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New House, Need some expertise on Boiler Heat

gkozy
gkozy Member Posts: 1
Dear Heating Help:

I just moved into a new home that has boiler heat. I have shut it down for the season. Can anyone help me with instructions for getting it working next season. It has an expansion tank. My concern is that it does not have enough water in it right now. The PSI for the water gauge reads zero. Its a Bryant and its from 1985.




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  • Zman
    Zman Member Posts: 7,561
    If your gauge is accurate and reading 0 psi, that is a problem.
    How tall is the house?
    Your picture does not show the expansion tank, fill valve, or pressure gauge. A picture that shows the boiler and all components would help.
    "If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough"
    Albert Einstein
  • Leon82
    Leon82 Member Posts: 684
    Looks like the drip leg is on the floor
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  • Steamhead
    Steamhead Member Posts: 16,796
    You need some professional help here- where are you located?
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  • AMservices
    AMservices Member Posts: 610
    The drip tube from the 30 PSI relief looks like it's in black pipe, that should be copper. The black pipe can rust closed. I'd change the 30 PSI relief valve to. If it's 30 years old you probably can't check it without breaking it anyway.
    If the water supply is clearly on to the boiler and the fill valve is working then change the T.P. gage. You should have a backflow preventer between the water supply valve and the fill valve.
    Definitely take the gate valve off the gas line. If it's not leaking now, will be if anyone not knowing what their doing starts playing with it.
    If this is your first boiler seek help, or wear rubber boots
  • JohnNY
    JohnNY Member Posts: 3,226
    It looks like that gas piping has had some water on it for some reason. Call a pro to give the whole thing a once-over and use the observations and suggestions here as a starting point to bring this system into compliance and more.
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  • wholesalerbill
    wholesalerbill Member Posts: 20
    That so called gas "shut-off" looks like an old globe valve. Really not cool to have on a gas line.