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Steam System Maintenance Man Hours per Yr

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Timco
Timco Member Posts: 3,040
in THE MAIN WALL
The biggest problem is selling preventative maintenance. So what if it is banging or priming...the heat is still on. And when a rad stops heating, add a vent. A trap takes years to fail, and minutes to replace. Almost no one cleans a priming boiler, or flushes returns. Steam shooting out the main vent on the condensate box? Just put a trap on the entire return! Preventative maintenance is everything. I have seen 3 frozen-up LWCOs this season because they were not blown down or flushed. No one puts a simple y strainer on the return to catch the crap before it hits the tank. TRV's all failed? Just open windows!

Tim
Just a guy running some pipes.

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  • Aaron Sirois
    Aaron Sirois Member Posts: 1
    Steam Maintenance Costs

    Does anybody know of a good resource that breaks down the typical maintenance (man-hours per year) of steam system components. I need the info for a life-cycle cost analysis and can not find any good sources that give this information. I am interested in equipment such as,

    -Steam traps or steam unit heaters
    -Stm-Water heat exchangers
    -Pressure reducing stations
    -Condensate pumps and receivers
    -Anything else pertinent to steam or HW heating systems
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