A Very Special MegaSteam

Steamhead

This is the house where I designed and helped build a one-pipe steam system some ten years ago, which was featured in Plumbing & Mechanical magazine and is referenced in Dan's "Throw-Backs" article. It's owned by the daughter and son-in-law of my old boss. The well water apparently has a chloride problem, which killed the Columbia CSFH-3 boiler. The house sits down the hill from a main highway that gets a lot of salt in the winter.



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Steamhead

The new MegaSteam

We converted the original 2-1/2" offset header to a drop header, but the rest of the piping was fine. We also re-used the Vaporstat and low-pressure gauge that we had added a couple years ago. The owner built a platform for the new unit so we didn't have to set it up on blocks. And it's quieter, too!



Not sure what happened to that one pic.....

gerry gill

nice looking install.

strange looking basement walls..is that common over there?

Steamhead

The house

is something like 150 years old. There is only a small partial basement with some classic stonework and not much headroom. But plenty of room for a boiler!