Ken Tannenbaum1
Member
Our Combi-boiler works but is ancient. A reputable guy came in to quote a replacement and he told me they won't touch it because the basement oil tank (installed 2014) is too close to where the new boiler would go AND that the tank's vent pipe is incorrectly done. So I'm stuck with no one willing to sell me a new boiler AND have a tank that should be replaced by the original company that's giving me a run-around, no one agreeing on who actually installed it since that company was absorbed by a bigger company. Here's a photo of the vent pipe which has a trap where it shouldn't have one at all. I think they showed up with a vertical tank and rather realizing the mistake, then bringing a correct flat horizontal tank, just installed it and walked. I'm gonna try resolve this by further talk but haven't a clue if that'll work. $2850 to switch it out on top of a new boiler installation. Money's tight but that boiler will fail soon enough. Doesn't seem I should pay for that mistake.