I just heard from my plumber that the water on the basement floor is from a cracked boiler. I think it is a Burnham oil-fired V-75-1 or V-73-1 (the tag is hard to read). My plumber said that Burnham had a series of flawed boilers in the not-too distant past and this might be one of them and that Burnham might provide some recourse.
Nonetheless, I will need a new boiler, and that is why I am here seeking advice. The home is a 1330 sq. ft. ranch with a partial daylight basement. There is a section of the basement we hope to finish off in the future. The place was built in 1974, and has had 2 additions, a sunroom and a master bath. It has 6" of fiberglass insulation in the walls and attic. We purchased in May, so have no records of the amount of oil needed to heat the home, but we are in cold snowy Maine so we need a good heat source. It is on a single zone.
We have been working on an extensive renovation. Part of the renovations included replacing some of the HW baseboards due to removing a wall and partitioning a room. In those cases we added a Smith toe-kick heater, some Slant-Fin baseboard, and 2 Pensiotti towel-warmer radiators. We also replaced the electric baseboard in the sunroom with a Smith HW convector radiator with a fan. We've also done some air-sealing, and will be insulating and air sealing the basement sills.
I am seeking suggestions for a new boiler. Our plan is to rent the home for a few years and eventually retire there. The main area of the house is very open, but the bedrooms are down a narrow hallway, which makes me think we might consider a heat pump in combination with a boiler? We do get excellent solar gain and had been considering adding solar in the future as we are running out of funds as we approach the end of the renovation. I hope this is enough information to give me some advice! Given this information, I would really appreciate some suggestions. Thanks in advance.
Nonetheless, I will need a new boiler, and that is why I am here seeking advice. The home is a 1330 sq. ft. ranch with a partial daylight basement. There is a section of the basement we hope to finish off in the future. The place was built in 1974, and has had 2 additions, a sunroom and a master bath. It has 6" of fiberglass insulation in the walls and attic. We purchased in May, so have no records of the amount of oil needed to heat the home, but we are in cold snowy Maine so we need a good heat source. It is on a single zone.
We have been working on an extensive renovation. Part of the renovations included replacing some of the HW baseboards due to removing a wall and partitioning a room. In those cases we added a Smith toe-kick heater, some Slant-Fin baseboard, and 2 Pensiotti towel-warmer radiators. We also replaced the electric baseboard in the sunroom with a Smith HW convector radiator with a fan. We've also done some air-sealing, and will be insulating and air sealing the basement sills.
I am seeking suggestions for a new boiler. Our plan is to rent the home for a few years and eventually retire there. The main area of the house is very open, but the bedrooms are down a narrow hallway, which makes me think we might consider a heat pump in combination with a boiler? We do get excellent solar gain and had been considering adding solar in the future as we are running out of funds as we approach the end of the renovation. I hope this is enough information to give me some advice! Given this information, I would really appreciate some suggestions. Thanks in advance.