Hey all, I have a La Pavoni Pub 1 EL (lever) that I bought about 2.5yrs ago used. I got a screaming deal on it.  I brought it home and set it up in my garage using a flow jet water feed system.  It worked great, but then we remodeled and it has been sitting for the last two years unused.    
  
As part of the remodel, I built a coffee bar for it... but couldn't find anyone locally to install/plumb it for me.  I tried a couple of plumbers and I tried some appliance stores (we don't have any local Espresso Techs I could find) and all said they didn't do that sort of thing.    
  
So, after plodding through a shit-ton of internet posts on plumbing in machines... and asking three LLMs, I think I have a good idea on how to do it myself and am going to tackle it this weekend. 

This is my set up

Cold Water input to 

\- iSpring RCC7AK RO SYstem with Remineralization output to

\- RO Storage Tank to 

\- Espresso line to 

\- Shutoff valve to 

\- Inline polishing filter to

\- Check valve (to prevents backflow into RO) to 

\- Pressure regulator (set \~30 psi for Vibe Pump) to

\- Pressure gauge (reads regulated pressure) to 

\- Quick disconnect (optional) to 

\- La Pavoni Pub 1 EL Espresso Machine inlet

**First Question -** How does that look? Right to everyone?  Anything I am missing? 



**Second Question -** That said, to prep my machine since it has been sitting for so long... what do I need to be checking and or replacing before I fire it up again?   
  
I was thinking I needed to drain the boiler and possibly descale it.  Anyone have any insight on how to do that? Do I need to remove the boiler to make that happen? Any idea on how to remove it? 

What else do I need to do? 



**Third Question -** Also, when I pulled it apart I saw what looked like burnt up gasket between the boiler and the heating element (see pics). Should I be concerned? Do I need to replace it? How do I find the right heating element if I need to replace it? 



Help plumbing in my machine and other questions about maintenance on a machine that hasn't been used in 2 years, and a potential issue with my heating element [La Pavoni Pub 1 EL]