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Re: Refurbished radiator making bird noises. Not vent?
Just asking — so often we hear of people running steam at a few pounds and wondering why it's noisy…
Re: Oversized overtall chimney?
That's because they won't alarm until 70 PPM is reached and exceeded for 3-4 hours!
Get non-UL approved Low Level CO Detectors that will alarm at 15 PPM
pecmsg
Re: Need some advice for a vintage Peerless radiator valve hookup
an lesson 2: that spud has to come out anyway, since it is actually half of the union connecting the radiator to the valve. The other half is/was on the valve, which I suspect is long gone. A new radiator valve will have the matching spud with it, and that gets threaded back into the radiator.
Re: Need some advice for a vintage Peerless radiator valve hookup
That brass spud can be carefully cut and caped out. You rarely have to remove them bushing unless you cut too deep in to the thread. As Mattmia said, this is plumbing 101 stuff. Mad Dog
Re: Need some advice for a vintage Peerless radiator valve hookup
You have to remove the spud and replace it with the spud that comes with the new valve. If your plumber doesn't know how to do that without breaking the radiator, find a better plumber.
mattmia2
Re: Miracle Iron Holland Furnace
it is a classic
Value
$0
costs more for asbestos removal and then the weight then it’s worth!
pecmsg
Re: Oversized overtall chimney?
I have checked the specs on B-vent and not one tells us what temperature it has to be heated to vent. Chimneys are not mechanical devices. They are chases. You don't have to heat ductwork to get heat to flow. Can you oversize a steam pipe? look at some old chimneys on commercial buildings and their massive brick chimneys. Think they get heated before they vent. And why do chimneys vent in the summer when nothing operating?
Draft is a sign of combustion air. The higher the draft the more combustion air is available. The taller the chimney the higher the draft.
A neutral pressure point is also called a blast gas. Back in the 80's there was a product called a Thermizer that was a flue restrictor for residential and light commercial. They were very dangerous on drafthood equipment if you didn't understand venting and combustion air.
The chimney is too big was created by manufacters to make contractors look bad and then really pushed by liner companys.
Blast gate, barometric combined can do the trick.
And bring the firing rate back up some
Re: Failing pressure reducer valve?
If you have a pressure reducing valve or any other valve which functions as check valve between your water source and you how water heater, you must have an expansion tank on the hot water. It doesn't have to be that large, but it has to be there. Sounds as though your don't…
Re: Education Options in Pennsylvania Area
This is one of the best and the one I’d recommend most.
Another option…
And if you’re in SE PA, check out the unions and apprenticeships.
Re: Pricing on refurbished cast iron radiators
It's a rare customer who wants a cast radiator or a good sales person who can sell one. If someone is looking to head with water they are more likely to go with radiant or panel radiators. In some cases I've been able to sell a cast radiator for an entry way, you know to warm your mittens on. It's a small market.
Grallert