• Which bad decision is the best one - A.C.T.02024.01.18 - IBC SL40 399 G3 Boilers

  • Jan 21 2024
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Which bad decision is the best one - A.C.T.02024.01.18 - IBC SL40 399 G3 Boilers

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  • After an unseasonably warm winter, this week of January has been a deep freeze. we’ve seen our properties in southern British Columbia experience frozen pipes and heating systems are struggling to keep up. This is the time of year that Contractors can make a lot of money on unprepared property owners. One of the buildings I own is managed by a third-party agency. Things were running pretty well until a key man who worked for a the heating company we use moved cities. The same company continued to service our heating system in this building, but the key employee who knew the building inside and out was now gone. The replacement technicians, this heating company was sent to the building did not have the same familiarity with the heating system. The result was inconsistent maintenance and a failure to address a slump in the exhaust for the boiler system. An anchor had detached from the wall, causing the exhaust to sag, and this sag caused condensation to accumulate. so much water accumulated that it blocked the pipe. The fan motor in the boiler was unable to keep up because it was pushing on water instead of air. We were repeatedly replacing boiler fan motors without addressing the real issue, which was the sag and belly that had formed in the exhaust. on New Year’s Day tenants were calling the property manager complaining that there was no heat. The larger boiler responsible for the heating system is 399,000 BTU and the fan motor had failed again. The property manager called the heating company who were very busy that day., diagnosed the problem as the fan motor, which was still under warranty since it was replaced last winter. They took a day to order the part and were informed that it was on backorder for two weeks. The heating company suggested providing the tenants with electric heaters until the fan motor arrived. When the Property Manager called me about this, I did the math and found out that 49 units requiring electric heaters at a cost of 100 or $200 per unit would buy me a new boiler. The property manager asked the heating company for a quote for a new boiler to be installed right away. The new boiler was a different brand that was in stock and including labour could be installed before the weekend and the quoted price was approximately $19,000. I thought that was quite expensive, so I called one of my partners who has been in plumbing for decades. We found a boiler at the wholesaler for $9000, it was an IBC, the same model as the one that had failed. This is important because it would be a quick removal and replacement with. I need to change the copper supply and recirculating lines which on the last boiler I did added about $3000 in fitting, pumps and valves. I found a willing hard working plumber who had a hole in his schedule and came out for the day to replace the boiler fee for the 12 hours of labour for the plumber and his apprentice was $1500. The parts were approximately $1000, and included the work we conducted rerouting the problematic exhaust and fresh air intake. By spending a day on this problem, I saved the property approximately $8000 on this boiler install and we solved the problem without doing the Band-Aid of purchasing electric heaters which have not have done this sufficient job and present a fire risk. We have now finished troubleshooting the smaller boiler which is 299,000 BTU and it was found to have a cracked heat exchanger. The new larger boiler is on order and we will likely replace it next week, with the same IBC boiler that we installed in the first week of January. It’s important where possible to standardize the equipment so that staff can be familiar with troubleshooting it. It’s the same for the choice of all components in a renovation. Standardization saves time and money in new installs and in maintenance. The moral of this story is that just because it appears to be a desperate situation, try to detach and think about all possibilities. in this case no the crisis I faced was the prospect of no heat for 49 families when it was -6 out with a forecast of -30 in the coming days, and For the American audience that is a swing from 22 Fahrenheit to -22 Fahrenheit. When I was presented the choice between spending 5 or $10,000 on portable electric heaters or $19,000 on a boiler system, I realized that this was a false dichotomy. Those were not my only two choices and by taking the time out of my busy schedule to get more information and not be pressured to make a bad decision we got the best and most cost effective solution. So if you have a problem, the only thing you should rush is to seek help by calling on as many partners and other service providers you know, because sometimes the best of two bad options you’re given is neither of them.
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