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lordtodd75:
I just bought my first home about 8 months ago and it is starting to look like i may need to replace the boiler. I have never installed or even worked on a hot water boiler but I am very handy, much like everyone else in this forum. Has anyone ever replaced there hot water boiler? What are some good reading materials to get me started?

ChadTower:

2 - start calling HVAC contractors.  Boilers are high pressure systems that can eff you up permanently if you have no idea what you're doing.

Blanka:
Do you have natural gas? In that case, nothing beats a 105% efficient European CW class 6 central heating furnace. A boiler is just storing hot water, which is inefficient by default.
http://www.haring.nl/?id=14438&shopid=336
It heats the house, either hot filled, or low-water low temperature, it has modulated heating (continuous low power heating), fills 10 bathtubs in a row in high speed.

saint:
Consider going tankless if you have gas available. They don't have whole house electrical tankless systems worth a damn I'm told.

Blanka:
And if gas is cheaper then electricity, you can also pick a heat/power combined unit. That one makes electricity too.

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