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4" Drop Headers make us giggle

JStar
JStar Member Posts: 2,752
in Strictly Steam
Finished this job today. More photos here...

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  • SWEI
    SWEI Member Posts: 7,356
    giggles

    Is that a 4 x 1-1/2"at the end of the header?  Wow -- you could serve peanuts in that thing.



    Nice work.
  • Dave in QCA
    Dave in QCA Member Posts: 1,788
    Very Nice

    Very nice!  What an improvement over that copper sweat mess.  I bet it banged a lot!
    Dave in Quad Cities, America
    Weil-McLain 680 with Riello 2-stage burner, December 2012. Firing rate=375MBH Low, 690MBH Hi.
    System = Early Dunham 2-pipe Vacuo-Vapor (inlet and outlet both at bottom of radiators) Traps are Dunham #2 rebuilt w. Barnes-Jones Cage Units, Dunham-Bush 1E, Mepco 1E, and Armstrong TS-2. All valves haveTunstall orifices sized at 8 oz.
    Current connected load EDR= 1,259 sq ft, Original system EDR = 2,100 sq ft Vaporstat, 13 oz cutout, 4 oz cutin - Temp. control Tekmar 279.
    http://grandviewdavenport.com
  • Jamie Hall
    Jamie Hall Member Posts: 24,525
    Looks sort of like

    the one Charles Garrity put together for me, only his was welded (only one riser).  It's all wrapped up in insulation now, or I'd post a picture.



    They sure are nice to have -- and work very well indeed!
    Br. Jamie, osb
    Building superintendent/caretaker, 7200 sq. ft. historic house museum with dependencies in New England
  • Dave in QCA
    Dave in QCA Member Posts: 1,788
    Or....

    You could post a picture even though it is covered by insulation. It would be great to see it.
    Dave in Quad Cities, America
    Weil-McLain 680 with Riello 2-stage burner, December 2012. Firing rate=375MBH Low, 690MBH Hi.
    System = Early Dunham 2-pipe Vacuo-Vapor (inlet and outlet both at bottom of radiators) Traps are Dunham #2 rebuilt w. Barnes-Jones Cage Units, Dunham-Bush 1E, Mepco 1E, and Armstrong TS-2. All valves haveTunstall orifices sized at 8 oz.
    Current connected load EDR= 1,259 sq ft, Original system EDR = 2,100 sq ft Vaporstat, 13 oz cutout, 4 oz cutin - Temp. control Tekmar 279.
    http://grandviewdavenport.com
  • Hap_Hazzard
    Hap_Hazzard Member Posts: 2,846
    Now THAT's

    a HEADER!



    You do nice work, Joe.
    Just another DIYer | King of Prussia, PA
    1983(?) Peerless G-561-W-S | 3" drop header, CG400-1090, VXT-24
  • Hap_Hazzard
    Hap_Hazzard Member Posts: 2,846
    Oh, just be happy

    with your Midco radial modulating burner. :-P



    I'm looking forward to seeing some pictures of that bad boy--maybe a video too?
    Just another DIYer | King of Prussia, PA
    1983(?) Peerless G-561-W-S | 3" drop header, CG400-1090, VXT-24
  • JStar
    JStar Member Posts: 2,752
    Steam

    Actually...he's getting both. Video is a good idea.
  • Hap_Hazzard
    Hap_Hazzard Member Posts: 2,846
    Are you a co-conspirator on this?

    What boiler is it going into?
    Just another DIYer | King of Prussia, PA
    1983(?) Peerless G-561-W-S | 3" drop header, CG400-1090, VXT-24
  • JStar
    JStar Member Posts: 2,752
    Midco

    Yes, I am!



    It's going into a Utica SFH. I'll allow Mark to make a new thread about it.
  • Hap_Hazzard
    Hap_Hazzard Member Posts: 2,846
    I'm looking forward to it.

    Me and the rest of the gang here.
    Just another DIYer | King of Prussia, PA
    1983(?) Peerless G-561-W-S | 3" drop header, CG400-1090, VXT-24
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