Commercial boiler books

bandana_man

Hello all
I am a plumber who has experience with residential gas fired boilers. I am hungry to learn more on the commercial side of heating and to learn more about oil fired boilers and it’s various components. Does anyone have any recommendations on books that would be good to read up on??

EBEBRATT-Ed

@bandana_man

There's all kinds of stuff available. For oil burners the best book is "Domestic and Commercial oil Burners by Charles Burkhardt. It's probably a little dated but the basics don't change. it was last printed about 1970. You can find them on E-bay and used book stores.

You can also find good info from the burner MFgs Carlin, RW Beckett, Power Flame and Riello.

Cleaver Brooks if you search their website has a "BOILER ROOM GUIDE (I think that's the name) available on their site that has a lot of good information on Commercial boiler rooms. Also check out "Oil Tech Talk" on the internet they have a forum with lots of information.

Also @RayWohlfarth on this site

That will get you started

Mike_Sheppard

Buy @RayWohlfarth’s books. All of them are good.

Go to atplearning.com and buy their boiler books. My personal favorite is the Boiler Operators Workbook

Look up PowerFlame, Webster, and Gordon Piatt burner manuals. The Gordon Piatt manuals are very good and explain their different oil systems.

Erin Holohan Haskell

You can find Ray's book here: https://heatinghelp.com/store

EBEBRATT-Ed

@Mike_Sheppard

Thought G & P was out of business

Larry Weingarten

Hi, This might help http://used.addall.com/SuperRare/RefineRare.cgi?inAuthor=Charles+Burkhardt&exAuthor=darwin&inTitle=&exTitle=darwin&inDesc=&exDesc=&id=200513171138289881&order=PRICE&ordering=ASC&dispCurr=USD&match=Y

Yours, Larry

Mike_Sheppard

@EBEBRATT-Ed they are out of business. But can still learn a lot from reading their manuals.

And here in DC they’re still one of the most common burners.

EBEBRATT-Ed

@Mike_Sheppard

Agree that their manuals were well written

STEAM DOCTOR

> @Larry Weingarten said:
> Hi, This might help http://used.addall.com/SuperRare/RefineRare.cgi?inAuthor=Charles+Burkhardt&exAuthor=darwin&inTitle=&exTitle=darwin&inDesc=&exDesc=&id=200513171138289881&order=PRICE&ordering=ASC&dispCurr=USD&match=Y
>
> Yours, Larry

Just bought a copy. Read first chapter. Clear and concise. Seems to be well written. Got to love reading the old time books. Seems that they a special flavor. Thanks @Larry Weingarten

Larry Weingarten

Hi @STEAM DOCTOR , You're welcome! I'm a bit nuts about old books

Yours, Larry

STEAM DOCTOR

@Larry Weingarten. I am all open to other recommendations.

Larry Weingarten

Hi @STEAM DOCTOR , When this pandemic is over, head to New York City and visit the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen. Along with a bunch of old water heaters, I gave them most of my old books on technical stuff, that I collected over about forty years of trips to used book stores
. They set up a reading room so you can sit and enjoy!

Yours, Larry

ps. Get anything by Frederick Dye!

STEAM DOCTOR

I hate going into Manhattan but maybe I will make an exception. Might need to set wife up with a support group.

Erin Holohan Haskell

Here are some photos that we took of the @Larry Weingarten Water Heater Collection during Wetstock last August: https://heatinghelpcom.pixieset.com/wetstock2019/ Thanks again for sharing this wonderful collection, Larry.