Home Inspection of a Boiler

[loflow77]

He is a generalist you idiots. His job is to spot things that most homeowners do not know how to spot. If he sees anything serious and it a specialized trade needs to be called upon thats what he will do. What, do you think the typical homeowner is going to hire a different specialized tradesperson for each component of the home?? Gah what a bunch of sixth graders!

[nattters1]

i see all the probs you all have but my experience tells me that the idiots that installed this didnt replace the old expansion tank with a new sealed one and the tank is full of water i make alot of money off of people like that

[mazzmari]

lol lifespan of 30 years? More like half that.

[G66CA]

B.S on vid

[Skydvr74]

Lets see hot water system. Direct connections of copper pipes to steel. Approx 8 years of time. Wonder if this "qualified home inspector" ever heard of galvanic corrosion.

[wheelbaron]

LOL, they left the old boiler there.

[fetisov02]

mr potatoe head

[livefreeinuk1]

nice post

[joed1580]

ive came across this problem before its the expansion vessel is letting in water and not working 100% which increases working pressure fact

[plumbworker]

fuckin hack.. blockage pressure issues lol the guy didnt even check the expansion tank

[domyaska]

thanks so much for this info..i'm italian....so kind from you

[PORTUGAL1010]

Actually a blockage wouldn't do much to increase pressure in a hydronic boiler. The boiler pressure doesn't go up or down from pumping or circulating. It only goes up from expansion from heating which the expansion tank helps accomodate. It can also increase pressure from a bad pressure reducing valve or a bad expansion tank. Blockage is very rare and doesn't increase any pressure.

[burgerbooradley]

lmao gunk in pipe and esp lmao looking for blockage up heat exch im goin to home inspector school haha

[vicecity117]

OR IT COULD BE that the heat exchanger is partially blocked u noob. please for futur reference get a qualified certified heating technicien for this kind of inspection.

this guy or any other home inspectors dont kno shit about this cause u need to specialize in school. I recomemd u to get a heating and cooling tech so u dont waist ur cash on this clown here.

hes so vague "theres corrosion here and there..." well no shit any1 could spot that!

[crazykoon]

stop bullshitting and fix it

[sbruce519]

anyone have advice on bleeding a hydronic system like this one? I just replaced a zone valve and having trouble getting all the air out of the system. Im still hearing "bubble-ing" sounds in the system. Is there a need or a way to bleed the expansion tank?

[focke555]

Air shouldn't be in the boiler system. Bleeding the highest point or the radiators will work and is part of annual maintenance. But a good system will have an air bleed unit of some sort above / near the boiler, or at the end of pipe runs sometimes. Older non bladder expansion tanks need air added sometimes so heated water has a place to expand.

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[fr4nkie82]

you have air value's? on the raditor's?

[PORTUGAL1010]

Never bleed the expansion tank. If the system was installed properly there are bleeder installed up in the radiator or even in the baseboard, bleed those. Usually there is also a bleeding station at the boiler for each zone you can bleed it thru there. You have have to do it a few days later some more because air bubbles combine and become a big bubble if not all the bubbles were taken out the first time.

good luck

[fetisov02]

another home inspector that doesn't know what he's talking about.

[G66CA]

yes

[Etrician55]

looks like asbestos pipe wrap in the background....

[ibsticksb]

I have yet to see a boiler run a high pressure due to "gunk in the pipe". Try checking the expansion tank.

[megadeth52]

If the boiler has a pressure problem i.e its to high and the p.r.v is dripping, usualy the water inlet is passing water through into the system. I'm from England so systems are alot different to American stuff, although we are installing more un-vented hot water systems in huge house for the demand on hot water which i think came more from the U.S