Video: Anatomy of a Boiler Part 2

Hot, hot, hot. Nothing is more sexy than two guys in a dank basement taking apart a boiler. Mr. B and his boiler pal should be in GQ.

Posted by: guest at November 13, 2007 10:46 AM

Great stuff, Mr. B. Keep em coming.

Posted by: guest at November 13, 2007 11:03 AM

Master Plumber has a tattoo--hot.

Posted by: guest at November 13, 2007 11:38 AM

what happened to all of the comments from yesterday?

Posted by: guest at November 13, 2007 5:45 PM

This is a different post, 5:45.

Posted by: guest at November 13, 2007 5:48 PM

thanks...

Posted by: guest at November 13, 2007 5:49 PM

Thank You. I didn't know any of this and now I feel like I want to call my plumber and ask him if he cleaned those tubes at this years servicing.

Posted by: guest at November 13, 2007 10:11 PM

thanks, this is good stuff.

Posted by: guest at November 14, 2007 12:10 AM

Mr. B and MP are you going to do an oil burner as well?

Posted by: guest at November 14, 2007 9:15 AM

Just watched all three videos, and I find myself actually thankful for the Internet and how it can help tremendously.
I just bought a ranch style home that is heated by a boiler system, when we had it inspected the inspector noticed a very dangerous level of carbon monoxide in the boiler room when it was running. The sellers replaced the boiler with a Laars Mini-Therm hot water boiler, but the plumber installing it opted to keep the old pump to try and save them a buck.
My question is this, after having had the boiler running consistently for a few weeks I have noticed a rather loud rattling from the pump when the zone switches open or close. I was never left with a "how to maintain" list, and was wondering if and how I should maintain this pump and perhaps alleviate this rather bothersome rattling?
I look forward to many more helpful hints and I appreciate any help you may be able to provide.
Thank you

Posted by: guest at December 11, 2007 10:39 PM

Please do not use Gateway plumbing!!! After learning about this company here on Brownstoner, I called them right away to help out with a heating problem that I was having in my Brownstone. The 3rd floor was quite cold while the ground floor was very hot. They're recommendation was to change all of the valves on the radiators for $45 each and after that didn't work, they balanced the radiators and then added a second valves on some of the raditors. Not once did they take a good look at the boiler itself and were happy to talk over $1,000 from me for their sorry services. They are overpriced and now I'm forced to have real plumbers come in and actually clean out the boiler - something they should have done in the first place!

Additionally, they said that if the new valves didn't work, then we would need a new boiler at a cost of $7,000 - $9,000 which is totally ridiculous! They also said that an automatic water feed for the boiler would cost me $500 - $600! Which is also totally ridiculous! I reccommend that you do not use this company and find someone else to do the work for you.

Posted by: guest at January 9, 2008 12:18 PM