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Gorton vents is there a way to test them?

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  • bdl
    bdl Member Posts: 94
    https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1877151#Comment_1877151

    Thanks for the info. I have both TSP and washing soda. Yes, that initial water was black as coal, hadn't seen water ever look like that. I suspect it's not clean yet, despite 4 skimmings. The manual mentions using a "recommended boil-out compound" to clean the boiler, but nowhere do they tell you what that mythical stuff is. I even called them, pretending to be a contractor, and they can't or won't provide that information. So why put that in the manual?

    Perhaps not surprisingly these days, this Installation, Operating and Service manual doesn't tell you the fill capacity either. It only tells you the dimension of the normal fill line from the base of the unit. That's it. I just went through all the manuals, page by page, and there's no mention of water capacity! Maybe it is online, but I haven't tried that. I'll go do that now. Not available, that I can find. Weird. Make everyone reinvent the wheel when the factory obviously knows this…

  • ChrisJ
    ChrisJ Member Posts: 17,148

    If I may ask, why haven't any pictures of the new boiler and it's piping been posted? That's crucial info to the discussion.

    Single pipe 392sqft system with an EG-40 rated for 325sqft and it's silent and balanced at all times.

    EBEBRATT-Ed
  • EBEBRATT-Ed
    EBEBRATT-Ed Member Posts: 19,891
    edited December 2025

    @ChrisJ 100% the most important thing.

    By the way @bdl look at page 5 in the boiler manual. Your boiler holds 9.3 gallons of water.

  • bdl
    bdl Member Posts: 94
    https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1877205#Comment_1877205

    Fair question. It's boringly the same as before. All the plumbing was reused. At the moment I don't have any new pictures. It will be a week before I can take some pictures. Thank you for your continued interest and help. I will post the pic in a week.

  • bdl
    bdl Member Posts: 94
    https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1877219#Comment_1877219

    Sorry about the pictures. Reused all the old piping, but I will be able to take pics in a week.

    Thank you for the answer regarding the water capacity. What year manual are you quoting? I see it in the 2024 manual available online. Didn't see it in the 2021 manual that came with the boiler. Or I missed it! Those kinds of things can happen when you are frantic about your heating.

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