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Re: Nordyne Modular home gas furnace not getting power
if the thermostat is "what's changed" since last year, start there,
define / identify your new thermostat,
can you post a picture of the base, so we see the wires and connections,
might be as simple as a missing jumper, or programming,
whatcha got?
neilc
Re: New boiler, water flowing out of steam vent
Oh I see. I got 275 steam square feet, so two sizes down. I looked back at pictures and noticed by previous boiler was the same size, so I believe he didn't calculate and just went with the same thing .
sjl1222
Re: New boiler, water flowing out of steam vent
Do not use BTU numbers for the correct size. The way to size a steam boiler is using the Net Sq Ft steam number. match that to the EDR of your actual radiator count on the sizing guide.
Re: New boiler, water flowing out of steam vent
Just to make sure all on same page just give us the total sqft of the radiators and then tell us what the sqft rating on the boiler tag is.
Re: New boiler, water flowing out of steam vent
start with showing them this thread, and the manual, and asking politely. Then take it from there. Not going to be pretty.
Re: New boiler, water flowing out of steam vent
I have no idea how to talk to a contractor who set it up that way… I will at least admit that the piping for the header and equalizer drip is original. I've never seen the like before, and I hope I never do.
The saddest part of it it is that it would have been so easy to do it right…
Re: Need to replace corroded supply to radiator
Has to be something flexible to get into those notched joists. The notches are on top and I ain't pulling up my little girl's bedroom carpet and flooring to access with new iron pipe from above. Ain't nobody got time for that. I already had to pull out the plaster ceiling from below to clean up the leaking mess.
Already bought the PEX B that seems to be the recommendation for closed hydronic heating. Got all the old pipe out in six cuts. Since I wasn't sure of the nature of the problem I already cut out both the supply and the return.
Now I'm waiting for penetrating oil to loosen up the connection at the two fittings. Hoping I can get it to budge later today. I really don't want to have to do more cutting and take it back to the next fitting. Sigh.
RickT
Re: Indirect on Steam
Yes at the tapping, but not at the pump, if the pump is at the same height in either case.
that’s why you put the pump as low as you can regardless of where the tapping is—the vertical distance adds to the pressure the same
