boiler choice: Question for Steamhead

Stamato

As I will be trying to figure out which steamer to put in this coming off season I have read numerous posts where You have stated "oil-fired Burnham Mega-Steam is far and away the best residential steamer out there". I do not doubt what you are saying but I do want to address a concern about Burnham. Can you give your opinion on the claims others have made about Burnhams leaking. Their have even been claims of it happening multiple times to the same people after warranty repair (lots of labor costs). Perhaps it is specific to one model, Maybe their is a special method to install these that not everyone follows. It seems every brand has some downside. I am just trying to find a clear winner. Also am I not looking good enough because the expensive brands like Buderus and Viessmann don't even offer an oil steamer. Is there a reason . How does a person choose? I Keep coming across negative info about all the different brands. "SootFin", WM rubber rings, I am sure you have heard it all.

lchmb

3 so far

I have installed 3 mega steam's so far. Every thing I see I like. They put a ton of work into the design and building of that steamer. If I had steam at my house it would be the boiler of my choice.

JackR

mega-good

If you ask you will find someone to say something negative about every brand out there, Burnham has had issue's with some of their oil water boilers they made in the 90's but seemed to have learned from the mistakes. The Megasteam would also be my choice in steam boiler hands down, as my luck would have it I have not come across an oil steam job this season!!!

Buderus and Viessmann do not make steam boilers due to the fact that there is little or no steam heat in Europe.

Burnham has always done good by me and look like they are coming out with some really good new products. I would not hesitate to put in a Megasteam!!

Steamhead (in transit)

Actually

they do have some steam in "der Vaterland", mostly large commercial installations and those two companies do build steam boilers for that market. Most of the older German residential systems were destroyed during WW2. These were located in cities; I'm told that central heating wasn't common in rural Germany before the war.

For oil-fired residential steam here in the USA, the Mega-Steam rules.

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