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Patch Burnham Fire Wall

jackchips_2
jackchips_2 Member Posts: 1,337
Hello all, I am a friend of Jackchips and my Burnham dry base boiler has a hole in the firebox. Could someone tell me how it should be repaired.

Thanks, Jim

Comments

  • Geno_15
    Geno_15 Member Posts: 158
    drain the water

    disconnect the pipes,electric,oil and flue, slide unit out,slide new one in.
    This is a job for a professional, a hole in your firebox is a serious issue, in these units it is usually caused by someone brushing it out too hard and making holes in it.

    If done wrong this could be a fire and CO hazard, I will not tell you how to do it and I reccomend that no one else does either.
  • Geno_15
    Geno_15 Member Posts: 158
    I have a problem

    with some of these posts. I don't mind helping someone out and I wouldn't mind tech advice for a tech, but I do feel at times we are cutting our throats by giving homeowners and DYI's too much info.

    Ask yourself, am I helping this person, a fellow tech out? or, am I trying to impress someone with what I know?
  • Al Gregory
    Al Gregory Member Posts: 260


    If its dry base its probably a steel boiler and if it has a hole in the fire box its probably been abused or is old enough to consider replacing
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