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I have a Hot air oil furnace. 2 wire thermostat. I have a few wood burning sources in the house. But I want to use the furnace fan to just circulate the air to spread the heat throughout the house. I typically never need the oil burner to go on even in sub 0. Some bedrooms do not get the...

I am sloowly rebuilding my furnace. 30+ years old. It has light use so not wanting to do a replacement. I have two swithces in the heat exchanged of the box. (Not the fire box) One is gray 471955437 and one is red. Cant fully read the numbers. Can anyone tell me what they do? I assume...

I have a Beckett AFG burner. It is my vacation home so only runs 1-2 months out of the year. Been a solid unit. It is a very remote area and has very little access to parts within 50 miles. So I like to have a spare set of anything that can go wrong. I have: nozzles Electrodes Oil pump...

I have a vacant zone in my basement. Sitting unused. I have a hydronic WH system. I would like to find a forced air solution. It is part finished space in a utility room. More heat below means more heat above I say. It stays cold down there and the first floor floor remains cold. What...

I have just installed an under the counter 3M water filter. I would like to submit my water sample to a 3rd party to get an idea of what we are dealing with. We are on city water not well. Are there any recommended 'goto' services that we should consider using?

I have a HW hydronic heating system. Very standard monoflow loop. I am in the north east. What I have noticed over the years is that the furnace fights hard to get up to temp when the call comes for heat. So when the house drops in temp and the radiators go ice cold... the call comes and...

I have a pressure reducing valve that I would like to replace. I would like to get a direct replacement so it will plumb right in. It is B138-7R Sid Harvey's B&G B3 BRASS Where can I get this? Or a rebuild kit?

I have a Beckett oil burner. It has an Phelon 40100-01 Primary control and igniter. It is starting to age. It has some cracks in the housing and I have some tape holding it together. I would like to get a new one. Seems this part is long discontinued. What is my next option for changing...

Need to replace my furnace power vent. HST120-j Looking for a direct replacement. Anyone have a good site to get this?

I need to add a vent to the top floor of my loop. I have an exposed piece if 1/2 pipe in a wall that I can access. I was thinking of adding an access panel to the wall and putting a vent on it. What is the best type of vent? I do not mind a manual one. But there has to be an easy sweat on...

My furnace started to have a slight leak under the plastic housing of the burner. It drips down from where the case halves meet and drips just enough to make it stink. I started to investigate. The nozzle was all black and full of carbon. I changed that out. Electrodes all look good and...

I have hydronic HW heating. I have an unused zone on my boiler. I would like to heat my basement with it. But I want to do it with hot air. Is there a unit I can get to have the zone supply it Hot Water and A fan can do the heat transfer. Yes I can hard wire it. What is type of unit this...

Problem: After about 6 months installed we noticed a crack in the white enamel. It is a standard Cast Iron white tub. what are my options? It certainly was not there at install.

I have a 2 wire thermostat (heat only). Simply connects the circuit to the zone valve. When it closes it turns triggers the end switch of the valve which kicks on the circulator. Sounds straightforward. Well I want to add a Wifi Thermostat. All the ones I looked at need a C wire. (For...

Tub filled up with a yellow tint. I have a 3 zone hydronic system. 2 heating zones and 1 indirect HW zone. The cold water is crystal clear. Superstor Indirect HW tank. I drained the tank fully. I flushed the bottom a few times. (shot some fresh water through it while drain was open) I...

I am having the hardest time to get this pop up linkage to work. It is new construction and bathroom is complete and i am trying to line this up so the lever will trigger this. It looks like this...

We had our main clogged this week. Had plumber come to ream the pipe from the cleanout. Both to the street and to the house. Cleaned out lots of crud. He said it never was opened in 50 years. He recommended an enzyme additive we should add to the system monthly. 1- How effective is it...

I am putting in a new vanity. The vanity is a bottom drawer. this raises up the cabinet bottom inside. So the horizontal drain is only 4 inches off the bottom. So a P trap is not going work. Do i just do an S trap. Or is there a more professional solution?

I have an plan to more easily winterize my vacation home. It is in the NorthEast and it gets cold there. I use the home about once a month and I drain everything after using it, and turn off the heat. I do this by blowing all the water lines out of the fixtures and out the hose bib, and put...

So I am looking to add a wifi Honeywell thermostat to my first zone. Currently it is a simple 2 wire thermostat for a Heat call only. It is a hot water hydronic monoflow loop controlled by a zone valve. Can I simply add a 3rd wire from the 24v transformer to provide the C wire that the...