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Posted by RBM on April 10, 2007, 7:26 pm
I'd go with any decent cast iron boiler. My preference is Peerless, then
Weil-McLain, then Crown. I think Buderus is fine as well. Whatever I got I'd
want a Beckett burner on it, unless quiet operation is important, then I'd
get a Riello burner. I'd forget about a coil and go with a phase 3 or Weil
McLain Gold Ultra indirect and I'd stay away from Amtrol boiler-mate
> I've had 3 oil companies out to look at our HB smith boiler.
> We had it installed 17 years ago. (the original boiler was about 25 - 30
> years old)
> Looks like major corrosion between the 3rd and 4th plates.
> Everyone says you wouldn't know if its repairable unless they take it
> apart
> and at that point it may never go back together again????
> The tankless water heater coil also has major corrosion on the outside so
> that would have to be replaced... We had replaced this coil about 7-8
> years
> ago.
>
> I'm told it may last 5 years or 5 hours, no way to know!!
>
> about $1000 to maybe repair or it looks like $5,000 to replace.
>
> Everyone says the boiler is oversized for the house..
>
> I'm also getting two prices from everyone. One with the tankless water
> heater and one with an indirect water heater. A 40 gallon tank that would
> be
> heated by the furnace.
>
> Our install is in a crawlspace. In a pit in the cement floor so our choice
> of boiler is somewhat limited to having to fit the space.
>
> I'm waiting for the last quotes to come in for comparison.
>
> Any info on boilers with tankless hot water or the indirect water heater
> would be helpful
>
> TIA
>
> Steve
>
>
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