On Dec 3, 10:36*pm, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On Mon, 3 Dec 2012 23:49:59 GMT, wrote:
I purchased a house built in 1951 about 7 years ago......It still has
original boiler which is still working well. *The only thing I have done is
fix a couple of leaks. *I did not add a rust inhibitor, refilled with water
only. *What should I do in terms of maintenance?

Replace it with a more efficient boiler and cut your fuel costs by 30%
to 50%. *Even boilers have that age were very inefficient compared to
today's stuff.


I'd say it's almost certain he's going to save more than
50%. He says the boiler is lableled 85K BTU Min and
200K BTU max. For a 1200 sq ft house? I replaced
my 25 year old gas furnace two years ago. It was 150K BTU, for a 3200
sq ft house. I replaced it with a 93%
120K furnace. Based on what I see now, could easily
have gone with a 90K furnace. My gas bills
are cut almost in half. Whatever burner is actually in that
ancient boiler, it's for sure over sized for the house. Even
when it was new, it wasn't anywhere near the efficiency
of today's boilers. And being that old, it's likely not
running at anywhere near the original efficiency either.
All that together says it's a good candidate for replacement.
An ideal time would have been a couple years ago
when the feds were giving a 30% tax credit. As you say, there
are still incentives in many places for energy rebates
from utilities, states, etc.