Job Pictures. 1930's TRANE Vapor system.

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PART ONE



We just finished a steam replacement in Pennsylvania for a HeatingHelp customer. The old boiler was an SGO-6. We installed a Smith 8S3. Half the size. We also brought the system into proper order by replacing a series of bad repairs causing a lack of heat, and lots of water hammer.



We replaced 40 feet of 1-1/4" copper at the end of the 2" steam main (concentric reducer). Repitched a few radiator run outs and returns. Replaced some copper run outs. Installed two new radiators. Installed a handful of TRV's. Upgraded all of the venting, favoring the 80 foot steam main. Replaced a couple trap elements (original traps, 80 years old). We spent more than a few hours inside of the pictured crawl space, hugging the steam main to keep warm. And maybe my favorite part, we installed a gauge glass on the Trane Direct Return Trap, giving it a second life with the new system.

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Part Two

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Part Three

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Part Four

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Part Five

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Part Six

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Part Seven

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Hap_Hazzard

Great Job!

It's hard to believe the difference between the before and after. As I'm reading down, everything looks reasonable, step by step, but then I went back up and looked at the "before" pictures again and, holy crap! What a difference!



Just think how many years it took to get all screwed up compared to the time it took you to make it better than new. That's pretty impressive.

Gordo

Nice

Very nice indeed!

vaporvac

road trip?

Are you should you don't do road trips? VV

nicholas bonham-carter

Great job

Now even the mousetrap will work better!--NBC

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Return

In the last picture, you can see a poorly made repair on the dry return. It was trapping water in the return for more than half of the radiators. When we cut that pipe, it drained for about 15 minutes and filled a 5 gallon bucket.

pcloadletter

Nice work!

What's that large pipe stub on the front of the boiler? The skim port?



On a random note, what is the purpose of the small copper rods on either side of a sight glass? I see them all the time and always wondered what their purpose was. Are they there to protect the glass from getting hit with something?

Pumpguy

Yep...

just guard rods to protect the glass... in case a paper airplane happens to fly by.

JStar

Pipe.

Yes,that's the skim port.



The gauge glass rods protect about 2% of the glass, so you know that any time you drop something, it'll land on that other 98.

Hap_Hazzard

Spare the rod and spoil the glass.

You can get them with four guard rods. That's, like, twice as good! :-)

Steamhead

This was a true de-knuckleheading job

well done!