Boiler Down!

I'm on winter number 3. For some strange reason, I developed a very small leak on a storage tank fitting. It was for sure the soldered joint.

I cut away my plywood, dug out the cellulose. I set up a small funnel and hose to the center floor drain. I was just waiting on a slow day for my buddy the plumber, and some warm temps. Been like that a couple weeks.

Well.. the drip turned into a pretty big gusher. Of course I'm in Colorado, and the wife's at home. I talked her thru isolating the wood boiler, making sure both oil tanks were feeding the buderus, and opening the drains to start draining the system. Plumber buddy happened to have slow day. So he's gonna fix it, and add in my one valve that was left out (shutoff to isolate my return water protection, I didn't have a way to service the valve without draining the system)

Always much rather be home.. but it's ok when the plumber is a friend, and the wife doesn't panic.

JP

She's stubborn. She'd rather me talk her through how to fix something.. than call someone in.

Our best feat, speaker phone.. I talked her through an oil boiler nozzle change. I used to run biodiesel,and it needed cleaning and changing every 6 or 8 weeks. I tried to stretch it too much once.

I think it's fixed. Haven't gotten a pic from my wife yet. I THINK that the tanks are all uncovered. (cellulose mess just waiting to happen)

Last plan I heard was that the plumber was going to setup a hose to slowly fill the tanks back up. I don't get home till 7 tomorrow night.

Not bad. They said the longest part of the job was draining the tanks. I had PLANNED to have that done when they got there, but they had an opening in the schedule.. so I guess I had to pay them to pump the tanks instead of letting gravity do it slow.

Oh well.

JP

The same plumber. Got to be something odd. It went 3 seasons before leaking.

I guess I mis-interpreted a message from my wife. She my dad came by and said the panels were clear. I thought she was saying the plywood was off the box... He hadn't been at the boiler repair.. He was out at the barn cutting wood, and had seen the snow come off the roof.. the SOLAR panels were clear. Box still intact. Well, other than the 4x4 piece I pulled to get at the leak. I'm just gonna stuff a few batts in, and make it a hinged panel where I hacked it off.

Gotta find my male to male hose adapter, and fill the boiler back up. Looks like the airlines have screwed up my ride home, so I won't be able to get to the boiler till Wed afternoon.. BUT.. it comes with a payday that will more than cover 10 visits from the plumber. Win some, lose some.

JP