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Re: What type of check valves
I've had those check valves disintagrate on city water in a couple of years. Looks like hot water plus chlorine eats the plastic and the rubber over time. I would not bother with an IFC but install an easy to replace in-line check valve. If you can get one with Viton seals, it will last longer.
Kaos
Re: I'll Fix It, Honey.
It's probably "Y".
The face opens up easily with a metal, pull-out hinge and smooth clips into the base. And no batteries for programming that many of my customers can't figure out. I end up telling them just to put it on "Hold".
The Master Steam Trap Mistake: Why It’s Costly, Dangerous, and Outdated, this weeks video
While installing a master trap seems like a sound mechanical solution, it causes many other problems.
Re: header and main piping configuration
justification equals labor equals money. That’ll be a curious conversation if he already threw a price at the job.
GW
Re: Another glitch on a steam install
the header is full 2 inch, all the way to the 90 that drops to the equalizer. It’s turned 45 but it is not trapping any water.
GW
Re: Another glitch on a steam install
Are those risers bushed down at the outlets of the boiler?
mattmia2
Re: Another glitch on a steam install
yes and yes. It seems like if I goof something up, the demons and vipers are biting at my heels. But when somebody else does a goofy job, everything works out just fine.
GW
Re: Another glitch on a steam install
"works" can have a lot of meanings. I wonder how close the output of that boiler is to the actual connected edr
mattmia2