Re-Piping Needed
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@Charlie from wmass can help you....whats going on with it?ASM Mechanical Company
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Heat out of the radiators when the boiler heats the indirect. Also note the 007 circulator.Cost is what you spend , value is what you get.
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That's a Dunkirk, and as usual some knucklehead reduced the size of the steam outlet. One of these days I'll see one with a full 2-1/2" riser and header, that we didn't repipe, and I won't know how to react......................All Steamed Up, Inc.
Towson, MD, USA
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The op has been dealing with this for years. Several contractors aside from me have looked at this and all say it is piped correctly.Cost is what you spend , value is what you get.
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Nice near-boiler venting job there.0
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If Charlie has already looked at it you already have your guru. Just cut him loose on it.1
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It is not as simple as that. But progress is coming.Cost is what you spend , value is what you get.
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It's amazing how many contractors are not capable of reading and following a piping diagram. You can't fix stupid.Charlie from wmass said:The op has been dealing with this for years. Several contractors aside from me have looked at this and all say it is piped correctly.
Here is the manual, containing the piping diagram:
http://www.dunkirk.com/sites/default/files/3870.pdf
Note that it says "Pipe Full Size Same As Boiler Tapping (2-1/2")". It's right there in black and white. What part of that don't they understand?All Steamed Up, Inc.
Towson, MD, USA
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Oil & Gas Burner Service
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Don't you have to open the boiler packet to be able to read that? It's sad..........Intentionally, or unintentionally, it's taking advantage of people. Does every homeowner have to know how their new boiler should be piped? I guess I know the answer to that. I know things, about stuff I never wanted to learn, because every trade has attempted to screw me every time I've tried to pay someone else to do work.1
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How contractor's can get by doing whatever they want and leaving all those problems behind for the customer is something I don't understand and never will.
Every boiler manual I've ever looked at has different specifications on how the manufacturer wants each model piped. Steam piping in these manual usually give a bad, better, best options for the installer to choose, but this just guy just tried his best with his imagination.
How this contractor dreamed up the placement of those main air vents looks like a nightmare to people that understands steam operations.
Steam systems can be the greatest heating system to have when it's done right. Low maintenance costs, extremely dependable, balanced, next to nothing for electricity and when it's taken care of, it can last a 100 years.
If your in side the 495 belt I can help.
Also take a look at what's possible for the lucky home owners with steam.
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But... but.. then you need a 2-1/2" threader..
Home depot doesn't sell those0 -
I have seen dozens of boilers with vents at the headers of boilers. Note they are usually on counter flow systems and in either Worcester County or Hampden County Massachusetts. One side of this house is counterflow the other is parallel flow.Cost is what you spend , value is what you get.
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A bunch off Massachusetts licensed contractors installing boilers wrong eh?Charlie from wmass said:I have seen dozens of boilers with vents at the headers of boilers. Note they are usually on counter flow systems and in either Worcester County or Hampden County Massachusetts. One side of this house is counterflow the other is parallel flow.
It's a shame more of them aren't like you.
Then again, I guess that goes for the whole country.
Curious, can you thread 2 1/2" ? My threader only goes to 2".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 treatment0 -
I am able to thread to 6" with a geared threader and to 4" with my larger power threader.Cost is what you spend , value is what you get.
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There is no license currently to install boilers under 5mbtu in Massachusetts. Just for the water and fuels going into it. So the point is we need a hydronic heating license.Cost is what you spend , value is what you get.
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I guess because Diesel, NG and LPG are dangerous but ripping people off isn't.Charlie from wmass said:There is no license currently to install boilers under 5mbtu in Massachusetts. Just for the water and fuels going into it. So the point is we need a hydronic heating license.
An improperly piped steamer is often a fuel hog though..........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 treatment0 -
The original idea was if you could pass the test to get the plumbing license you could install a boiler according to the installation manual. We do have sheet metal licensing and oil burner technician certification.Cost is what you spend , value is what you get.
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Yeah,Charlie from wmass said:The original idea was if you could pass the test to get the plumbing license you could install a boiler according to the installation manual. We do have sheet metal licensing and oil burner technician certification.
Sheet metal license comes in handy when installing a package boiler. Especially direct vent ones.
These guys take 100% assembled boilers, and can't even install them right. Imagine if they had to actually fabricate something!? Maybe the guy can bend him self up a chair using a brake so he can sit his arse down and read the instruction manual first?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 treatment1 -
Sheet metal license is for warm air furnaces and metal roofing.Cost is what you spend , value is what you get.
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I don't mean to insult anyone but this keeps happening.
It happens on steamers, hot water boilers and even on forced air furnaces and it's all 100% due to laziness.
It's not just the lowest bidder either, alleged high quality contractors do botch jobs constantly and there's no excuse.
Everyone makes mistakes, I make mistakes, I've told you some of them, but these aren't mistakes.
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 treatment1 -
Does that include modern duct work that is more like pressed fiberglass and flex duct?Charlie from wmass said:Sheet metal license is for warm air furnaces and metal roofing.
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I find most of it is the blind leading the blind for generations.Cost is what you spend , value is what you get.
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looked at a boiler that needed replacing and told the engineer at the school that it had to be re piped because the equalizer tee was either too high or too low. He said that another company had not changed any thing on the other boiler that was identical too this one. So we went and looked at that boiler that was replaced 6 years ago. There was a puddle of water under it. The installation manual was right there on top of the boiler still in the unopened plastic bag. There a reason they give specific measurements like 27" off floor and 24" min from top.1
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Metal roofing? My last job, was repairing and adjusting portable machines that formed standing seam roofing , and gutters. I'd love to know how they qualify you for a license to do metal roofing, when the application is specific to the manufacturer.0
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You need to understand how to follow directions.Cost is what you spend , value is what you get.
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So then that sheet metal license means you can literally install anything that comes with directions?Charlie from wmass said:You need to understand how to follow directions.
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 treatment0 -
I was joking.Cost is what you spend , value is what you get.
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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 treatment0
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Thank you everyone, I have a fix lined up.
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