Converting from Oil to Natural Gas

[O.D. Mike]

Chris,
Be sure to ask the contractor to price a 1/2' line out to the back deck for your gas grill. No more "Honey, I think we ran out of propane again".

[TheSpecialist]

Originally Posted by O.D. Mike

Chris,
Be sure to ask the contractor to price a 1/2' line out to the back deck for your gas grill. No more "Honey, I think we ran out of propane again".

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Both of these boilers (MFG)are very reputable and would highly recommend either one.
National grid can give you a great deal because of two things,one they buy in Hugh bulk,and secondly they are under the impression that you will buy there PM/maintenance plan.
One question for you,if they install it will you also be offered a "Green rebate" from the Government?

If I'm not mistaken Burnham was bought out from RBI,RBI is a MFG plant out in Western MA.I was there last May for advanced Hydronics and I swear I over heard that they bought out Burnham which is in PA.Burnham has the oldest & largest Foundry in the Country for boilers.
RBI was founded in the early-mid 1900's.Lochinvar is just a sub division/modle like Chevy to GM.Lochinvar has a bunch of new boilers that modulate from 75K-6million BTU's there are several smaller one's that work in modulate in increments of 75K-200,000 BTU's which would be perfect for the house that has plans to expand over the years,any way I would recommend spending the extra cash for a out side temp bulb this will save on heating cost,I can explan more but don't want keep typing,shot story is this will help you pay off that conversion alot sooner.

what percentage are you looking at?


You will be happy with the conversion,and will see a big change in cost effectiveness.


Bob

[Fly Rod]

Can't beat natual gas for heat cost. And no cleaning the gas boiler, oil fired boilers cost approximately $150.00 bucks a year for cleaning or more. All i have to do with my gas boiler is put a couple of drops of oil once or twice a year and I leave the 3 in1 on the super storer next to the boiler for a reminder.

Since these new boilers do not throw off heat you may want to add some heat to the basement. One way is if you have forced hot water you can add a length or two of the fin tube to any long length of copper tubing heating tube in the basement, may avoid frozen water pipes in the basement. You are not using anymore gas.