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Bad boiler!

Bob Gagnon plumbing and heating
Bob Gagnon plumbing and heating Member Posts: 1,373
in THE MAIN WALL
installer, and bad maintenance. If the piping was leaking where it connects to the boiler. And someone should have corrected it before it got this far. When was it put in?
Thanks, Bob Gagnon

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  • adambuild
    adambuild Member Posts: 414
    !

    Just looked at a Utica PEG150BI, 150000btu boiler that set off the CO detector. Jacket is rusted, exhaust shroud is rusted and eaten through on the top surface, moisture on the floor, definite slow leak from supply where pipe and boiler casting meet, burner tubes are a mess from condensation above that left "droppings" or flakes on tubes. Checked draft, looks fine. Could a slow leak(s) over long term cause such a mess? Could the leaking water evaporating from the heat of the boiler rust out the boiler?
  • John@Reliable_14
    John@Reliable_14 Member Posts: 171
    But Bob,............

    it's gas. It doesn't need maintence (hehehe) John@Reliable
  • J.C.A._3
    J.C.A._3 Member Posts: 2,980
    A quick look at the directions...

    Would have more likely than not explained a bypass, and WHY.

    You would think that the manufacturers put them in there just to %!$$ you off. Fact is, they have FAR more time to engineer a system, and print what works. Like Foghorn Leghorn says..."I ain't talkin' to hear my head roar, boy".

    READ the directions ! Chris
  • Steamhead (in transit)
    Steamhead (in transit) Member Posts: 6,688
    I believe the Utica PEG series

    is a steam boiler. Right, Adam?

    You're looking for a messed up chimney or a major water or steam leak somewhere.

    "Steamhead"

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  • ed wallace
    ed wallace Member Posts: 1,613
    bad boiler

    aint no such thing as a bad boiler only bad installers remember only you can keep a boiler from being bad
  • Bob Gagnon plumbing and heating
    Bob Gagnon plumbing and heating Member Posts: 1,373
    It's 9:oo PM

    Do you know where your boiler is? The PEG Utica is a steam boiler, Adam said it was leaking at the supply piping connection. Thanks, Bob Gagnon

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  • adambuild
    adambuild Member Posts: 414
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    To clarify, in '91, Utica made the PEG series that could be used for either water or steam. This particular one is being used for hot water. And yes, the title, "Bad Boiler" was definitely a poor choice as we all agree that the boiler is as good or bad as the installer. Really a shame and a waste of money.
  • adambuild
    adambuild Member Posts: 414
    !

    BTW, the medium of radiation is fin tube baseboard so I don't know how much bypass piping would have helped.
  • Steamhead (in transit)
    Steamhead (in transit) Member Posts: 6,688
    Oh, OK

    these days they only sell it as a steamer. The MGB has been Utica's usual atmospheric gas hot-water boiler for years.

    Take a look at the Solaia series- it can be had with either oil or gas burners, and can vent thru a standard lined chimney.

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