hot water furnace help.

joel_19

call them now,heck for 55$ i'd call them to fix mine and I'm a pro! Rather play with the kids or watch football. Besides any part it needs like an aquastat is gonna cost even me alot more than 55$

Tboans

how do I raise water temp

I am a first time home owner and never had to deal with hot water heat before. The furnace is probably from the 50's or so and is not heating the house well. Basically the furnace will run for a minute or so, click off and then fire back up a few seconds later. The temperature gauge is at 145 degrees and the pressure is at 22. there is a Penn Temperature Control on the water line exiting the furnace that supplies the rads which is set at 180. That wire is connected to a box that is connected to the thermostat and circ pump. It seems like the water temp should be higher than 145 so the furnace does not have to use as much gas and things can run a little more efficiently. How can I get things running better with what I have?

Unknown

here's your first lesson...

You will get more help from the wallies if you stop calling your boiler a furance.... We pros cringed when furance being used for hot water heating....

Unknown

here's your first lesson...

You will get more help from the wallies if you stop calling your boiler a furance.... We pros cringed when furance being used for hot water heating....

jp_2

enough already!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

a furnace is a 'thing' that heats stuff!!!!!!!

ALH_4

Issues

1. You have a boiler. Furnaces are for forced air.

2. Lower operating temperatures are generally more efficient.

3. 145°F is generally fairly low for the supply temperature. It sounds as if something is either set wrong, controlled wrong, or a component is close to failure. The boiler should run until it hits the setpoint on the boiler aquastat. This would generally be 180°F. 22psi is on the high side, but still within the typical range.

4. A heating system that old likely could benefit greatly from the installation of a modulating/condensing boiler.

Have any digital photos for us? :-)

Tboans

sorry for the wrong terminology. I thought boilers were for steam because logically thinking you need hotter water to create steam...I said I was a newbie...

Ok my boiler is old and we have a home warranty from the sellers that will repair or replace as needed for a $55 service call. Am I better off calling in someone or is it an easy fix? I would like to put in a new more effecient boiler, but I need a broken part to be too old to order/repair or at least the tech they send out to say I need a new boiler. What are the odds of that happening? I'd rather the warranty cover it then to pay for it myself.

Also, my second floor and first floor are split on 2 different loops with only 1 zone. So I can easily put in 2 zone valves but if I drain the system, will I risk breaking the boiler? I don't want to be without heat for a few days now that it is getting to be really cold.

I will get some pics tonight.

J.C.A._3

Double nickle service call?

I'd go for it. Think about what you DON'T know, and what that 55 will buy (hopefully). Get it in writing!!! I've seen some of these home warranties, and they weren't worth the paper they are written on.

You've got nothing to lose in this ...for that short change. Good luck. Chris

burnerman_2

my teacher said any thing

my teacher said anything you can not fix is junk it may be only 2 years old but still junk ok that said a good place to start would be the company that has been servicing it they know the history of it and can keep it going longer so do i think a 50 year old BOILER needs replaced yes yes yes see ya royboy

burnerman_2

my teacher said any thing

my teacher said anything you can not fix is junk it may be only 2 years old but still junk ok that said a good place to start would be the company that has been servicing it they know the history of it and can keep it going longer so do i think a 50 year old BOILER needs replaced yes yes yes see ya royboy

Tboans

$55 was all it cost for us to get a new dishwasher. The timer was not getting power so it was not draining at the end of the wash. Since they could not get a new timer since the thing is so old, we got a brand new dishwasher. It is not top of the line, but it was an equivalent replacement. So basically the contract states the same thing for the boiler. They will attempt to fix it and if NG it should be replaced.

Wayne_16

55.00 service fee

Be careful as the home warranty companies have service contracts with service companies. The service company covers a geographic area. You will get a service company the warranty company has the contract for your area.

The service tech may or may-not be fully qualified to work on your system. The service tech are makes the diagnosis and quoted repair cost to the warranty company. The warranty company determines the repair/replace scenario.

The warranty company is there to make money. They will repair the item in question if possible. If a replacement unit is determined, they may at there option supply a similar unit and have a local service company install the item.

Any code upgrades are the owners responsibility.
Automatic replacement of equipment is not a given.

I would like to see the home warranty companies allow the homeowners the option to upgrade to better equipment. Of course the upgrade would be at the owners expense. With this option, replacing a 30 year old ac system with a higher efficiency unit makes more sense in many ways than buying a condenser fan motor and labor for example.

Wayne