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The filter holder is a Westwood f 100 8 spin-on can, gravity fed type. There is a Gar-Ber brand filter element (screw on can) on it. To change it out I got the Westwood f 100 10 fuel filter element. That is the only one our Home Depot stocked and the floor man told me it was "the one" for...

Anybody ever use bismuth solder ? From Wikipedia's article on Soldering: "Other common solders include low-temperature formulations (often containing bismuth), which are often used to join previously-soldered assemblies without un-soldering earlier connections, and high-temperature...

Please help me understand this system and how to get it up and running again. I had to lower a pipe, so I drained down the system (don't know if I did this properly) cut the pipe and lowered it. Now I need to get the boiler running again. I think I need to flush the pipes first to remove...

We've been paying $90 year to have our boiler cleaned. I'd like to do it myself and save the service charge. What do I need to know? We have oil heat with forced hot water off a Weil-McClain Gold boiler and a Superstore Ultra indirect water heater.

We were away for a few days and shut off the oil burner/boiler (Weil-McClean Gold) while we were gone. We turned the boiler on when we got home. A day after returning home I heard water running in the cellar - the overflow from the Superstore was discharging into the one gallon pale on the...

I am living in a large house with radiators and two heating zones in New England. I have the thermostat set to the lowest possible setting in the zone of the house I don't use. Even at that, it is burning a lot of oil to maintain that minimum temperature. How can I shut off that zone and part...

Okay fellas (and gals) my finger tips are raw from trying to unroll the black rubber sleeve of a banded coupling. I got one end on and have now to roll the cuff onto the joining 2" PVC pipe. I am working in a very cramped and confined space - lath and plaster behind, a stud an inch to the left -...

If you are a professional plumber I would very much appreciate it if you respond to my post. Much thanks. Hired a man to replumb the bathroom. From the toilet bend to the 4" vertical DWV stack he installed ten horizontal (pitched) feet of 3" pipe. There are two forty-five degree elbows and...

If you are a professional plumber, please respond to my post immediately. Much thanks in advance. Hired a man to replumb the bathroom. From the toilet bend to the 4" vertical DWV stack he installed ten horizontal (pitched) feet of 3" pipe. There are two forty-five degree elbows and one...