Wouldn't hurt to have a wore brush handy to clean up the creosote in that area before you spray. Your chimney clean out may also be plugged up as well. Easy to clean out from the back of the stove. Very easy and cheap to replace that solenoid if it has gone bad.
Thank you so much, I kept thinking Saturday night it makes no sense , the circulators are working , the draft on the door is opening and closing, it was almost like it was a draft issue as soon as I closed the boiler door it would go out , I was just left so perplexed . During the night I thought what would choke off the fire ? and it occurred to me exactly what you said , check the darn chimney !!! Made perfect sense as the chimney id really part of the draft system . I could not remember when I cleaned it last, It was so plugged on the bottom !!! I felt so absent minded for not thinking of that sooner ! Thank God as soon as I cleaned it out ,( Almost a half a bucket of creosote later ! It was choked off ) The boiler took right off
. Lesson learned on my boiler check list. I am so grateful there was no hole in the system, as I had so much water in the bottom of the boiler, I really felt like the water was coming mostly from the green/wet wood creating condensation from simmering as the boiler was just not able to breath and burning hot enough.... SOOOOOO GRATEFUL I do not have to replace my boiler ! She is 14 years old and I hope to get a few more years out of her. Thank you again for your timely input.
I learned a few new things on your site and so appreciate the knowledge shared.
One thing I read on one of the blogs but can see not seem to find again , was about nitrates . I use Ashtroll in my firebox and check the ph somewhat regularly , but did not know about the nitrates. Could someone explain , I need a test kit ? and the product to use to correct a nitrate issue ? I am worried with age that my pipes inside the jacket of the boiler could be corroding.
* Also would like to note a friend of mine put in 2, 16 oz bottles of a stop leak into the top of my boiler, I did not feel good about adding it, it made me nervous to add it before knowing what was really wrong and as I mentioned I did not feel like it was a leak. Now i am worried that the product will clog my radiant pex tubing throughout the floors... should I be worried ?? I believe my system holds 385 gallon of water so hoping 2 , 16 oz bottles will not effect it .
Also where can I find a schematic of the internal system so I can get a visual of the workings of the inside of my boiler ?
Thank you again for sharing your knowledge.
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