Large commercial hot water heat exchanger leaking

Posted by Louie on November 9, 2007, 4:49 pm

I'm the property guy for the church. We sprung a leak in one of the
large heat exchangers in one of the building air handlers. It is fed
by a gas fired hot water boiler. The local mechanical contractor came
by to look it over today, and pronounced it dead. They said the leak
can't be repaired. To make matters worse, the 1960's vintage air
handler is somewhat built into the building in a small mechanical
room, so they will have to dismantle the unit, and take out the
refrigerant coil to get to the heat coil. Yeah, lots of labor cost
coming our way on a tight budget. Any suggestions on an easier fix or
saving some money - besides telling the congregation to wear their
coats all winter?

Posted by on November 9, 2007, 5:06 pm

On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 13:49:34 -0800, Louie

>I'm the property guy for the church. We sprung a leak in one of the
>large heat exchangers in one of the building air handlers. It is fed
>by a gas fired hot water boiler. The local mechanical contractor came
>by to look it over today, and pronounced it dead. They said the leak
>can't be repaired. To make matters worse, the 1960's vintage air
>handler is somewhat built into the building in a small mechanical
>room, so they will have to dismantle the unit, and take out the
>refrigerant coil to get to the heat coil. Yeah, lots of labor cost
>coming our way on a tight budget. Any suggestions on an easier fix or
>saving some money - besides telling the congregation to wear their
>coats all winter?

Pray. And switch to Pentacostal or A.M.E. - they get plenty
warm when they start jumping up and down.

WTF do you expect after 45 years ?

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Posted by Zyp on November 9, 2007, 6:05 pm

Louie wrote:

> I'm the property guy for the church. We sprung a leak in one of the
> large heat exchangers in one of the building air handlers. It is fed
> by a gas fired hot water boiler. The local mechanical contractor came
> by to look it over today, and pronounced it dead. They said the leak
> can't be repaired. To make matters worse, the 1960's vintage air
> handler is somewhat built into the building in a small mechanical
> room, so they will have to dismantle the unit, and take out the
> refrigerant coil to get to the heat coil. Yeah, lots of labor cost
> coming our way on a tight budget. Any suggestions on an easier fix or
> saving some money - besides telling the congregation to wear their
> coats all winter?

Sorry;

Looks like you all are going to have to have a lot of cake sales to make up
that cost. Your congregation should have thought about the replacement
while the unit was up to snuff all those years. If you would have "put"
some of those plate offerings away for a rainy day, you'd be ahead of it.

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Posted by Bubba on November 9, 2007, 6:43 pm

On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 13:49:34 -0800, Louie

Louie,
C'mon. Enough is enough. Its time to break the church piggy bank open
and spend some bucks. Do a little planning. Get something efficient
and make sure it fits easily in the room this time. Make it accessable
and serviceable. Done correctly, you might find that it will pay for
it self in fuel savings in a very short time.
Otherwise, I hear bubble gum and duct tape work wonders.
Bubba

Posted by =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Tekkie=AE?= on November 9, 2007, 9:26 pm

Louie posted for all of us...

> I'm the property guy for the church. We sprung a leak in one of the
> large heat exchangers in one of the building air handlers. It is fed
> by a gas fired hot water boiler. The local mechanical contractor came
> by to look it over today, and pronounced it dead. They said the leak
> can't be repaired. To make matters worse, the 1960's vintage air
> handler is somewhat built into the building in a small mechanical
> room, so they will have to dismantle the unit, and take out the
> refrigerant coil to get to the heat coil. Yeah, lots of labor cost
> coming our way on a tight budget. Any suggestions on an easier fix or
> saving some money - besides telling the congregation to wear their
> coats all winter?
>
>

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