Recent content by NHmaster3015

If YOU are installing the boiler I strongly suggest that you thoroughly read and understand the installation manual that comes with the boiler. The questions you are asking lead me to believe that you have just about no knowledge of hydronics or proper piping and installation procedures. While...

The whole problem with that scenario is of course, the cost of making and distributing electricity. The current administration has pretty much put the kybosh on coal generating plants and nobody is building nuke's for use in this country although the rest of the world is keeping Westinghouse...

A quality laser level works very well = most expensive option A transit or builders level works just about as well = still pretty expensive A length of string, some stakes and a tape measure works well = a lot more work but pretty accurate A 4' level sort of works = not much expense but a...

Oil is not dead or even close to dead. In the northeast regions, natural gas is not available and the price of propane is well higher than number two fuel oil. There are thousands of businesses and homes that rely on fuel oil for heat. The price of electricity in the northeast is the highest...

So many replies to the whole lube issue I was beginning to think I had logged on to the wrong site LOL So nobody is surprised that I couldn't manage to destroy either a valve or a tank by grossly cranking on them? I'm just about ready to start testing the whole mis-alignment thing too. I...

used as a vent only, the San-Tee is ok in that position although it pisses off the drain cleaner guys that insist on rodding vents for no reason LOL

They certainly do. Check www.calleffi.com also

Yes some do have that warning. Most likely due to using either the wrong lubricant or slopping too much of it on. Realistically most installers may not have every recommended lube on their truck or in their tool bag so I can imagine that manufacturers have found O ring material that needs very...

when its all gone you can use KY Jelly LOL Personally though, I thought it was pretty eye opening that even trying hard to destroy either the valve or the tank, I couldn't manage to break either. The next test I'm going to do is to put drastic stress up and down on the assembly and see if I...

The lube helps the flat sealing surfaces to slide along the O ring rather than catch on it and tear or bunch it up.

Looks like you need 1" 3/4" and 1/2" PIPE

Its a pressure reducing valve

I'd touch it long enough to get it out of the hole and put a new one in LOL

Hey, I tried my best to destroy either or both the valve or the tank by cranking the living crap out of them but came up zero. O rings on the other hand are pretty easy to screw up.

Dezincification would be my 1st guess.