Before installing boiler – Weil-McLain 78 User Manual

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Weil-McLain 78 Boiler For Gas, Light Oil, Gas/Light Oil Fired Burners

Before Installing Boiler

1b

Provide clearances for servicing
around boiler:

• Back, for breeching - 30 inches.
• Left side, for cleaning and tankless heater

removal - 34 inches

• Allow sufficient space on remaining sides

for cleaning, servicing and burner
installation. See burner literature for length.

• Clearance from vent pipe to combustible

materials:
- singlewall vent pipe - 18 inches
- doublewall vent pipe - refer to vent pipe

manufacturer’s recommendations for vent
pipe clearances

Lay a foundation, if needed:

Floor construction and condition must be
suitable for weight of boiler when filled with
water. See page 31 for boiler weight/water
weight.

A level concrete or brick foundation is
required when:
• A floor could possibly become flooded
• Non-level conditions exist

Part No. 550-141-705

4

Boiler Foundation Length Table

Boiler

“L”

Boiler

“L”

Model

Inches

Model

Inches

378

23

878

58

478

30

978

65

578

37

1078

72

678

44

1178

79

778

51

1278

86

2" Min.

“L”

30"

Figure 3 Boiler Foundation

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