Gorton Steam System - \"connectivity\" question

bob young

Ellis Richman

Gorton Steam System - \"connectivity\" question

Hello!

Got a Gorton one-pipe steam system, about a hundred years old...Steamhead has tweaked it to great working condition.

Just discovered that a vertical pipe running to the third floor radiator appears to be a copper pipe, and in-between the 2nd and 3rd floors someone made a connection by simply inserting one copper pipe into a larger one (slid one over the other. It's a nice slip-on fit, but here is my question:

Is there a product that I can wipe on the pipe's end so that when I insert them together in between the second and third floors the pipe will have a better seal and be less likeley to leak steam or condensate?? I would have to rip 100 year old floor boards up to get to this area...and that's a tall order!

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ANY SUGGESTIONS!

Ellis in Annapolis

gerry gill

you'd better have Frank

look at it..that sounds wierd..was it some sort of expansion piece?

Steamhead (in transit)

Oh boy

what some hacks wouldn't do to an old steam system.....

Give us a call, Ellis, and let's set something up for a look-see. That needs to be replaced with a proper black steel pipe.

BTW, check out Joseph Gorton's patent for the radiator shutoffs in your house. Go here:

http://www.heatinghelp.com/pdfs/418.pdf

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