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icesailor

Nice Job:

You really know how to thread and screw pipe.

Really nice job.

j a_2

condensate loop

there are two of them ,used for the wet loop in the basement…the pic of the radiators shows one high,that was a c/i rad. heated off of drip line..the below rads are panel rads attached to the wet loop..we removed the c/i rad…Very common to see in the Boston area….

Snowmelt

Great job

I would like too see the air vents, did you install new, where's the wet return , ( Hartford loop anywhere).?

Just asking because that's where I'm confused ?

SWEI

Curious about the plate radiator

looks like a Myson -- mounted under the other radiator.  Is that fed with steam, or catching condensate on the way down?

j a_2

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we removed the existing c/i rad in the pic.and installed two flat panel rads on a wet loop in basement…off the steam boiler….on there own zone..



Yes of course there is a h/loop, tied in 2 in below the N W L….and yes two main vents were installed 18 in back and 9 in up on the dry returns prior to 90s dropping down



About the 15in question what kind/size boiler is asking for that, or are you working off a suggested kit drawn up by someone….

ChrisJ

15

I'd be willing to bet you can shrink that 15" as you oversize the header.



If they spec that for a 2" header I'm sure it's not near as important with a 3" or 4" header.  Also if they are asking for a single riser out of the boiler, using two would make it less important as well as you will be pulling less water out.  A drop header likely will also make it less important.



Is there a reason you can't shift the boiler over to gain that 15"?



The rules for piping a boiler can be modified.  The basic idea is you want the water to stay in the boiler and any water that does end up in the header shouldn't make its way into the mains.   That 15" is likely to allow water to settle into the bottom of the header before steam gets pulled up into the main(s).  An oversized drop header should have far less problems with this than a standard header.





J.A., beautiful piping!

j a_2

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Give us the model number of the ecr…Maybe we an help….

ChrisJ

Ah

That's exactly what I did with mine.

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