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Re: Supplying steam to one radiator from 2 zones
I wasn't thinking two boilers I was thinking two separete mains
Re: Oil to propane, Kingston NY area - EDITED.
It's your puppy on the fuel. Where I am, some 100 miles or so east of you, propane is two or three times as expensive as fuel oil, per BTU. Your mileage may vary, but do your math.
Your Burnham V8 needs service if it's only putting out 75% by the instruments, by the way. It should be around 85%.
The small shops can be very good. As always, the quality of the workmanship and stability of the shop for follow up service is what you are looking for.
Re: DIY result, will it hold?
If it hasn't leaked by now, you surely have done a good job. There's no need to give it any more thought.
Intplm.
Re: Can I take out these radiators to spray paint?
Thats a very big & heavy undertaking. Get a shop vac & clean out as much dust bunnies as possible, clean, prime & paint in place with a high heat Rustoleum. Let us know how they turn out. Mad Dog
Re: Recommendation for highly reliable natural gas water heater?...
I have exclusively installed Bradford White over the last 30 years after the others didn't hold up like they promised..Mad Dog
Re: DIY result, will it hold?
This could have to do with the Hot Work Permit being required to work in that building?
Copper press connections are a safe, reliable method for that type of work.
The only way to know the quality of a soldered joint is to cut it open. That is what is required when you take a plumbing license test in some jurisdictions. Same for a poured lead joint test.
The type and brand of solder and flux is more a personal choice, like a tool or truck :)
The appearance of the joint can sometimes tell if the solder work was successful. In rare cases the joint can develop a leak after some use if a flux pocket washes out, for example. Many a plumber has had a sweat joint leak appear days later.
With experience you can tell or feel if the joint flowed the appropriate amount of solder into the fitting successfully.
hot_rod
Re: DIY result, will it hold?
If you cleaned , fluxed and soldered the joints and they don't leak chances are they will not leak regardless of the way the outside looks. After the joint is soldered a wet rag wipe down will remove the excess flux and your fine.
Re: Recommendation for highly reliable natural gas water heater?...
Hi, After turning off the water and relieving pressure, I'd check the condition of the anode rod in the tank. It's your best indicator of actual tank condition. I'd also look around the tank for evidence of new or old leaks. I'd look into the combustion chamber also. If things looked okay and if there was something left of the anode, I'd just replace the anode and then check it periodically… that time period will depend on anode condition and water quality. 😉
Yours, Larry
Re: Now ya see why PVC on mod con flue is not a good idea
This was 3"pvc... .I agree with Bob Harper...we're all just taking a stab at why...only a lab analysis can possibly determine why it pulled apart. Let's just keep an open mind....could the manufacturers have very sound reasons for disallowing pvc in flue exhausts?
Could acidic flue gases cause this is as well? Mad Dog
Re: J.P. Ward
trade jobs and manufacturing have gotten such a bad rap the last 30 years or more, not because they were ever bad jobs but people with degrees had much better communication skills and wooed the kids away from the trades/manufacturing by telling them the degree was their golden ticket to the mountain top and of course we wanted all of our kids to do well, so many of us allowed them to pursue the degree.
Now we are upside down in degrees vs good hand skills. It will take some time but funding trade type schools and classes in regular schools as well as better advertising of the factory/trade work environment would help. The pay is good, the benefits are good, low/no debt upon graduation, typically a job lined up at graduation all good stuff.
Build the plant the hands will come.
PeteA