Recent content by Sponger76

Recently my navian nhb 110 was making some weird noises. This heater is 2 years old now and to be fair, I didn't know there was much more to check for regular maintenance, except the inline strainer. I pulled this and rinsed it annually prior to startup of the heating season. So, when the unit...

Ok, that's enough for me lol. I will just stick to 20lb tanks. Thanks for the info

Hey all, Built an outdoor kitchen on my deck and included a built in grill and sink. I used yellow covered copper because I had planned to bury the pipe. I have it run underneath the deck and out to an rv dual tank setup that auto-diverts once a tank empties. My question is this... My 500...

Thanks gsmith22. In my case, the valve is a globe valve and it was (most likely) the original for the house when the town began running water lines. Previously the house had well water. My coworker is from the area (technically 1 street over from me) and he said they ran all the water to my...

Thank you for this info. It currently doesn't leak with the new packing rope in it. I could gamble and never replace it, but I am not risking all the new components that I have down in the basement for a little savings on work and/or money. I might be able to make it to june or so if I leave it...

Lol, great point guys. I do want to sleep at night. I was hoping that there was a replacement nut that would take the place of the broken one. I also intended in replacing the valve when the ground thawed out, IF I could wait that long that is.

Hello all. Have a probably pretty common occurrence , so I thought I would bring this question here. My supply shutoff is really old, maybe 40 years old according to a neighbor. Anyway, the packing is more than likely gone in it and it has leaked since I moved in in 2012. I went down in my...

Ok, I will try to disclose any and all info that I can think of while posting this for best possible accuracy. I live in upstate NY. My home is an old circa 1800's farm house that has been added on to by cob artists over the years. As I tear out rooms, I rewire, insulate and sheetrock each room...

Never mind guys. I sat down and read the FMZ 20 manual and now I understand that the boiler "used" dip is if you are using the fmz to run your boiler pump. For example if you didn't have an Navien boiler and you were piecing 2 different brands together, you might not need a boiler pump like I...

I'm fine tuning all the settings on my navien nhb. I have since last time I posted, installed spring check valves and plumbed the p/s manifold in. I am on day 83 of working 12 hour days consecutively and I am tired by the time I get home. My most current question is this. I installed the navien...

Ok thank you again Dana. That wasn't clear on the documentation. I spoke with a local supplier this morning and they said that the inline flange check valves wont work for what I need and that I need stand alone inline check valves. Any suggestions? Name brand, specs etc?

This is the reading I am referring to

I am using the wilo star s 21 f. They do not come with a check valve though so the literature is a little confusing in this instance.

I found what I was referring to. Below the pump tables it reads; If you are not using one of the pumps listed in the above tables, use a pump with an integral check valve or install a check valve at the pump outlet. In this case, I am using a pump from the table

Ok that makes sense as well. I do not have the manifold installed yet, as I was waiting for the circulator controller before I messed with it again. Funny because when I read the install manual, I felt like it suggested to use 4 different circulators and if not, make sure that the circulators...