I live in an older home with steam heat and a really old boiler. It needed some work so I decided to get a new one. When I got the new boiler I saw one thing odd. There is no valve to blow out all the sediment. I contacted the installer and they said that newer boilers dont have blow out valves. My question is, what happens to all the sediment? With all the crud that came out of the old boiler on a weekly basis, you would think it would kill a boiler in only one season of use... Granted if its not needed, Ill probably spend the extra few $$ to get an auto filler so I never have to check the thing again.
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20 years ago