Piping okay?

Cuban826

Hi everyone, hope all is well. Newbie here, just got a burnham installed at my home and wanted to get the experts opinions on the piping. Please let me know what you think. Thanks in advance!

Steamhead

Looks good, similar to the way many of us would do it. But which model Burnham is it?

Cuban826

Great, I was afraid it wasn't piped correctly. The installer didn't want to do the drop header? It's a IN5 140k BTU. They haven't fired her up yet, there was an issue with the low water cut off? It was showing low water but the sight glass was showing the right level.

JStar

I don't like that 3" bullheaded tee or the dry returns attached up high above the water line.

jonny88

Steamhead got me on a problem the exact same as what JStar said in regards to bullheading the tee.I had a lot of asbestos to contend with and an infant in the house.They had to leave and problem got corrected.You put that much effort in go the extra mile.

MarkS

Is the horizontal portion of the takeoff to the main sloped back towards the 90 that comes off the header? It's hard to tell from the photos. If it's sloped the other way condensate could pool at the 45.

Steamhead

Can we get close-ups of the return piping (above the Hartford Loop connection in the third photo) and how the steam takeoff connects to the system piping?

Cuban826

Thanks everyone for your comments. Yes I will take some more pictures. Yes I have a bull head tee and I told the installer that it should be removed. He stated that it's been there for over 100 years and it's worked so far, that's it not necessary to break it?

KC_Jones

Cuban826 said:

Thanks everyone for your comments. Yes I will take some more pictures. Yes I have a bull head tee and I told the installer that it should be removed. He stated that it's been there for over 100 years and it's worked so far, that's it not necessary to break it?

The problem is it doesn't have that 100 year old boiler anymore and those old boilers functioned ALOT differently than the new ones do. Once the boiler is changed the whole system has to be looked at.

ChrisJ

Cuban826 said:

Thanks everyone for your comments. Yes I will take some more pictures. Yes I have a bull head tee and I told the installer that it should be removed. He stated that it's been there for over 100 years and it's worked so far, that's it not necessary to break it?

I'm willing to bet it's worked poorly for 100 years, or at least since the system was converted from coal.

I'm a homeowner and I could have that tee out of there in no more than 15 minutes.

Cuban826

Thanks, I'll talk to the installer about these issues.
1. Remove bull head
2. Drop dry return to below water line
3. Pitch steam take off
Please let me know of any other issues. Thanks again to everyone...this website is great. Here's some more pictures.

Cuban826

More pics hope this shows what you need to see?