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Posted by Pete C. on May 9, 2008, 9:11 am
Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
>
> > You aren't suggesting that they can skip the annual service on the
> > boiler are you??? Gas may not need to have a nozzle and filter changed
> > like oil, but it certainly needs an annual service just like oil,
> > particularly for a commercial sized unit like the OP has. The cost of
> > that annual service isn't going to be any different since a nozzle and
> > filter account for about $10 worth of materials.
>
> We run two 125 HP boilers fired with gas. They are checked for efficiency
> every two months. We are, in fact, putting on controls at $45,000 to gain
> just 2% in efficiency. They get opened and cleaned once a year and the fire
> side gets a quick brushing. Takes one person about an hour
>
> We used to run a smaller (40 HP) oil fired boiler. It had to be opened
> every three months and it took two men about 4 hours to clean, vacuum,
> dispose of the soot, dispose of their now filthy coveralls, breathing
> apparatus, and then another hour to clean up the boiler room.
>
> Now you say the cost of annual service is not going to be different?
Not for a boiler the size the OP indicates.
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