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    Drake or Eco Drake

    Eco Drake -- 1 Month Later Report My friends find it amusing that people spend hours talking about toilets. They just don't understand. I opted for the round, non-elongated (basic) model. I read elsewhere on the board that the ADA model has greater matter movement, but my reasons for the...
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    Budgeting the installation of a high efficiency gas boiler in Boston

    Thanks for everyone's input. I have decided to get another quote on the job. For any Massachusetts readers, I should also point to www.masssave.com, which has rebate and heating loan information for MA, which makes this more doable. At this time, I have a little to add that may explain the...
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    Do you powerflush your radiators? ;)

    No, I don't mean toilets. I mean radiator sludge. I'm the new owner of some old huge cast-iron radiators (and the house that goes with it). I imagine that these radiators haven't been cleaned in some time. I'm thinking that before I put in a new mod/cons boiler that a cleaning may be...
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    Budgeting the installation of a high efficiency gas boiler in Boston

    I want to know if I should proceed here, or if I'm just wasting HVAC contractor's time in getting this re-quoted: Last weekend, I started thinking about having a modulating/condensing boiler installed in Boston. I have forced hot water heating. I conservatively calculated my heat loss at 50k...
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    Heat Loss

    Resfin Explorer Hi, I haven't used the DOE software, but over the weekend I found, downloaded, and used the rather user-friendly heating loss calculator from Slant/Fin. I found this by reading the HVAC section of a messaging board used by heating contractors, and apparently it is well...
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