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    Boiler Swap - Is this too small?

    Thanks all for the replies, I guess I'm not following. I was just trying to see if this boiler was in the ballpark. As I said, I'm not doing any heat loss calcs for getting a new boiler, just was trying to see if this one was close. If A=B, and B=C, then A=C. That was my figuring. I was...
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    Boiler Swap - Is this too small?

    It's tough to do a true heat loss calc on this house, being so old. Unknown what they did over the years. Not sure of wall cavity insulation/type/r value, floor type/thickness/layers. That's why I was trying to backdoor a heat loss with the calculations. I just figured if it was comfortable...
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    Boiler Swap - Is this too small?

    Thanks for the reply, I appreciate it. Just was a bit concerned with a 40000 BTU difference. Wasn't sure if there was something I didn't account for. I would hate to plumb it in and find that come winter it would be inadequate and have to bump up the aquastat to the point I start tripping the...
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    Boiler Swap - Is this too small?

    Hello, I was going to swap out my existing Pennco cast iron boiler circa 1980, that was rated for 150000 input, 120,000 output running nat.gas. I just removed a Lennox GWB8-100E-2 boiler that is dated to 2013 for a friend. We gutted his house for a remodel and to ditch the knob and tube. He...
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