Gas Boiler Replacement

Toby

I am writing this to clarify an earlier post.

I am replacing a 32 year old Burnham gas boiler and am considering 2 very different models: Triangle Tube solo 110 or Burnham P 205.

I want to know what others think about the long term expenses to maintain each system-would they be considerably more for the Tringle?

Would you think I would recoup the 40% more initial cost with the high energy model over 30 years (I live in Washington DC).

Thank you!

Jean-David Beyer

As usual, it depends.

Have you done, or have had done, a heat loss of all the rooms in your house? And with that, what water tempreatures will you require in each room? I see Washington DC has similar heat needs as here in New Jersey (14F design temperature). Are the emitters in each room large enough to supply the necessary heat with low (strictly under 130F) water temperatures? If not, are you prepared to increase their size until they are large enough?



My house is 1150 square feet, 2 floors (cape Cod type). Double-pane Hi-E windows. Good insulation. Doubtful sealing. Downstairs is radiant heat in slab. Upstairs has oversize baseboard. I converted from a 60 year old oil burner to a mod|con gas boiler. This seems to have cut my heating bill in half.



You do not want to oversize the boiler. If your house is like mine, you might be better off with the Triangle Tube solo 60. My house needs only about 30,000 to 35,000 BTU/hr when it is 0F outside.



Note: I am a homeowner, not a heating contractor.

bob eck

TT vs Burnham boiler

have contractor check your current system to see if a condensing boiler will work. if you have enough radiation to run the boiler supply and return water temps at low enough temps to make the boiler condense most of the time go for the TT Prestige Solo or Prestige Excellence boiler. Buy the 10 year parts and labor warranty that your contractor can purchase for this boiler and you will have your repair costs taken care of for 10 years. this warranty does not include yearly maintenance costs.

Steamhead

If your situation

would not permit a mod-con to be vented safely (for example, insufficient ground clearance), take a look at the Burnham ES-2 series. It offers better efficiency than the standard Series 2 or any other atmospheric gas boiler, comes with a very nice control system and can vent to a standard chimney if it's re-lined.



Here's one we installed:



http://www.heatinghelp.com/forum-thread/129307/Our-first-Burnham-ES-2-Install



Another option is a wet-base boiler with a power gas burner. Not all such boilers are approved for gas. The Solaia series is, and it's a very nice boiler for either gas or oil. This thread has some shots of our Solaia installs:



http://www.heatinghelp.com/forum-thread/131499/Any-comments-about-Biasi-boilers