Recent content by George Gilbert

Hi Dana, yes, there is a drip spot where the oil exits from tank into fuel line. I had mentioned it to our technician before but he said it was tight connection. But then I placed a container under it and it does collect some oil. Perhaps I should try showing him that again?

I had winterized my home, and emptied my water pipes. I have a tankless coil that heats water and that was emptied too. My boiler AP590 heats my home baseboard water heating. After we emptied the pipes, it seemed to have stopped, the technician came in and checked out, said it was just air in...

Thanks Dana, I had another question, I am planning to blow compressed air in my water pipes so as to avoid freezing if prolonged power outage. Since my hot water comes from the same boiler as my heat for home, introducing air in pipes will cause any issue in heating with my hot waterbaseboard...

Thanks Dana. Boiler is in uninsulated basement. I plan on emptying all my water pipes just in case of extended power outages. I will go ahead and empty my hot water pipes and not worry about damaging coil, since no hot water will be used.

I have a New Yorker boiler AP 590 that is oil based burner, primarily used for heating my hot water, but when I am away I use it to heat my home too. This winter planning to be away a bit and typically we get colder temperatures. So I am going to empty my water pipes and blow compressed air in...