Do you have bad water? Something corrosive must be eating that tank ?
Hedge wood confirmed leaks at welds. Not sure about corrosion. Garn has a significant water treatment program that starts with what looks like would take about a week to get the cleaning and treatment completed. Your fill water is tested before going in the tank so they can send you the chemicals required for treatment. Because it's open to atmosphere, air enters and exits the tank as temperature changes volume and some water evaporates. This requires continuous monitoring, testing and treatment. You can read it on Garn's website. I've been involved in similar conditions with sprinkler systems involving large on site storage. Bacterial corrosion can get into systems that sit at 135 psi and eat right thru schedule 40 pipe in a few years.
I suspect the second leak happened after the unit was moved to another location. That being said, you are still right. The whole water monitoring program seems a bit more than I would want to deal with considering the high price of the unit.
But.... it is an awesome unit. If you can find any negative posts send it my way because I couldn’t. Just because Switzer hasn’t paid an obnoxious amount of money to be a “tested”unit doesn’t mean it isn’t. The prices reflect that. It’s a simple boiler for the common sense man .
Water has always been treated and tested. Worked with Mike on the water he is the Garn water guy. Not for sure what what the other side of the story is. The Garn folks have been invited to come take a look and tell me whats going on and how to fix it long term. Unit has never been moved and in the same spot its been in since 2009.
I disagree. As far as I'm concerned if they haven't stepped up to the plate yet (assuming OP has been in contact) nobody owes them a damn thing.
For some reason I thought you said you bought the unit at one house and then moved to another, my apologies.
If I'm not mistaken the repairs did not fall under warranty? If so, how can Garn be said to not back their product?
Ball's in their court...if they won't respond then that is a major mark against them IMO...you can't charge that much for your product and then leave a guy hanging when he has problems, especially after following your instructions to a T...
Well, anyway back to the original question - I do have a Garn 1000, 7 or 8 years now. Mine is not a once a day loader, twice a day for sure. You should get someone that knows heat calculation facts before choosing one. I'm happy with mine, how it works, etc. A 1500 would not have been overkill. That might have been once a day loader. I use a half cord every 2 weeks [a real half cord 4x4x4] on a pallet. The wood is all dried one summer, I burn pine, hemlock, tulip etc in fall & spring. All dried a summer. The door is 18" round, if it fits, it burns. No smoke, no creosote in a chimney, no fussing with it. Not many moving parts. I added on to the garage to house it, they will smell of smoke once & awhile. Wouldn't want it in the basement. If you could get one in there. I'm a retired lineman, I put this in alone. Simple wiring, plumbing, etc.
Thanks for the responding. How much area are you heating? I assume you are following the water testing program. Any signs of corrosion?
You obviously never dealt with a major issue with a company thus my mention of IKO shingles. I know for a fact there was a class action suit well after my roof failed. They offered me 400 bucks and 4 squares.
I went through this with Bird shingles from the '80s - Many split after just a few years. Their warranty process was so BS that I didn't bother, just threw them out and moved on. I never miss the opportunity to talk trash about them. My revenge I guess.
