{"id":4902,"date":"2025-08-22T16:25:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T21:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/?post_type=encyclopedia&p=4902"},"modified":"2026-01-22T11:21:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T17:21:13","slug":"spruce-lodge-hot-water-heating-system-replacement","status":"publish","type":"encyclopedia","link":"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/spruce-lodge-hot-water-heating-system-replacement\/","title":{"rendered":"Spruce Lodge Hot Water Heating System Replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Spruce Lodge<\/a> Hot Water Heating System Replacement<\/strong> is a Facilities Department Stewardship<\/a> project to replace the heating-oil boiler and hot water tank in Spruce Lodge with two on-demand condensing tankless water heaters for safety, reliability, and efficiency reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Status:<\/strong> In progress<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Project Sheet:<\/strong> spruce_lodge_HWH_2025.pdf<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Background \/ The Problem:<\/strong> In 2024, technicians from Deerpark Oil informed us that the hot water tank in the Spruce Lodge Hot Water Heating System is in a condition of imminent failure due to sediment and corrosion. They also pointed out that the boiler in this same system has significant issues. Also, the system currently relies on a temperature-sensitive mixing valve to add cold water to the dangerously hot kitchen supply (180 deg) for guest use at sinks and showers. The technicians pointed out that these types of valves are not reliable as scald-prevention devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to these problems, in 2025, Deerpark Oil discovered a growing leak in the current feul oil tank serving this system. This prevents the tank from being properly filled and may lead to an environmental risk if not contained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A similar heating oil boiler and hot water tank system was replaced 2023 at House 1 for about $8000 including plumbing and labor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opportunity:<\/strong> As a guest-service area, Spruce Lodge represents an excellent location for an on-demand hot water system similar to those Camp has been installing elsewhere (Promise Woods<\/a>, Motel 1, House 5). Guest-service areas see use primarily on the weekend, so systems that heat hot water (standby heating) to keep temperate all week while the building is not being used waste resources. On-demand systems only run when needed, are more efficient when they do run, and take less to maintain, making total cost of ownership lower and multiplying stewardship benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n