Burnham Boiler V8 Series

Rick_43

Back in 2006, I had designs to replace my undersized Peerless boiler with a larger, more steam producing boiler based upon EDR measurements of installed radiators. At that time, I purchased a Burnham V86 steam boiler that has sat in my basement since then. With oil at a manageable price, I've become more energized to 'fix' the supply piping, install better vents (radiators and mains), and was looking forward to installing that boiler. I now understand that Burnham has had a really rather poor record of boiler construction (cracked sections/leaking/'push tube' issues) with the V7 and V8 series of boilers.

My question for the group is should I even attempt to have the boiler installed?

ChrisJ

If you paid for the boiler I would use it.
I highly recommend a good water treatment, it could give the boiler a reasonably long life. Rhomar can likely advise.

Our house had a rotted V83 in it when we bought it, the block was only 5 years old and had been replaced once before, the previous one only lasting 3 years.

But our water isn't the greatest and the system had a ton of leaks.

Keep your water usage down, use good treatment and you'll probably get your money out of it.