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When I bought my house with oil fired boiler and radiator heat, the system constantly became airbound. As long as it was cold and the boiler ran, it was OK. But if it got warm for a few days and the boiler didnt run I had to bleed the radiators. This ammounted to once a week. Sometimes every...

Its been serviced and looked at by everybody in the company I have the service contract with for about five years now. Its an ongoing project with them. I have to believe its not a maintenance issue. Im afraid if anyone is going to fix it its going to be me. Could it be the aquastat?

I used to be the super at the apartments where I lived. Since I gave them the business at the apartments, the company I dealt with takes care of me now that I have my own place. The guy who fixed our boilers told me stay away from the new efficient models of boilers. He claims they are often...

What would make my oil fired boiler go cold on occastion? Its been regularly maintained and runs great. But Once a month or so it goes cold and you have to hit the red reset button.

Hmm just tried the hw with the limit set on 120. Now you can turn just the hw on and the temp is OK! You dont need to turn the cw on about 1/8 turn at all. After about a minute, the boiler fires up. About 2 mins after that, the hw is getting hotter as it comes out the shower head. (sort of...

Yes what you say is true. The hot water is way too hot. Since the boiler is 40 feet away from the shower, it tends to be cooled somewhat by the time it gets there. Recently I insulated the half inch that pipe brings the hw to the shower and its much hotter now! But its not a problem since I...

I have a Honeywell aquastat on my oil fired boiler. I saw the hi-lo settings which were on 180-160. Makes for REALLY hot DHW. If I turn these down to 140-120 will it save oil in the summer when I get hot water from the tankless coil? Thanks!