FXP Boiler Service

All went well.

This event occurred at 5:00PM on a Friday evening, when a person who was not qualified, took it upon themselves to unwire the boiler electronics to correct a cable and could not put the wires together again correctly.  The mis-wiring caused the boiler to blow-off water pressure which saturated the transformer, shorting it out.  Thankfully, FXP was able to respond to my emergency and didn't charge me an arm & a leg, which they could have, if they wanted to.  Francis was able to diagnose the problem (with a meter) tracing the mis-matched wires as well as discovering the burned-out transformer.  He was also able to have a parts vendor stay open past closing to obtain the necessary part.  Above price includes $40.00 for the transformer.

Saturday morning Francis calls and reports that he has located the gas furnace and water heater we wanted. "Can he come over!" He arrives with his helper Carlos in his truck. They quickly unload the items and uncrate them on the sidewalk. The cellar is accessable from the street at the front of the house and they bring the furnace and water heater through that access door. All the packaging, wood pallets and metal straps were collected and placed in the truck. The old furnace and water heater were quickly dismantled, bound with cord and transported out that same door. You could tell that these two men worked many hours together as there was little chatter between them. I sat on the cellar stairs and watched them work in rapt fascination. They established the foundation for the new furnace and water heater and amazingly it was the end of day one. Day two was devoted to establishing the new duct work and copper piping for the water supply. Francis was right, when they touched one pipe the next one destablized, sprung a leak and had to be replaced. Thankfully, they had all the tools and equipment necessary to do the job properly. Day three, Monday, was proforma in a final test of the system and instruction on the care and maintenance of the system. Everything was signed off by the gas company that afternoon and how he accomplished that I didn't really ask or want to know. My next project will be to replace all the existing old pipe and radiators with new copper pipe and wall board units. And FXP will most likely get the job!