The six hour boiler swap
This 15-year-old boiler was kicking some codes. After a couple of of attempts to correct it, the homeowner asked for a new boiler. We tipped our hat and said “yes, sure thing”
The existing zone valves and indirect water heater are out of sight
You’ll have to pardon the puddle on the floor. We shot a hose out the basement window, and then we hear the sound of running water (and not a little). Knee jerk reaction was to shut the water off to the boiler. But it wasn’t the relief valve, the water was pouring in through the stone foundation. Oops, so, we have to run the hose a little bit further😀
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Nice! What's the red tube above the expansion tank?
Trying to squeeze the best out of a Weil-McLain JB-5 running a 1912 1 pipe system.0 -
Mounting Bracket.
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Dunno, looks like a little header (???) and has a plug in it.
Edit: Found it. Flamco. Pretty cool!
Trying to squeeze the best out of a Weil-McLain JB-5 running a 1912 1 pipe system.1 -
Beautiful, neat work.
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Dammit @GW
I was just about to conduct my "inspection by pictures" so I looked at the first pic and said "fail".
Then I looked at the other pics and saw the stickers on the flue and intake.
You broke my heart!!!!!
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Is the cleanout tee a homemade neutralizer?
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yes a homemade neutralizer. We dump marble stones in there. I’m too cheap to buy the store bought ones 😀
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Yes that bracket simply holds the expansion tank in its proper position. For years we installed them upside down (and it works), yet the instructions say it needs to be in the traditional orientation- so be it. (From a practical laymen’s standpoint- the bladder inside the tank—- I fail to see how it matter because “pressure” doesn’t know direction)
That’s a 3 port, so we can pipe the plumbing/water from the ceiling into that “plugged” port. But this was a quick swap: I would have used a 2 port here but I simply have extra 3 ports in my inventory—-I need to use them up. (I used up all my 2 ports a while back)
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Do you have the proper clearance to the the oil tank from your source of ignition? Looks tight.
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Where do you get the fat copper header? it looks premade minus the reducing coupling.
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@yellowdog it's empty and not used, I hereby ignore any tank ruling in this matter
@GGross google Alberta Tee, I buy 6' headers and cut them down. It's my trademark in a sense, I refuse to spend large dough on an actual LLH. Yes if it's needed (like a large case iron rad job), but in that case I'm trying to install the Viessmann CU3A with a dirt mag
@Mad Dog_2 Thanks Bruh!
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OMG That's amasing!!! How did you get it to run on OIL?
And shouldn't you have an oil filter and Firomatic on the line?
Edward Young Retired
After you make that expensive repair and you still have the same problem, What will you check next?
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or you could buy the tool that pulls the flange in to the copper pipe and braze your own. not that 1.5" copper pipe and brazing rod is inexpensive in itself, but comparatively it is.
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the last time I looked into the Tdrill setup it was like nine grand. I like having cool tools, but I’m not eager to flush money.
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you can buy a lot of tees for that.
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