Another oops

Henry

I was called up to a downtown tower to quote a maintenance contract on the boilers. One was a Smith steam unit used for making humidity for the ventilation system. We had assembled the boiler for the contractor that had the contract for the system upgrade. We get refered often by manufacturers to assemble boilers! This instalation was signed off by the consulting engineers. The building was purchased by an insurance company last year and had due diligence done by another firm of engineers.

Of course none of them are experts in steam! This boiler is 4 years old and already showing signs of leakage. The header is pulling the boiler apart. There are no swing joints and the outlet of the headder is horizontal! Does nobody read an I&O manual these days?

Charlie from wmass

Glad they have the arrows on the pipe

That way the steam and condensate know where to go. I hope they do not have the nerve to blame the assemblers or the manufacturer for the leaking now.

Steamhead

Proving once again

that you can't fix stupid!

gerry gill

but,

they did do a nice job of insulating and painting!