Replacing a boiler

ed patton

I'm in the process of getting qoutes for a hot water boiler replacement here in the midwest. My home is an old colonial 1918. One installer is pushing the Crown line of boilers. t
The one I'm replacing is an old Peerless series 60 (it appears to have been installed inthe 1960's.) I like to know what the efficiencey rating of my old Peerless was and here some opinions on replacing it with a Crown,burnham, Peerless, dunkirk or viessmann boiler. Thanks

Constantin

Depends, no?

Is it a hot-water system or steam? Are you using oil or gas as a fuel? What kind of radiators/emitters are attached to the present boiler?

ed patton

Replacing a Boiler

It is a gas fired hot water boiler. There are 10 old fashined stand up type radiators attached tothe system they are each 3.5 feet long together with about 60 ft ofbase board radiators. It has 2 zones with b&g pumps on the return side.
The reason for the replacement is I have noticed soot around the area where the supply side pipes come out of the boiler and because I want ot get more eff. Thanks

ed patton

Replacing a Boiler

It is a gas fired hot water boiler. There are 10 old fashioned stand up type radiators attached to the system they are each 3.5 feet long together with about 60 ft ofbase board radiators. It has 2 zones with b&g pumps on the return side.
The reason for the replacement is I have noticed soot around the area where the supply side pipes come out of the boiler and because I want ot get more eff. Thanks

jim murtaugh

soot

the soot is from another problem that should be adressed as a seprate issue. eq lack of combustion air, dirty burners ect. make sure whoever quotes this replacement does a proper heat load on your home. and you will be surprized at the effcy. savings if boiler is from 1960. where in the midwest?

DaveGateway

NE Ohio, Cleveland Area

ed patton

lakewood Ohio, I think I'm leaning toward the Burnham or Dunkirk brands. High eff. near 90%. The rating on the old boiler is 144,000, based on some of the documentation I was able to find it was installed in 1962.