Eventually I am going to have a new boiler system.
I am just working piece by piece.
Every winter a portion of my boiler system rusts, corrodes and it bursts. Water then floods my basement for days before I notice. Then I have to call a HVAC contractor to do the boiler repair and I have to rent a sump pump to remove the water in the basement. It is an endless cycle every winter. Usually it is a piece of piping that breaks due to just being old. The HVAC contractor removes the old piece and replaces it with brand new metal. My boiler sort of reminds me of Edward Scissorhands. Certain parts of it look brand new and great, but other parts are downright scary. It is a patchwork of old and new parts. I keep thinking that eventually the entire boiler will basically be new. I love my heating system and want it to keep going. I always favor making the heater repair over ripping it out with something new. Boilers are said to live 50 to 80 years old if you have the replacement parts. As long as my HVAC professional has the parts, I want them. I keep trying to bullying him into redoing the whole boiler system with all new parts. The guy refuses to do that unless the heater part is actually rusted, broken or worn. He definitely realizes I am trying to just get a brand new boiler system, but have it slowly rebuilt over time. I bet it is cheaper than buying a new one.