Need new boiler this weekend!

Mitch_5

Including liner, combustion air and work on piping beyond
near boiler.

Keyspan gives a lower price then comes back with the extras. The also do not tend to have the chimney checked first then when they find a problem charge more for the power venter.

This has happened quite often.

If I know I am going against Keyspan I do not bother.

BEWEAR.

Mitch S.

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Steve Garson_2

Need new boiler this weekend!

I've been a regular here for a while.

I have a dear friend (single woman 50+) who just learned from Keyspan that her steam boiler is cracked and needs replacement. She immediately called me on the phone and had me talk to the serviceman. I asked him how he was going to size a new boiler and he said " based on the btu" used on the boiler. That, obviously, is all wrong, since the boiler is 80 years old.

How can I find someone to install a new boiler before the freeze comes? It's a two-family, so there will be some heat from the floor above, so it isn't a complete crisis. I can help and do the EDR calculations.

I will obviously call those on this site that have ads. But who works on this holiday weekend?

Thanks,

Steve
Boston
Thanks

Vinnie Smedick_2

New boiler

Steve,
Type in your zip code on Find a Pro, You'd be suprised how many of us work weekends, holidays etc... Must be why the divorce rate among hvac people is high ;-) Good luck

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Steve Garson_2

Thanks. As it turns out, Keyspan can do the job on Friday. We did an EDR calculation and she'll get the appropriate boiler. Pretty scary for a single woman. But she's all set.

Steve

JohnNY

I'm sorry to hear the job went to Keyspan instead of an independent contractor. I've never seen them do an installation that was worth very much.



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D107

Caution

HO here; is the current boiler currently inoperative? If you're going with that company, I would first have them show your friend clearly where the crack is in the existing boiler and make sure the contract specifies the boiler and burner make and model and that the install will follow the manufacturer instructions and all applicable codes. Is pipe insulation included?

It might not be a bad idea to get a good steam guy in there for a consult. And post photos on the wall first if you can and then after the job is done. When things are done in a hurry corners can sometimes get cut. Is the weather there going to be that critically cold that the job can't wait a few days?

Good luck,

David

Brad White

Hold Firm

on adherence to the near-boiler piping. You would be amazed at what gets installed. Insist that the manufacturer's instructions will be followed to the letter including header, sizes, equalizer and Hartford Loop.

There are some good Keyspan crews, ones who may not get the admiration of their managers but those who want to do a good job because it is the right thing to do.

If you can (and are acting as an intermediary) write into the contract that the boiler manufacturers' instructions for near-boiler piping will be followed and that sizing will be to the radiation, not just the replacement BTU rate.

Too much is riding over the life of the system to skimp the few hours it may take now.

As you know (we both being in Boston) we have a small respite from really cold weather these days. Hope it holds.

Brad

Leo

Do they offer

Does a company like Keyspan do like HD and Sears, offer a "great" credit plan. I say great with sarcasm as the plan makes it easy to prey on people. Make it easy for them to purchase a second rate job.

Leo

Weezbo

well, better to act in cause

than react in effect.

the meaning here is , keep the place warm with auxiliary heating sources pick up the phone and call...am off to check on some boilers that had fuel delivered two days ago that might have some chance of shutdown problems resurfacing the day after ,and to check out a new system with some engineering minor technicalities that need to be addressed prior to installation...

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Steve Garson_2

Thanks for all the advice. I will pass it on to my friend. Keyspan is, in fact, suggesting the extras up front: chimney liner, auxiliary air, etc.

Andy Fleming

Sizing steam boilers

Hello Steve:

I am the Senior Installation Manager at Keyspan Home Energy Services and I can tell you that our policy when sizing steam boilers is done by the net connected load. We also take the exposed steam piping in the basement into consideration.