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  • AJ AJ @ 2:09 AM
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    water fill far from boiler? OK?

    Lets say I want to move the boiler to the garage (about 100ft away) but don’t want to run a water line to the garage. Is it ok to have the water fill in the house that far from the boiler? Can it be anywhere in the system. I’d be using insulated barrier PEX from garage to house and connecting to an older black pipe/cast iron rad. system. Thanks.
  • Coany Coany @ 6:20 AM
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    I have seen it done

    just make sure you write in permanent marker on the boiler
    exactly where the feeder can be found.

    The one house i know about where it was done, the home owner finished the ceiling,hiding its location.  I made several large holes, before I found it.
    " Do what you can, with what you have, where you are" Teddy Roosevelt
  • Steamhead Steamhead @ 7:45 PM
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    They did that all the time

    in Baltimore rowhouses. The PRV was installed near the laundry trays and fed into whatever heat system pipe passed that location. It can really confuse you if you don't know where to look. Ask me how I know that.....
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