When I first moved into my household in Springfield, MO I wasn’t glad that a boiler system was in the basement, and it was big, ugly, plus rusted looking.
I figured it wouldn’t be good at heating at all.
I decided that I wanted to have it removed… Thankfully I had a whole bunch of projects lined up first, however life got in the way plus I didn’t get to tackle that obiler issue until a full year passed, however by the time I went through a whole winter I had changed my mind, but a boiler is a beast of a system. It can heat an entire southwold without even cutting a sweat. It also is so versatile! You can connect piping to it to become a snowmelt system, baseboard heater, or be a radiator. It also can heat the family’s water or be a pool heater. It additionally can be installed within the floorboards to be hydronic heating. The capabilities are amazing. The lifespan is so much better than a traditional heater. A furnace or fireplace lives around 15 years. A boiler can live to be 50 years old! It can even live as long as 75 years old as long as updatement parts are made for it. These systems are such tanks that the only thing that gets them down is aging out. Isn’t that amazing? Theoretically this boiler could outlive me, but now that I have seen its heating capabilities, that will be the last thing I update. The cold winters of MO require a hardcore heater. I just really lucked out getting a boiler system with the house. These devices are really expensive.