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Re: Material price increases due to govermental tarrifs
That's called inflation and it's been present your entire life. Webstone is an extreme example, but the rest is just normal inflation.
GroundUp
Re: Best Material to Use for Drainpipes in Residential Homes.
It's cheaper, easier to install and it doesn't rott.
That's a win win win.
ChrisJ
Re: What Am I Working On? An abbreviated photo dump of the month's activities.
I love seeing your jobsite photos
GGross
Re: Rust in one pipe system
I guess depending on the size of your boiler that seems like a big drop in water level.
Grallert
Re: Rust in one pipe system
It seems to me you have other issues. Your vents shouldn't be seeing anything that would blow up you vents.
Are you making a very wet steam?
Grallert
Re: Help! Pressure keeps rising on Weil McClain Eco 70 system
Two different problems.
The slow rise in cold pressure can only come from the manual fill valve leaking by — very slightly, but leaking nonetheless. There is no other source of water to increase the pressure. You might get lucky and persuade it to stop by lowering the system pressure and then turning it full open and firmly closed… but it may need replacing.
The excess rise in pressure when the system goes from cold to hot is likely due to the expansion tank not being properly charged with air when it was installed. There is only one way to do this right. Disconnect the tank from the system (if you have the right combination of valves and drains this is easy. Otherwise, you will have to drain the system and disconnect the tank. Charge the tank with air to the desired system pressure. Then reconnect the tank to the system and set the system pressure.
Re: Short Cycling and High Pressure after a few weeks of warm weather?
Lower the boiler water level to where it was before and see if the issue is repeatable that way.
109A_5
Re: What Am I Working On? An abbreviated photo dump of the month's activities.
#1 The steam to water HX. It can't help but overheat where the sensor is located its not in the hot water.
I used to have to "switch gears" all the time. I think that is what caused my anxiety.
Re: "Yelp"/ angi list for contractors.
It costs peanuts to put mechanics liens on houses. Might not get your money today, but you may a few years down the road.
