Heating Help

Combi unit

@ May 20, 2012 8:19 PM in Combi unit

Is this a boileroom or a bedroom? 
I stressed to the HO that his tenants child should not be sleeping there.
Of course, no combusion air, no CO detector, no smoke alarm and no egress window.
The 10 year old boy slept ther all winter
We replaced the W.H.
Oh, there is also a gas dryer there.
What to do?

Wolves

@ May 20, 2012 12:30 AM in Opppss...

Where did you find that? If anything, tomorrow, I'm going to buy every Grundfos product I can find.
We have a neighbor that lost it's goats' head not long ago. The accused wolf  was dealt with the next night. Had a bear in the yard last night.
Hope this helps:)!

I got it!

@ May 4, 2012 2:29 AM in Another "What is this?".

It's to cut the noise down when rain hits the cap. Or not! Ask the cat.

I remember that

@ March 31, 2012 10:51 AM in New HTP install

A guy was replacing a box at my folks house across from the SF airport. He explained that the damp and salty air was ruining the boxes. This was like in the early 80's. He also said it was horrible in Half Moon Bay.

And a week later?

@ March 19, 2012 1:49 AM in Awareness: A little tidbit

So what is the end result? I've got some weird stories!

Vic,Dude,Babe

@ March 11, 2012 3:51 AM in Gas piping outside?

Last sentence was pretty heavy. Teasing or joking around is one thing.

Sorry

@ March 4, 2012 12:49 PM in Utahn visiting Detroit in March 12th-16th

No disrespect intended.
Back in 06 a trip to Super bowl turned in to plenty more than football. That trip to Detroit was one I'll never forget. 
My wife has told that story a dozen times. We all had a great time in Detroit.
All the best!

Utahn visiting Detroit

@ March 4, 2012 7:00 AM in Utahn visiting Detroit in March 12th-16th

This sounds like a movie. Correct me if I'm wrong, that makes you from Utah?



First of all, when visiting Detroit the most important thing is to have a well planned exit strategy. Now after all of training stuff is done and a you have a little spare time on your hands, go north
Windsor, Canada is the place. The strip clubs (money), the casinos (money) are just the ticket.
Now don't forget your passport.
I'll just leave it at that. Good luck on all your ventures!

Aquastat question

@ March 2, 2012 12:19 AM in Aquastat question

Greetings from Juneau.
So I'm staying in a house with an oil fired boiler. The thing works great. The trouble is the aquastat buzzes like crazy. I can just touch the relay slightly and it goes away for a minute or two. So before I drop some cash getting a new one, I was curios if someone had in their bag of tricks a little help.  It's a Honeywell L8148A.
BTW- If your on the east coast and wondering where all of winter went? Alaska took it all!

you mean this stuff?

@ February 22, 2012 3:27 PM in Compressed natural gas for home heating?

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Inquiring minds

@ February 20, 2012 8:48 PM in tight air vent space

What's HABYM ?

Last time I checked...

@ February 20, 2012 7:56 PM in Is this vent pipe installed incorrectly and the source of my problems?

the book, it said, "no vent termination less then 8 feet from a vertical wall". I could never figure that out. How could a wall be horizontal? Oh, the never ending mysteries!

Quite entertainting

@ February 19, 2012 9:27 PM in New Lochinvar Knight Installation

Paul, just send them the goddamn part and be over with it . Oh ,get a release.
There is a lot more mod/con trouble on the way.

It's now been a month

@ February 17, 2012 9:45 PM in Boiler banging when burner reaches max temperature

I had a banging C.I. boiler not too long ago. The owners said it was coming from the pipes. It sure did sound like it. I looked at all the stuff you've done. I then found the trouble.
Try this. Remove the gas vent and the motorized vent damper. With a bright light  confirm that the flueways are not clogged with either soot or rust.
Disproportionate temps through the cast iron will cause lots of expansion and contraction.
On the boiler I was on it actually was making CO. And the woman was sick from it.
Take a picture of the flueways.
 Edit - Oh, wait a minute, it's not that easy with that style of draft hood. If all the pipes, pump and other stuff check out okay, well then you need to look elsewhere. Are the buners looking clean? If you were to look at the burners (off) and smack the thing on it's side does anything come out. I know that's highly technical troublshooting:)

Of all things...

@ February 16, 2012 10:49 PM in What wrong with this picture?

this relief valve topic was the very first e-mail I ever sent. It went to Conbraco about 13 years ago. They came back with the answer that it's code. I responded that I  already knew that, but what was the reason why? Their engineering Dept. wrote back. They said that after numerous discharges the disc on the stem tends to becomes worn out much faster. Now, that's hard to imagine with something the size of a nickel. I'm guessing it was proved on a very big relief and they deciced to apply it to everything. Yet another mystery?
I aksed my wife if I could still see that e-mail (her account), she laughed.

Okay here goes

@ February 16, 2012 2:21 AM in What wrong with this picture?

There is one violation and a couple of - less than ideal things.
The violation is, the relief valve must be vertical.
The pressure reducing valve can be mounted any way you want it. Ideally it should hook up to the tank fitting. The tank mounting is fine, as in no air traps.
 As for the gauge, do this. Crank up the t-stat so a circ. goes on. Then go turn the power on and off at the boiler and report back here as to how pump operation is changing system pressure at the suction side.
It's a nice install with a slight cold!

Speaking of detectors

@ February 14, 2012 11:57 AM in Death should spur action on CO detectors

I saw this in Whitehorse. I also read the kids were looked at earlier by a school nurse. The whole territory was in shock.
[u][color=#810081]Foundation responds to tragedy with vital gift[/color][/u]
February 8, 2012Two hundred free carbon monoxide (CO) detectors will be handed out by the Food Bank Society of Whitehorse thanks to an

Perfect timing

@ February 11, 2012 4:12 PM in Used Electric EEL sewer machine - Cheap!!!!!!!

Valentine's day is coming right up! :)

It exploded?

@ February 7, 2012 1:11 AM in Replacing Open Hydronic System

From the get-go It thought it was a bacteria concern. Breathing legionella and other stuff is certainly not healthly. Open systems should be a code violation.
But now an explosion!
Do yourself a favor tomorrow, beg,borrow, or steal. Get rid of what you have.

About three hours left.

@ February 5, 2012 3:10 PM in About three hours left.

A great thing about this computer is you don't have to leave your house to make a bet. No, you can lose money from the warmth and comfort of your own home! A credit card to establish an account is all that is needed.
With that said, here goes.

It's Pats by at least the 3 points they are favored by.
 

Speaking of CO

@ February 5, 2012 12:53 PM in CO Incident:

I was driving through Whithorse, Yukon last week and learned of a family of four and a friend died of CO, in Whitehorse. I noticed that the CO awareness topic was removed here. I think that topic was,pretty important.
Punch in Whitehorse daily star (the newspaper there), It's all the talk of the territory
Oh BTW, isn't 2 and 4 ppm kind of low?

Just curious

@ February 2, 2012 12:16 AM in Boiler is short cycling

Are you in PA?