What to do with this new boiler.

mike585

My father-in-law was active on this forum years ago. He was Eleft. Al passed away in January. I have been working on the estate since then, figuring out his primary-secondary loops and other stuff. I found a new boiler, still in its shipping crate. It's a Solaia Series, by Boyertown Furnace Co. I need recommendations as to how to sell this. What is it worth and who might I sell it to? It looks like it's the smallest of the residential line (firing rate 0.75 gal/hr).

HVACNUT

Donation? Habitat for humanity and others will be thankful. 

cysticfib17

Pretty sure that's a similar boiler to what I just had installed. Cast Iron, 3 pass, low mass boiler with firing rate of 0.75. Mine is called a Trio sold exclusively through F.W. Webb and managed by Boyertown Furnace.

SlamDunk

I'm sorry for your loss. Do you think he was planning to replace what he had?

mike585

I'm sure he was. He was quite ill for past three years so it never got done. Existing boiler seems to work ok. He was always upgrading.

SlamDunk

Maybe you should finish it for him.

Erin Holohan Haskell

I'm so sorry for your loss, @mike585.

Ironman

@mike585
Where are you located?

Steamhead

cysticfib17 said:

Pretty sure that's a similar boiler to what I just had installed. Cast Iron, 3 pass, low mass boiler with firing rate of 0.75. Mine is called a Trio sold exclusively through F.W. Webb and managed by Boyertown Furnace.

Exact same boiler line. @mike585 , that should be the SL375 model. What burner does it have?

mike585

I'm going to go see the guys at F.W. Webb next week. I did not take the crate apart. My guess is there's no burner attached. There's a Riello burner in the basement that looks new. It is the SL375 model.

ratio

If you're considering donation, I'd suggest https://www.oilheatcares.com/, depending on your location. @Erin Holohan Haskell can help you with that, I believe.

Regarding price, I couldn't tell you much, except that if I wanted it to sell fast, I'd start at half of new price

Erin Holohan Haskell

ratio said:

If you're considering donation, I'd suggest https://www.oilheatcares.com/, depending on your location. @Erin Holohan Haskell can help you with that, I believe.

Regarding price, I couldn't tell you much, except that if I wanted it to sell fast, I'd start at half of new price

Yes, @Robert O'Brien is on the Board of Oil Heat Cares.

PC7060

Agree with @ratio, keep price low to move it. eBay has a Lochinvar Knight 110k Unit listed as “new on pallet, as is”. Asking price is only $200 less than brand new from OEM authorized reseller. That’s a silly high price.