I need help, bad. :wall: I have an older (not sure how old) American Standard A3 steam boiler with a newer (?) Beckett Burner in my home. I burn approx. 1400 gals. of oil annually and am looking at options to reduce that amount. At $2.70/gal its killing me. My oil service company says that I'm getting approx. 80% efficiency from the existing boiler but this seems high to me. Is it possible??? I've done some research and everything points to a 40 year old boiler being about 60% efficient. Although I'm stuck with them for the rest of the season, I'm certainly not impressed - they can't even seem to keep my tank supplied - so I tend to doubt their competence. What are the calculations for computing efficiency/AFUE so I can compare apples to apples? Will upgrading to one of the energystar compliant steam boilers really reduce my fuel consumption or will I be chasing my tail? What other options are there? Thanks. Jeff

Hi, I have a couple of rooms that I do not wish to have heated any longer and I need the space that is occupied by the old cast iron radiators. They are hot water. I just need to disconnect and drag them out of the house but I don't know what all needs to be done i.e. drain the boiler etc. I was hoping that I can merely turn the valve closed on the intake side, disconnect the outlet side and put a stopper on it, disconnect the intake side and leave the valve closed and then drag the radiator outside, tilt it up and empty the water and be done with it. Is this possible? Will it effect the other radiators that I do want to continue working? Will it effect the boiler?