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I recently replaced a boiler feed backflow preventer. There was a ball valve upstream of it but nothing to isolate it from the boiler system except the boiler feed pressure regulator. I thought that if the boiler is above the set pressure for the regulator, then the regulator valve should be...

Over the past decade or more I have encountered a number of B-W indirect water heaters that were producing scalding water, typically well above 130 degF, even though the aquastat was set to its lowest setting. I called B-W tech support several years ago and they blamed it on the piping and that...

I have a client with a drilled well, pumping to a pressure tank in the house. Coming off of the pressure tank is a separate line that supplies water to the barn (roughly 150 ft. away), using 1" black plastic water pipe. There is a water leak in the buried line somewhere between the house and...

I have been doing general repairs, including lots of plumbing and septic, here in Central Vermont for over 20 years, so I am quite experienced. I have a client that bought a house last April. Two story chalet, slab on grade, built in the 1960s, 2nd home used on weekends (family of 4). They...