Questions tagged [boiler]
The boiler is used in a central heating system to heat water that is pumped through pipes to radiators within the home.
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How do I cover our boiler after the burner was replaced with a deeper one?
Our Buderus boiler (used with heating oil for forced hot water heat and also hot water) recently had its burner replaced with a different model because the original burner was nearing end of life and ...
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Boiler keeps tripping MCB fuse in the breaker box, no plumber can identify the problem
Extra info required that @DIY75 helpfully requested:
Cylinder make:Range Tribune HE
Immersion heaters: Thermowatt Alloy 800
Thermostat make:Timeguard Digital Economy 7 Programmer
MCB make:BG CUMB16
I ...
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Adding a smart thermostat to boiler with odd transformer wiring
Scratching my head with this one. Trying to replace an old thermostat with a Nest E on my Weil-Mclain. I have a common wire connected to the "c" terminal but ~2volts between red and common ...
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series 20 zone valve w/t6 pro thermostat
my condo provides hot water for our radiators via boilers. each condo has a power open (heat)/power close (no heat) valve to control the hot water flow. the 3 thermostat wires on the valve are red, ...
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Thermostat Wiring Confusion
I tried looking through past threads on how to connect a c wire in boiler for a smart thermostat, but I'm still having some issues.
I'm attaching images of the wiring.
Can someone please help me with ...
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Which valve in my heating system allows me to drain it?
My house has four zones, and two of the boiler drain valves are leaking. I attempted to fix them by tightening the packing nut, but when I opened them, I discovered there were no packing nuts. I ...
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Safe External Temps for Gas Boiler and Hotwater Heater
I own a small condominium where the gas boiler and hot water heater are located in a small closet outside of the deck. While the closet is insulated, we see wild outdoor temperature swings (below -...
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How to Flush and Purge a Split Loop Heating System
I have a boiler in my basement that heats water for our radiant heating system. The piping is set up as a split loop. One of the loops is for the first floor of my home, the other is for the second ...
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Hot water baseboard heat system banging even after purging
This is our second winter in a 1960s house in the midwest. It has a boiler and baseboard heat. Last year, I don't recall any issues or sounds at all. This year, it has been making a lot of loud ...
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Is there a reason why my boiler setup has two diverter valves on the same pipe between it and the water cylinder?
I have a Valliant EcoTec Plus 630 boiler and water cylinder central heating/ hot water system. The hot water stopped recently, but the heating (radiators & underfloor heating) continued to work. A ...
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Faucet Water Temp Variations
My home has radiator heating using a Triangle Tube boiler and hot water tank. I’m getting a large variation in temperature of my shower/bath water supply. It’s sometimes not hot enough. Could the ...
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Do I have to drain the heating system to replace a flow control valve?
My upstairs zone kept getting hot water which exceeded the set temperature on the thermostat. I even turned it off completely and it still ran at about 73 degrees Fahrenheit. I narrowed the problem ...
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How to set gas control valve while away from home
I have AO Smith 75 gallon, gas water heater. This is the stock image of gas control valve I found on the internet by image search. Looks identical. I cannot find any information on the user manual how ...
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Close attic ducts during the winter? (baseboard heat)
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We have natural gas forced hydroponic as our primary heating source in a 2 story colonial in New England. Last year we had a ducted heat pump installed with R-8 insulated ducts in the ...
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Low pressure boiler leaks water when I open the valve per instructions
These days I have been a visitor at a family's place. This morning the boiler showed a pressure (according to digital reading) of 0.8bar. The side panel instruction says to increase the pressure up to ...
