Actually more like four steps. With the help of a friend, a tractor, a lever hoist, some ramps and gravity, the EKO 40 is off the truck and into the basement. Everything went according to plan... lifted the boiler off the truck using a 2" T on the top, then pulled it down the ramps, using the tractor as a brake. Door frame is 30 1/4" and the metal pallet is 29 1/2", so it was a tight fit. Once it was in the basement we jacked it up onto some dollys and rolled it over to its (near) final location.
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I'm fortunate enough to have three flues in this house... first floor fireplace, basement fireplace and oil boiler. The previous owner had a wood stove in the basement back in the 1970s so I plan to drill out the thimble and use that.
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I'm fortunate enough to have three flues in this house... first floor fireplace, basement fireplace and oil boiler. The previous owner had a wood stove in the basement back in the 1970s so I plan to drill out the thimble and use that.