I just got an email from my wife. The repair guy from our oil company came out to do our annual tune-up on the furnace and water heater this morning. She forwarded his ovservation that "we need a new top and new baffles, and he will order it and someone will presumably get in touch with you for an estimate."

As I recall, the baffles spread out the heat from the burner evenly over the boiler tubes. Not so sure what the "top" is. Hopefully not the tubes. Any thought on this so that I can be better prepared when they call?

Paul

On 8/14/2013 1:29 PM, Pavel314 wrote:
I just got an email from my wife. The repair guy from our oil company came out to do our annual tune-up on the furnace and water heater this morning. She forwarded his ovservation that "we need a new top and new baffles, and he will order it and someone will presumably get in touch with you for an estimate."

As I recall, the baffles spread out the heat from the burner evenly over the boiler tubes. Not so sure what the "top" is. Hopefully not the tubes. Any thought on this so that I can be better prepared when they call?

Paul


Let me start with a nit pick. Does this heat air or water? Furnaces
heat air, boilers heat water. Using proper terminology helps us to help
you.

If the furnace/boiler is in need of expensive parts and it more than 15
year old, it may be best (and actually cheaper) to replace it. A couple
of eyars aago I replace my old oill fired boiler with a new System 2000
unit and the savings in oil are more than the cost over time.

There may stillb e rebates and tax cridits available. I was able to get
a state funded loan at 0% interest and the savings are greater than the
$69 loan payment. What's not to like? Oil use went down 39%. I was
hoping for 30% so it is a bonus.

On Wednesday, August 14, 2013 2:06:57 PM UTC-4, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 8/14/2013 1:29 PM, Pavel314 wrote:

I just got an email from my wife. The repair guy from our oil company came out to do our annual tune-up on the furnace and water heater this morning. She forwarded his ovservation that "we need a new top and new baffles, and he will order it and someone will presumably get in touch with you for an estimate."



As I recall, the baffles spread out the heat from the burner evenly over the boiler tubes. Not so sure what the "top" is. Hopefully not the tubes. Any thought on this so that I can be better prepared when they call?



Paul





Let me start with a nit pick. Does this heat air or water? Furnaces

heat air, boilers heat water. Using proper terminology helps us to help

you.



If the furnace/boiler is in need of expensive parts and it more than 15

year old, it may be best (and actually cheaper) to replace it. A couple

of eyars aago I replace my old oill fired boiler with a new System 2000

unit and the savings in oil are more than the cost over time.



There may stillb e rebates and tax cridits available. I was able to get

a state funded loan at 0% interest and the savings are greater than the

$69 loan payment. What's not to like? Oil use went down 39%. I was

hoping for 30% so it is a bonus.

It's a boiler. After 50 years of furnaces, I tend to refer to any big appliance that heats a whole house as a "furnace." I'll have to check my records but I thought that we got a new one 8-10 years ago.

Paul

Pavel314 wrote:
On Wednesday, August 14, 2013 2:06:57 PM UTC-4, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 8/14/2013 1:29 PM, Pavel314 wrote:

I just got an email from my wife. The repair guy from our oil company came out to do our annual tune-up on the furnace and water heater this morning. She forwarded his ovservation that "we need a new top and new baffles, and he will order it and someone will presumably get in touch with you for an estimate."
As I recall, the baffles spread out the heat from the burner evenly over the boiler tubes. Not so sure what the "top" is. Hopefully not the tubes. Any thought on this so that I can be better prepared when they call?
Paul


Let me start with a nit pick. Does this heat air or water? Furnaces

heat air, boilers heat water. Using proper terminology helps us to help

you.



If the furnace/boiler is in need of expensive parts and it more than 15

year old, it may be best (and actually cheaper) to replace it. A couple

of eyars aago I replace my old oill fired boiler with a new System 2000

unit and the savings in oil are more than the cost over time.



There may stillb e rebates and tax cridits available. I was able to get

a state funded loan at 0% interest and the savings are greater than the

$69 loan payment. What's not to like? Oil use went down 39%. I was

hoping for 30% so it is a bonus.

It's a boiler. After 50 years of furnaces, I tend to refer to any big appliance that heats a whole house as a "furnace." I'll have to check my records but I thought that we got a new one 8-10 years ago.

Paul

You can call it anything you want, even 'Fred', but if you want the
correct answers to questions, use the correct terminology.
Furnaces heat air.
Boilers heat water.

I had my 26 year old boiler replaced last year for a more efficient
boiler. I got a Biasi B10 boiler with a Riello 40 burner,
I went through the whole winter last year using only 300 gallons of oil.
I usually used more than 550 gallons of oil over the winter, requiring a
refill. I'm in the NE US.


--
Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
In the original Orange County. Est. 1683
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On 8/14/2013 3:47 PM, willshak wrote:
Pavel314 wrote:
On Wednesday, August 14, 2013 2:06:57 PM UTC-4, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 8/14/2013 1:29 PM, Pavel314 wrote:

I just got an email from my wife. The repair guy from our oil
company came out to do our annual tune-up on the furnace and water
heater this morning. She forwarded his ovservation that "we need a
new top and new baffles, and he will order it and someone will
presumably get in touch with you for an estimate."
As I recall, the baffles spread out the heat from the burner evenly
over the boiler tubes. Not so sure what the "top" is. Hopefully not
the tubes. Any thought on this so that I can be better prepared
when they call?
Paul


Let me start with a nit pick. Does this heat air or water? Furnaces
heat air, boilers heat water. Using proper terminology helps us to
help
you.



If the furnace/boiler is in need of expensive parts and it more than 15
year old, it may be best (and actually cheaper) to replace it. A
couple
of eyars aago I replace my old oill fired boiler with a new System 2000
unit and the savings in oil are more than the cost over time.



There may stillb e rebates and tax cridits available. I was able to
get
a state funded loan at 0% interest and the savings are greater than the
$69 loan payment. What's not to like? Oil use went down 39%. I was
hoping for 30% so it is a bonus.

It's a boiler. After 50 years of furnaces, I tend to refer to any big
appliance that heats a whole house as a "furnace." I'll have to check
my records but I thought that we got a new one 8-10 years ago.

Paul

You can call it anything you want, even 'Fred', but if you want the
correct answers to questions, use the correct terminology.
Furnaces heat air.
Boilers heat water.

I had my 26 year old boiler replaced last year for a more efficient
boiler. I got a Biasi B10 boiler with a Riello 40 burner,
I went through the whole winter last year using only 300 gallons of oil.
I usually used more than 550 gallons of oil over the winter, requiring
a refill. I'm in the NE US.


I would also recommend replacing whatever it is with a good triple pass
unit. The Biasi is an excellent choice as is a Buderus. I too saved
quite alot of oil in the last two years since my replacement, but I have
to admit, the last two years in the NE were pretty mild. We'll see how
the oil flows if we get a real freeze.