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Re: Houses are blowing up all over North shore Massachusetts.
"Fake News" is not fake at all. Calling it fake is just an easy way to dismiss inconvenient facts.
Re: Radiator Removal
That's not just steam, it's VAPOR! More specifically, an "O-E" Vapor system, which I believe was made in or near Cleveland- @gerry gill would know for sure. Vapor was the Cadillac of heating in its day, and is still one of the best, most efficient systems out there.
If you rip this system out to put in "scorched-error", you WILL regret it. That house will never be comfortable in the winter again.
If someone told you you have to rip this system out to put in A/C, they are lying, as well as trying to take your money. Look into a mini-duct or mini-split system for your A/C and keep the Vapor.
If you rip this system out to put in "scorched-error", you WILL regret it. That house will never be comfortable in the winter again.
If someone told you you have to rip this system out to put in A/C, they are lying, as well as trying to take your money. Look into a mini-duct or mini-split system for your A/C and keep the Vapor.
Re: Radiator Removal
You'll be sorry... steam is a lot more comfortable than hot air. A LOT more comfortable. If you haven't already ruined things, contact @gerry gill who will get that steam system running just wonderfully, and you will love it.
Re: Home Depot pipe insanity
Take it back & get your money back. That's not usable.
Re: Help comparing my heatloss calc to the builder, and determining options before winter
1. Add radiation to allow lower water temps
2. Add ODR
3. Stop using thermostat setback.
4. Live with the fact that it's never going to get above the minimum input.
Or
Throw it out, get a properly sized boiler/indirect. The first 3 apply either way.
2. Add ODR
3. Stop using thermostat setback.
4. Live with the fact that it's never going to get above the minimum input.
Or
Throw it out, get a properly sized boiler/indirect. The first 3 apply either way.
So, I have this 18 year old apprentice
And he comes in to work Friday and I said 'pop quiz time' and sent him to the white board. I told him to draw a gravity hot water system, and this is what he did. Mind you, I totally blind sided him with this. I don't think my journeymen would have come up with this. I think he is a keeper! I'm totally blown away that an 18 year old did this.
Re: How to Choose Between 3 Proposed Boilers
While the boiler is important, it’s not nearly as important as the installer. Tell us about all 3 installers and how they came to propose these boilers.
Ever grateful to the wise ones
I first posted here four years ago. I moved from a 1926 Colonial with hot water heat and bought a 1941 cape with single pipe steam (originally coal now gas). My first winter here almost gave me a nervous breakdown from lack of sleep with the screaming, spitting air vents, hissing valves and banging from water hammer. I learned from you to turn the pressure down, repack the valves, change the air vents, to hire a professional to fix what I couldn't (add main venting) and make sure the radiators were angled correctly. I am going into my fifth winter here and I wanted to let you know how thankful I am.
