Last week I shut my oil boiler down and drained to tie in my pex lines for the econoburn. While it was down I figured I'd do the maintenance/cleaning for the season(First time I did it myself) . To make a long story short, I put the wrong nozzle in the oil boiler. Don't ask me how it got there but I always take the empty nozzle container that the technician leaves behind, after replacing the nozzle, to the plumbing supply house and get a new one to keep on hand should I need it. Well for all the DIYers, MAKE SURE YOU REPLACE THE NOZZLE WITH THE SAME ONE!
My 9 yr old kid was waiting for the bus at the top of the driveway and I saw him strangely looking back at the house. I asked him what had his attention and he said, "The smoke coming out of the chimney is weird....It's yellow". At that point I got a wiff of the putrid smell and ran downstairs and shut the boiler off. I didn't know what the heck was wrong at this point and figured I screwed something up so I called my oil supplier and got a technician up to the house. After telling him everything I did, he found the wrong nozzle in the boiler. In 9 days my boiler was completely clogged and the flue pipe had 1/2" coating all around it.
Yes I'll do my oil boiler maintenance again but I'll be sure to put the right nozzle in. 75 Hollow! Just a heads up.
My 9 yr old kid was waiting for the bus at the top of the driveway and I saw him strangely looking back at the house. I asked him what had his attention and he said, "The smoke coming out of the chimney is weird....It's yellow". At that point I got a wiff of the putrid smell and ran downstairs and shut the boiler off. I didn't know what the heck was wrong at this point and figured I screwed something up so I called my oil supplier and got a technician up to the house. After telling him everything I did, he found the wrong nozzle in the boiler. In 9 days my boiler was completely clogged and the flue pipe had 1/2" coating all around it.
Yes I'll do my oil boiler maintenance again but I'll be sure to put the right nozzle in. 75 Hollow! Just a heads up.