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[slimjim]

AWESOME, thanks for the update!  Would you care to elaborate on the things you learned? It could help someone else.

[mlappin]

needed oiling before the first heating season was over?

[slimjim]

HI TERRY, TO THE TOP

[Jwood]

HI TERRY, TO THE TOP

Huh?

[slimjim]

AHUH!

[roxann]

Slim I thought if the house was at temp set in the house  then the blower fan would be off like it was but Bruce said that fan should be running till the unit was up to temp

also talked about radiant heat vs baseboard.... Bruce was very pleasant but I still have a hard time believing its lack of insulation that causes my house to be chilly

Bruce asked me to call his business phone and not cell. He gave me his brochure that's when I saw Terri was partner with him.. All this time I thought she was butting in oops
 

[mlappin]

Slim I thought if the house was at temp set in the house  then the blower fan would be off like it was but Bruce said that fan should be running till the unit was up to temp

also talked about radiant heat vs baseboard.... Bruce was very pleasant but I still have a hard time believing its lack of insulation that causes my house to be chilly

Bruce asked me to call his business phone and not cell. He gave me his brochure that's when I saw Terri was partner with him.. All this time I thought she was butting in oops
 

Well, last addition on the farm house I'm living in was 1908. Insulation makes a world of difference, when I was growing up in this house we had a wood furnace in the basement then another standalone in the office on the first floor, upstairs was still cold. If it got cold enough and windy enough out even the oil furnace would run as well.


Since then we've blown insulation in all the walls and attics, that helped a bunch but still could be chilly. Since I have the house now and we've been trying to remodel a room a year we'll strip the lathe and plaster off and look for any voids in the insulation. We have 1x12 poplar boards nailed on the interior walls under the lathe and plaster so the insulation we blew in stays in place, we refill any voids then drywall over it. When we redid the south wall and foundation we insulated the foundation on the south side and dug up the west foundation and insulated it as well. So far we've added new windows on the south and west sides of the house.

Our bedroom is on the first floor, south west corner, since redoing the insulation, adding new windows, a layer of fan fold insulation on the outside, a layer of house wrap then new siding our bedroom has been just fine all winter and doesn't even have a heat duct going to it. No heat duct or other source of heat, but with the ceiling fan it keeps enough air moving the room stays warm. We did have some of that -40 crap this winter here. Our bedroom used to be my bedroom growing up, back then I could place a glass of water on the floor when going to bed and have it froze in the morning. Insulation makes a world of difference. Good windows and house wrap cuts all the little un-noticeable drafts off. Since doing all this we've even lowered the thermostat a degree.

[slimjim]

this is the problem with selling boilers on square footage alone, i realize that is a new to you roxann home and no history of heating was available but a good look around would have helped to determine the proper sizing of the boiler by the dealer, personally i would think a good back up boiler (oil or gas fired) would be in order as well as insulation and added radiation, buying the boiler without discussing all of this stuff is where your issues started.

[roxann]

mlappin: I as well took all the plaster  and lathe off and put in new 2x6 walls , new insulation R23  some rooms r-30  along with  2in insulation board all ceiling are insulated with pine boards between the beams  .   All walls are drywalled, new windows,some of the outside has been wrapped. I have a ceiling fan don't use. With this all said my basement is not finished and  home needs some kinda of outside siding. I am thankful bedroom is not that cold to freeze water oh gosh brrr.

Bruce said that the boiler is big enough to heat the house. He says keep insulating ....

[mlappin]

I was surprised this house didn't have thicker walls actually. When I enclose the porch I added to the south side of the house it will be 2x6.

How much do you have in your attics? When I get the last of the peg and post removed I'm planning on blowing in another 8-12" in the attics.

[roxann]

I don't have any yet my plans are to take out of the basement ceiling when the radiant heat goes in...

I guess I don't understand still how the blower works I thought if the house was at temp and the unit is 184 then the blower fan should be off??? its running

[slimjim]

no the blower shuts off at setpoint on the aquastat and drops to the differential setpoint before coming back on.

[mlappin]

I don't have any yet my plans are to take out of the basement ceiling when the radiant heat goes in...

I guess I don't understand still how the blower works I thought if the house was at temp and the unit is 184 then the blower fan should be off??? its running

I mean how much insulation is above the ceiling on your top floor?

[slimjim]

If the water temp in the boiler reaches it's setpoint (whatever the aqua-stat is set at, i think yours is at 185) it should shut the blower off at that setpoint, the differential is the difference between the setpoint and when you want the blower to come back on, I think yours is at 10 degrees, therefor the blower should come back on at a water temp of 175 degrees and run until it shuts off again at 185 degrees.

[farmboythegreat]

is " the blower  " connected  to  water temp , not   house  temp ?