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Hi
Im new here and not a plumber by any imagination I am a real estate appraiser. I was doing a walk through on a multifamily house that was owned by a plumber. What he did was took your standard 30gallon hot water heaters and turned them into boilers for the radiators in the units (pumps on them and all). I asked him about it and he said that it was a lot cheaper than buying 6 new boilers. Basically he changed some valve, added the pump and some how got a thermostat on them.
Since then Ive seen this in a few other random buildings.
Questions
Is this safe, stupid or ? and very importantly 'How is this done?'
Thanks
Matt
Im new here and not a plumber by any imagination I am a real estate appraiser. I was doing a walk through on a multifamily house that was owned by a plumber. What he did was took your standard 30gallon hot water heaters and turned them into boilers for the radiators in the units (pumps on them and all). I asked him about it and he said that it was a lot cheaper than buying 6 new boilers. Basically he changed some valve, added the pump and some how got a thermostat on them.
Since then Ive seen this in a few other random buildings.
Questions
Is this safe, stupid or ? and very importantly 'How is this done?'
Thanks
Matt