I brought this boiler up from the basement using two sheets of plywood on the stairs, just make sure the bottom sheet lays on top of the top sheet so that the tasistion goes smoothly as the furnace passes from the bottom to the top sheet.
Then on the upper floor lay a strip of old carpet top side down, to slide the furnace outdoors. If the furnace is located some ways from the stairs you can use 3 short pieces of pipe, I've found that plastic works just as good as metal pipe. Using a jack lift the head end, insert one pipe, push the furnace ahead.
Just before the furnace over balances itself insert the 2nd pipe, push the furnace ahead, then insert the 3rd pipe the 1rst pipe used will now be free to use again continues until you have the furnace in location.
While the furnace is near the over centering point on that center pipe you can adjust your direction that you want to travel, before inserting the next pipe.
The stairs are a bit trickier to negotiate, planks or plywood certainly helps. From the top floor if there is a window that opens, I open the window then set a couple of 2 x 4s across the open window frame to anchor my come a long. Make sure the anchor is located at the lowest part of the window frame.
This waste oil hot water boiler came up from the Birnie house basement with out help, next week its going back down.
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