New oil burner boiler coming tomorrow.

[Tom the Remodeler]

190F at the faucet is dangerous, and will definitely be flagged in a home inspection when you go to sell. Better to get it resolved now by the plumber who installed it rather than trying to figure it out later. 120F is normal and avoids the scalding hazard.

Regarding drains, I can't remember the last metal drain I had installed. They tend to corrode in a manner that prevents them from being able to be disassembled in a manner to re-use. For this reason, all of the drains I've seen installed in the last twenty years have been PVC.

 

[Cheese]

I’d definitely address the 190 degree issue. That’s serious 3rd degree burn territory. I set my Rennai at 125 degrees and it delivers minimum 120 degree water throughout the house.

I think the pipe leaked because of thermal expansion of the components, especially if it was PVC. It happened to me a couple of times. Everything heats up and expands and becomes loose. I solved it by getting the pipe good and hot and then cranking down on all the threaded connections.

 

[Packard]

I will check with the plumber on Monday.

 

[jeh]

The TV plumber is the way the world is moving. Send unqualified techs to upsell you to get them a bigger commission. There is a decent chance they are owned by a private equity firm, which is also the way the world is going. The TV HVAC companies also push replacement units when the regular unaffiliated te ricin will repair if practical. Plenty of people get caught up in the fancy vans and four hour service  guarantee thinking the person showing up has a license and actually knows something.

 

[Packard]

The TV plumber is the way the world is moving. Send unqualified techs to upsell you to get them a bigger commission. There is a decent chance they are owned by a private equity firm, which is also the way the world is going. The TV HVAC companies also push replacement units when the regular unaffiliated te ricin will repair if practical. Plenty of people get caught up in the fancy vans and four hour service  guarantee thinking the person showing up has a license and actually knows something.

They advertise heavily on TV and radio.  They were never my first choice, but I was hoping for a reference price.  They didn’t even provide a realistic one.  A waste of my time.

 

[Ron B]

We inherited a chest freezer years ago.  I ran across some papers the other day and found it was purchased in 1961. That is like JFK and the Cuban Missile Crisis period.  It is a Coldspot and still running fine.  Back when things were built to last.