find the dime someone might have dropped. In your lifetime, you will never pay back a new boiler by the few pennies you save over buying the $600.00 Buderus and installing it yourself. Does it come with a Reillo burner? A plus is that you can easily switch that boiler to LP Gas.
If it was me, and I needed a new boiler, and I got a nice boiler like that one, and my wife was warm. and we saved all that money over e new one, she'd be happy. And she might take me out to diner with the savings. A lot more than you have saved with that 368 POJ.
IMO.
Re: Draining / Flushing a one-pipe steam boiler
@delcrossv I was pretty surprised to say the least. The pipes are corroded.
Tolik
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Re: Ghost or Gravity heating
Problem always existed 3 years now since i bought the house.. 1 room gets really hot.
Re: What product to use around radiator supply pipe in floor cavity?
Steel wool would work fine. Hardware store.
Re: New low pressure gauge reading zero
Ethanol PaulI think Paul is more of an "Electrify" than an "Ethanol".
Hmmmmm, I wonder if I could run my water heater on E85?
WMno57
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Re: Correct Type of Pipe for Steam Line?
Here is what I came up with over the years. Tape alone works okay, dope alone works okay. 3 laps of tape and dope on the first 2 threads is great. I hate sloppy pipe dope smeared all over. If you just use it on the first few threads, the dope will roll back as you tighten the joint. You end up with just a ring of dope that looks like a professional did it. Hey... thats what we are!
Re: Honeywell T87 mercury thermostat
T87 is so old school , no need to use them anymore . We can program in the cycle in now . I like the T4
Big Ed_4
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