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Boiler tube cleaning help

conrajetken
conrajetken Member Posts: 10
I have a Burnham RSA125 residential steel boiler. It has 1-1/2” tubes. Can anyone tell me what type and size brush I need to properly clean the tubes and if there is an online source for the correct brush, thank you. 

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  • EBEBRATT-Ed
    EBEBRATT-Ed Member Posts: 16,092
    @conrajetken

    Supply House.com has cleaning brushes. Tubes are sometimes measured by the od. I would measure the id and call them to get the right brush
  • Gilmorrie
    Gilmorrie Member Posts: 185
    That is a fire-tube boiler, right? Is it gas- or oil-fired? You want brushes that are slightly larger in diameter than the i.d. of the tubes. You just want to clean the tubes, not abrade them. If gas-fired, once every couple of years should suffice.