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Replacing in Floor Radiant Heating Unit Cost My parents' Vancouver special uses in floor radiant heating. The heater is leaking water and may need replacing. Before i go get quotes, does anyone have a ballpark idea what is a reasonable cost for supply and install? Tia |
Tough to say, as anything with trades, the quotes can be quite drastic. We had to fix our heating system for our floor radiant heating about 5 years ago. It costed us about $800, if I remember correctly. |
Thanks for the response. I understand price can vary especially with repairs which is why I was asking supply and install of new so I can get an idea of worst case scenario. |
Around 8 hours of labour to re & re, plus around $2000-3500 for the new boiler (a decent Weil-Mclain is around $2500) and miscellaneous parts. |
Was it dripping from the "overflow" pipe by any chance? |
I believe from somewhere within the heat exchanger Posted via RS Mobile |
if your parents have a radiant heat in their home the chances of it its "poly-B" which fails i would recommend buying a raypak boiler as it has a warranty if u use it on a poly b system while other boilers dont |
Here's your worst case scenario and it has to happen to me:heckno:. I have a Vancouver Special with the poly-b tubing, and it's cost me a pile of money over the years. The poly-b allows oxygen to enter the system and causes the boiler to rust. There's always a problem with it, usually on the coldest day of the year and it seems to happen every year. I had a Super Hot put in by a neighbours relative 4 years ago and when they left, I had 2 blocked zones and piping that was installed incorrectly. Don't know why the zones got blocked but I think he may have disturbed the crap in the lines when he was bleeding the system. I managed to clear one of the lines but not the other because the rust flakes from the original cast iron boiler was all jammed up in the line under the cement slab. He told me there was a five year warranty on the boiler but neglected to tell me only if there is no poly-b tubing involved. Then he never answers my phone calls or returns any of my messages. Learned my lesson, go with a knowledgeable company with good ratings. It will cost more but hopefully worth it. I got an estimate today for a properly designed system with a heat exchanger and basically two pump systems. Takes 2 days to install and all the poly-b connections in the house are changed to the approved ones. 10 G's before taxes. Ouch! :suspicious: This includes permits and inspection by the city and carries a 10 year warranty provided I get the system serviced every year. The only good thing about this is that if I ever sell the house, the inspector cannot tell a prospective buyer that it would cost thousands to convert the system. Yeah right..............I've already paid it! But I can now tell my insurance company that there is less chance of a flood claim. |
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How you change out the pipes in the floor? They can just replace whatever thats coming outta the ground to hepex or oxypex for that matter. Best bet is to put in a stainless steel or copper heat exchange or just a plain heat exchanger for that matter. Whoever told you that they are going to replace all the poly Bs in your home is lying to you, UNLESS ofcourse they jackhammer the whole house's floor, run new pipes and repour, which in that case, 10Gs sounds really cheap:P |
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I have a non leaking weil mclain boiler for sale cheap |
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my parents' replacement is ray pak. i believe they were told it had a 10 year warranty. |
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Not hoping your parents boiler has problems but I may be kicking myself for spending so much money even after bomboi1 recommended the Raypak. |
pm'd you |
Digging up this old thread. From the jist of this thread, avoid poly b piping (which were banned mid 90 's). Look for raypack systems. Any easy way to confirm heating is not poly b system? Would the boiler room show bunch of gray/white pipes with copper fittings? |
Guys can somebody reco. good plumbing and heating. i need to get my boiler serviced. Pioneer Plumbing & Heating Inc Pro Ace Heating & Air Conditioning Ltd Lamberthomecomfort seems to have good reviews. any exp. w/ them? sorry for hijacking the thread :L |
My furnace has recently stopped working, so I called 1st Call Plumbing and Heating in Richmond. I've used them once before ,to repair a leaky water pipe from the 2nd floor. Technician is experienced, and the quotes they give you is spot on. No up selling, and they only recommend you what "should" be done. But my hot water tank is at least 10 years old, and I need to replace that, as well as replace the control valve module on the furnace. All in all, around $1700. Quote:
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