Interesting quote

tim smith

Just thought the this may give a chuckle, this was on a site called Heimer engineering, I think they are home inspectors. This is copied off their web site. This may raise hairs on some necks!

"Steam heat is an older style heating system, typically installed in buildings constructed before the 1950s. Water is heated in a boiler until it becomes steam. Steam, which is a gas, rises through the pipes into radiators. The steam causes these radiators to become hot. These radiators warm the air in a building.

Steam heat is noisy, and buildings with steam heat often warm unevenly. The pipes used with steam heat have a long life expectancy, and the piping typically used for steam system is not readily converted to hot water heating systems. If your house was built with steam heat, it is probably not cost-effective to convert it to hot water heating.

Although steam heat is rarely installed in new homes or small buildings, it is often the heating system of choice in a high-rise building. This is because of the difficulty in pumping hot water to the upper levels of a high-rise building.

jp_2

seems in line to me.

most steam I've been associated with was uneven and noisey.

sad but true.

jackchips_2

Looks like

you have a great opportunity to correct those systems J-P.

Become the steam.

Jack

ScottMP

Seems right to me

IF IT WAS 1970 ....

I think we've learned ( re-learned ) a bit about Steam since then hav'nt we ?

Scott

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