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So, we just De-Knuckleheaded nickdu's steam boiler.

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JStar
JStar Member Posts: 2,752
in Strictly Steam
PART ONE



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Check this link if the pictures don't work. I'll fix them when I get on my real computer.



Nickdu had a thread here a few weeks back. Noise, and performance issues with the steam boiler. Well...the pictures tell the story.



When we left, the system was whispering along. The exit velocity went from 45 feet per second, with the old piping, to 10 fps with the new setup.

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  • JStar
    JStar Member Posts: 2,752
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    PART TWO

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  • SWEI
    SWEI Member Posts: 7,356
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    That is a beautiful sight

    and the steam should be happy at last!
  • Steamhead
    Steamhead Member Posts: 16,881
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    Agreed

    this job belongs on the Drop Header Pics page in the Library. Sweeeeeet!
    All Steamed Up, Inc.
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  • ChrisJ
    ChrisJ Member Posts: 15,754
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    pictures

    Am I the only one that gets the same picture enlarged for every picture I click on? 
    Single pipe quasi-vapor system. Typical operating pressure 0.14 - 0.43 oz. EcoSteam ES-20 Advanced Control for Residential Steam boilers. Rectorseal Steamaster water treatment
  • crash2009
    crash2009 Member Posts: 1,484
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    Somebody

     came up with a workaround last week.  If you right click the pic and open in a new window, the pics are OK.



    Lookin good JStar!  What do you call this "special elbow" that you used?  Can an elbow like this be used for a drip?  http://www.heatinghelp.com/forum-thread/143174/Can-there-ever-be-too-much-Main-Venting#p1278332
  • Rod
    Rod Posts: 2,067
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    Great Dropheader!

    Very nice work!

    - Rod
  • paul_79
    paul_79 Member Posts: 91
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    pictures

    i also get the same pictures on each page
  • JStar
    JStar Member Posts: 2,752
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    Fitting

    They are Tees. One is a 2 x 3/4 x 2 tee. You phrase it Run x Run x Bull.
  • Bio
    Bio Member Posts: 278
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    Drop header

    Killer Drop header Joe, I second Steamhead, it belongs in the Library, you got my vote!
  • JStar
    JStar Member Posts: 2,752
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    Thanks

    Felt real good to stand back and look at this one when it was all done. Three inch cast iron brings a real presence to the room.



    The only pipe we threaded was the returns. Everything else was nipples. We bring about 4 sets of pipe, and wind up using 20 short nipples.



    We're going back to install a Vaporstat and to upgrade the existing main vents.
  • Steve Nichols
    Steve Nichols Member Posts: 124
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    Sweet piping

    JStar, this thing looks great.

    I have been drooling over the pictures you put up on facebook.  I'm still scratching my head on how you connected the drop header from RS elbow to the LS tee.  If you build it up from the supply pipes out of the boiler then continue to build "over and down", are you using a close nipple with opposite threads?? 

    I'm sitting here trying to work this stuff out in my mind, but maybe I've missed something really obvious!

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  • JStar
    JStar Member Posts: 2,752
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    Piping

    We started at the RS opening, elbowed over and down. Spun the first tee in place. Then came up and connected the LS opening. The RS union is just for service and symmetry.
  • Paul48
    Paul48 Member Posts: 4,469
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    Beautiful Work!

    The best part about doing work like that, is, the customer sleeps good at night, and so do you.
  • Steve Nichols
    Steve Nichols Member Posts: 124
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    Ah yes,

    now I get it. I was working in the wrong direction when I was thinking about it.  Thanks for setting that straight.  I'm trying to get ideas so during next summer I can redo some of the piping my contractor did.  The first thing I want to do is use both supplies from the boiler to knock down the exit velocity.  I was wondering about how to join all the bits 'n pieces together, and it looks like unions are the way to go to keep things clean and simple.

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