Hi all, been awhile since I've roamed about in this forum. My dilemma is this: I've got a 30ish year old oiler boiler (burnham) cast iron oversized and I have a chimney that it's hooked up to that needs to be "relined". The boiler runs well and efficiency according to my service guy is around 81%. I burn about 800-900 gallons per year supplemented with a large Avalon Olympic wood stove (burn about 1-1 1/2 cords per season).
I've gotten a quote to reline the chimney with 6" ductwork (current is an 8" coming off the top of boiler going into a crumbling tile liner which my service guy has said multiple times should be reduced in diameter to allow the boiler to perform better.
I've received a quote to reline with 6" stainless rigid, repoint a couple cracked bricks externally near the cap from freeze/thaw over the years and a freebie sweep of the other stack (wood stove) for about $2,500
Most of that cost I believe is the new liner. Makes me want to consider moving to a new boiler (higher efficiency) whereby it wouldn't need to use the liner anymore but just output via PVC outside the foundation like some of my neighbors have done (NG in our neighborhood, but closest point is about 500ft away and gas company years ago gave me a quote of $18,000 to bring it to my house...) Most of my neighbors have upgraded their equipment so they don't really want to chip in to get NG to their house at this point.
Any thoughts on what you would do? I still need to fix the brick cracks and sweep the chimney which I can do myself, so could put maybe $2,000 for that new liner towards a new boiler. Just lots of concerns about overall cost and life expectancy of the unit based on what I've read in the past when dealing with H.E. equipment. Also, would love to reduce the noise of this beast. It's right below our living area and you know when it's running cause you have to turn the volume up on the TV......but again, money money money. Need to have 2 giant trees taken down within the next couple of years at the tune of$3-5K each, car is 14 years old, 200,000 miles...son in college, daughter a senior this year.... you get the picture.
thanks
BTW, worth noting. Been in this house about 12 years now. 2,100 sqft Split level ranch in southern CT. I've replaced all exterior doors, sealed around all pipes/holes leading into attic, sealed the rim joists where exposed in the basement and have about an R 38 in the ceiling but pretty much nothing in the walls. Plan on eventually replacing all the crappy/flimsy replacement windows that came with the house. Only gotten about 1/4 of the way to that goal so far. All plaster walls (1-1 1/4" thick) with full brick exterior built in the 50s. Current boiler as noted is a Burnham, don't recall the BTUs but high with baseboard heating 3 zones.
I've gotten a quote to reline the chimney with 6" ductwork (current is an 8" coming off the top of boiler going into a crumbling tile liner which my service guy has said multiple times should be reduced in diameter to allow the boiler to perform better.
I've received a quote to reline with 6" stainless rigid, repoint a couple cracked bricks externally near the cap from freeze/thaw over the years and a freebie sweep of the other stack (wood stove) for about $2,500
Most of that cost I believe is the new liner. Makes me want to consider moving to a new boiler (higher efficiency) whereby it wouldn't need to use the liner anymore but just output via PVC outside the foundation like some of my neighbors have done (NG in our neighborhood, but closest point is about 500ft away and gas company years ago gave me a quote of $18,000 to bring it to my house...) Most of my neighbors have upgraded their equipment so they don't really want to chip in to get NG to their house at this point.
Any thoughts on what you would do? I still need to fix the brick cracks and sweep the chimney which I can do myself, so could put maybe $2,000 for that new liner towards a new boiler. Just lots of concerns about overall cost and life expectancy of the unit based on what I've read in the past when dealing with H.E. equipment. Also, would love to reduce the noise of this beast. It's right below our living area and you know when it's running cause you have to turn the volume up on the TV......but again, money money money. Need to have 2 giant trees taken down within the next couple of years at the tune of$3-5K each, car is 14 years old, 200,000 miles...son in college, daughter a senior this year.... you get the picture.
thanks
BTW, worth noting. Been in this house about 12 years now. 2,100 sqft Split level ranch in southern CT. I've replaced all exterior doors, sealed around all pipes/holes leading into attic, sealed the rim joists where exposed in the basement and have about an R 38 in the ceiling but pretty much nothing in the walls. Plan on eventually replacing all the crappy/flimsy replacement windows that came with the house. Only gotten about 1/4 of the way to that goal so far. All plaster walls (1-1 1/4" thick) with full brick exterior built in the 50s. Current boiler as noted is a Burnham, don't recall the BTUs but high with baseboard heating 3 zones.