Still go it: 3” drop header 😎

Danny Scully

I’m mostly an office man these days, but with 2 men out today I needed to step in…2-pipe air vent system getting some much needed love. New properly sized boiler with 3” drop header today. New properly sized Rad/main vents tomorrow, along with lots of skimming. The water heater is getting replaced too but that’s not as cool 🤣

Long Beach Ed

What? Your guys don't do two of these a day? Nice (hard) work, Danny.

JohnNY

Great job, Danny. I wish I had a New Yorker dealer near me. I like them better than the Williamsons for budget sensitive installations.

STEAM DOCTOR

@Danny Scully nice work!
@JohnNY Off topic but got to ask. Why do you prefer the NYers over Williamson?

JohnNY

STEAM DOCTOR said:

@Danny Scully nice work!
@JohnNY Off topic but got to ask. Why do you prefer the NYers over Williamson?

It's basically comparing Burnham to Weil-McLain and, as an installer, there are significant differences. For the better part of two decades I was a Burnham installer nearly exclusively. Recently, I've got some problems with the company that seem to be unresolvable and I switched to Weil-McLain about 4-5 years ago. WM is a GREAT company and I'm happy to be working with them, but I do miss having the tappings that Burnham/US Boiler/New Yorker include in their heat exchangers that make installing aquastats, indirect water heaters, and hydronic loops an easy thing to do. Weil-McLain is no help with that stuff unless you get the optional tankless coil, which is a big expense. Another benefit of the Burnham is that the manual tells you to pipe everything with 2" out of the boiler. It's much cheaper than the 3" fittings required by Weil-McLain, even if it's just the starter 3" x 2-½" or 2" bushing.
But then again, no one asks me for a Burnham product ever. If anyone asks for a specific brand of residential cast iron boiler it's *always* Weil-McLain. So, there is that.

reggi

Did you move the old old boiler off to side to be broken down later or is this a new location?

Danny Scully

@reggi, we moved the old boiler to the side for the time being. You can see the jacket of the boiler to the left in the picture. 

ChrisJ

JohnNY said:

STEAM DOCTOR said:

@Danny Scully nice work!
@JohnNY Off topic but got to ask. Why do you prefer the NYers over Williamson?

It's basically comparing Burnham to Weil-McLain and, as an installer, there are significant differences. For the better part of two decades I was a Burnham installer nearly exclusively. Recently, I've got some problems with the company that seem to be unresolvable and I switched to Weil-McLain about 4-5 years ago. WM is a GREAT company and I'm happy to be working with them, but I do miss having the tappings that Burnham/US Boiler/New Yorker include in their heat exchangers that make installing aquastats, indirect water heaters, and hydronic loops an easy thing to do. Weil-McLain is no help with that stuff unless you get the optional tankless coil, which is a big expense. Another benefit of the Burnham is that the manual tells you to pipe everything with 2" out of the boiler. It's much cheaper than the 3" fittings required by Weil-McLain, even if it's just the starter 3" x 2-½" or 2" bushing.
But then again, no one asks me for a Burnham product ever. If anyone asks for a specific brand of residential cast iron boiler it's *always* Weil-McLain. So, there is that.

I would've never bought a Burnham from you, but I've been told my bias is based on too small of a sample size and that they last just as good as any other brand.

I have no idea what to think anymore.