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Getting a little off topic here (I could start a new discussion?), but a few years ago while scrapping the siding in preparation to repaint we came across some significant amounts of rotten siding that needed to be replaced, but on the north side only. The rot in some spots was bad enough that...

When I touched the white stuff, it was ever so slightly that I didn't really feel if anything was hard-baked on the cast iron. Wasn't sure if was supposed to be sticking my hand up in there touching stuff (but everything was shut off)??? I can certainly give it a better feel if it's okay to do...

Thanks for all the information Dana! If the white stuff is hard baked-on, would that be cause for a new boiler? How would one know if it is baked-on? (I stuck my hand up in there and light touched it and that portion fell off in very fine white powder; ash, as you said.) The boiler is in the...

I have a Weil-McLain CGA-3-SPDN Series 1 Natural Gas boiler that was installed in 2006. To my knowledge is has not been serviced/cleaned since we purchased the home, about 7 years ago (really stupid on my part, no bashing comments necessary). We just had a technician come to clean/service, and...