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Boiler working hard
joselgarzon
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Boiler seems to take long for pressure to build, waisting oil
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you don't really want pressure in a resi steam boiler,
lack of pressure might mean you're right sized on the boiler, with good venting,
do you have heating issues?
do you see heavy steam / condensation coming from your chimney?
do you add water? frequently?
boiler old? or new?
post a picture or 2 of the boiler, floor to ceiling all in the same shot, from a couple of different angles,known to beat dead horses0 -
Hello @joselgarzon,
Steam or Hot water ? Assuming steam, not building pressure is usually a good thing, my steam boiler never builds pressure, runs at about 1 inch of water column (0.036 PSI).
If your system usually built pressure and now it does not there is probably a leak somewhere.
National - U.S. Gas Boiler 45+ Years Old
Steam 300 SQ. FT. - EDR 347
One Pipe System0 -
yeah, one more question,
when the boiler does build pressure, what is it?
a more upclose picture of the Ptrol, and controls side of the boiler(?)
known to beat dead horses0
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