lose the wet return?

Timco

It would seem that is a better option than busting up the floors in several basement units, no? what is typically done with these old buildings when the wet returns all rot out?

Tim

Timco

My newest account is talking about the possibility of ditching the wet return due to the condition of just 4' of pipe I pulled last week. This would mean that all returns would be intercepted and ran back to boiler room as a wet/dry ret and a condensate tank added? Building is u shaped, 100+ yrs old, and boiler is almost at far end of the u. 32 units, 3-4 stories high...where to begin an estimate on this? Anyone want to add the cost of a plane ticket to engineer something of this scale? All well into the winter / spring at this point, but I want to play serious...


Tim

gerry gill

anyone who would

change wet returns for a condensate tank is an idiot and maybe the building owner and the condensate tank deserve each other..

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Unknown

Can all the condensate

drain back to the boiler if you run the pipes as dry returns ? Can they be run on top of the basement floor ? I'm not a fan of condensate pumps unless they're absolutely needed - like remote areas where the condensate won't travel back by gravity .

bob young

condenate tank, not

WE usually run them exposed along perimeter of room. box in if necessary. run in copper. easy , lucrative project.

Timco

would you be willing to email me direct and talk price? Any ballpark would help...

Tim

Steamhead (in transit)

Stay with gravity return

Adding a tank and pump, and all the traps you'll need to make it work, can become a servicing nightmare. There would just be too many moving parts. The Dead Men designed that system to work with gravity return- no need to change that.

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nicholas bonham-carter

wet return resleeve

is it possible the underfloor piping is large enough [and straight enough] to shove a thinwalled flexible copper line through with connections for the dry returns?--nbc