Originally Posted by Mangos86
Little update. Plumber came today. Serviced the boiler and fixed the pipe. Only $73 for the pipe fixing. Pretty decent I think. However, apparently someone decided to fill the boiler with antifreeze years ago, and his test strip told him it could be acidic and might need to come out. He is getting back to me. Thanks for all the responses.
Yeah, that's a little strange to use antifreeze in a boiler, never really see that. I think you only do that if you're going to winterize the house. Normally there's make up water anyway, boilers usually aren't as well sealed as car cooling systems.
Little update. Plumber came today. Serviced the boiler and fixed the pipe. Only $73 for the pipe fixing. Pretty decent I think. However, apparently someone decided to fill the boiler with antifreeze years ago, and his test strip told him it could be acidic and might need to come out. He is getting back to me. Thanks for all the responses.
Yeah, that's a little strange to use antifreeze in a boiler, never really see that. I think you only do that if you're going to winterize the house. Normally there's make up water anyway, boilers usually aren't as well sealed as car cooling systems.