JOT replacement in the kitchen ( Ron Jr. )

Darin Cook_5

Lets make plans for you to come upstate. I will give you a wide open basement or garage and a blank 4' X 8' sheet of white tile board and let you go crazy with a pump panel. You are the king of cramped quarters! Great work, as always Ron.







Darin

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This was in Wantagh , NY

The customer is the original owner of this Levitt home , built in early 50s . The JOT replaced a Low York in the early 80s .

The floor radiant was still connected , but no bypass piping was used . They musta been hopping around the house if they were walking barefoot . I'm suprised the high temp water didn't cause any leaks for all these years .

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Peerless for a Peerless

This WBV3 is sized alot better for the home . 3 zones , 2 circs were at the boiler . Makes it kinda tough to squeeze in everything . Which is why you see the circ housings facing down . The boiler cover just cleared the top of the higher circ . We added a bypass for the radiant zone too .

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Great Job Ron,

as per usual! I hate really tight spaces, but you always make it look easy.

Dave

J.C.A._3

Ron,

Any flue pipe involved here? I imagine you've got a baromrtric built into the chimney,? OOPS...there it is. I didn't know that this boiler has a center/top flue option. (dopey me!)

Looks easier than some of the closet installs you do. Nice job Bud. Chris

Ken_40

There's only one man to call...

When you need to put 10 lbs. of stuff in a 5 lb. sack.

Ron Jr!

Outstanding work.

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Thanks buddy

On paper , these jobs are a piece of cake . They're right in the kitchen , about 10 steps away from the work truck . Every pipe to reconnect is less than a foot .

Reality is I go home from these jobs more exhausted than when we hump out a steamer . You try to pipe it out sitting on a bucket and wind up doing most of the job on your knees . I assembled the new one while Sal ripped out the old . I had to take apart the supply piping 2 times to get it right . But now we know how to do these jobs to fit 2 circs under the cover .

Thanks Ken .

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Speaking of a prefab

I'm going to prefab a whole manifold to fit in my own boiler cubby hole under the stairs . Probably 3' by 6' , I'm gonna try to mount 4 circs or zone valves , a return manifold , airscoop , PRV , Extrol , a multizone relay and an outdoor reset control . So when I decide to upgrade my boiler , it'll be just 2 pipes to connect . Sounds like a pipedream though when I think about it .

That'd be a blast working side by side with you , Darin . I was born upstate in Ticonderoga . I'd love to go up and check it out and see if anything's changed since I was pooping my diapers and liking it .

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Thanks Dave

Usually Sal jumps right in and pipes everything in the front . But this system was too busy with crazy piping , and it was Friday ........ I took the reins . We have another bad batch of 3/4 " pipe . You have to hammer it into each fitting . On this boiler you couldn't get a good swing for any of the fittings . It was a pretty frustrating day .

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Chris

We tried to hide the placement of the barometric . Your eyes are too good

For the record , I do not like piping the barometric this way . But there just ain't no other option . It's either the run of a tee or none at all . I should check if Peerless requires one on every boiler . I know excessive draft is not a problem in these homes .

These jobs are the easiest of the 3 styles of Levitt boilers we work on . But man oh man do you walk out of these homes like you were repeatedly kicked by a mule .

Thanks alot Chris .

mike@BORO

hey ron have you ever had any problems with the lwco in that location getting airbound ? we have i see the air elim. not always dependable. nice stuff dude i always look forward to your posts/pics. mike.....

ken d._5

Kitchen.

I feel for you and the service guys that have to squeeze a service call into those places.

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as always

Ron as always excellent job in the tighest of spaces ,truely a tight fitting maze of piping every thing all in the front and it all is square and levl nice work peace and good luck clammy