Boiler replacement..

mmiller

I need to replace a 30yr. hot water boiler. It is currently oversized at 180btu input. The size that I need now is 100-125btu. What are three good choices for replacement. Two high efficiency choices and one standard.
With all the choices out there, I'm looking for a unit that is resaonably priced and very reliable for years to come and if necessary easy or simple to maintain.

Todd_9

boiler replacement

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Joe Brix

need more info

Oil, nat gas or propane? Chimney direct vent? Radiant or rad/baseboard. We need some of the basics first.

KCA_2

Why

Why are you replacing it?

Ther are things that you can do to make the system more efficiant other than spending thousands replacing a boiler..

:-) Ken

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tommyoil

While there are ways

to make it more efficient, there are no guarantees that after you dump money into "modernizing" your unit, that the 30 year old block wont cut loose in the mid winter chill at 3:00a.m. on Christmas Day. I think that you are making the right choice in researching something new. More info would certainly help as Joe Brix mentioned. Type of fuel. Type of heat emitters(baseboard? radiators? radiant?)ect. If you are interested in qualified help, go to the find a contractor section and type your zip code. Maybe you'll get lucky and someone will be nearby. Good luck!

jerry scharf_3

How's the hoof

Tommy,

Just wondering how the hoof is doing.

jerry

tommyoil

Great Jerry

Thanks for asking. Back to work April 5th (or thereabouts). Just in time for warm weather slowdown. Guess I wont have to worry about spring cleaning my truck this year. Five months is a long time to be out of work. I'll be glad to get back and get this whole thing behind me. Thanks again for asking and for your support. Tom

Dan Miller_2

replacing 90 old year boiler


Our house was built in 1914 and is heating with cast-iron rads and the original cast iron boiler that once used coal, oil and now natural gas. Both the gas conversion burner and the gas hot water heater are rentals and both vent through an unlined chimney. Our HVAC calcs show the capacity should be around 80 MBH.

We are building an addition to the house want to replace the boiler with a new one. Every heating contractor seems to have his preferred choice but none seem to agree so we're not sure how to proceed.

One contractor with a good reputation only installs mid-level efficiency burnham or weil-mclain boilers and install an indirect tank for hot water. A liner would be added to the chimney to vent the boiler.

Another thinks we should purchase a high efficiency condensing boiler (viessmann vitodens or NTI trinity) and add an indirect water tank.

The last one thinks we should go to a combination boiler/tankless domestic hot water like the Baxi Luna or NTI Trinity.

We don't have that much of a demand for hot water but I would like to be able to have two showers running at the same time.

We're planningon staying 10+ years at this house so I'm leaning towards a condensing high efficiency boiler ut I mostly want a boiler that will work well with our existing rads and be reliable.

I'd appreciate any advice,

Dan

MassDave