Sludge, Scale and Bouncing Boilers

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Sludge, Scale and Bouncing Boilers

We once saw a boiler doing an Irish step dance on the basement floor. Yikes! Here are some tips to avoid boiler sludge and scale.

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dopey27177

Great dissertation. Also the humor and descriptive terminology reminds me of some of your best works. The Problem Solver and Steam Without Tears. Still have many of those issues in my library.

Jake

hot_rod

Simply and well put.

On "closed" hydronic systems the non barrier tube will haunt us for generations. He is a steel sep that lasted 18 months on a high temperature rubber tube staple up. The home has seen 3 boilers in 20 years.
The high temperature systems really suck O2 through the tube. On a sealed, leak proof system oxygen ingress is the biggest cause of corrosion problems.

Wierling

Great article. I’m just a homeowner but wonder if it would be possible/make sense to manually feed distilled water into the boiler instead of boiling out the minerals with a separate hot water tank? Assuming a feed mechanism could be plumbed in.. does anyone do this or am I all wet? (figuratively speaking)

mattmia2

hot_rod said:

Simply and well put.

On "closed" hydronic systems the non barrier tube will haunt us for generations. He is a steel sep that lasted 18 months on a high temperature rubber tube staple up. The home has seen 3 boilers in 20 years.
The high temperature systems really suck O2 through the tube. On a sealed, leak proof system oxygen ingress is the biggest cause of corrosion problems.

I hope #3 went in with a hx and stainless/brass/bronze components on the radiant side...

NYCBob

time to repair the leaking buried returns