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Old Gravity

Danny Scully
Danny Scully Member Posts: 1,440
edited August 2016 in THE MAIN WALL
Check this out, old gravity expansion tank overflow piped right into the bathrooms vent stack...clearly I got there after they removed the expansion tank :( even more sad that I asked the demo team to save it for me...they did not.
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  • Paul48
    Paul48 Member Posts: 4,469
    The piping from mine is still in the attic, and goes into the stack.
  • Danny Scully
    Danny Scully Member Posts: 1,440
    It's all very cool, it's the original (snowman) boiler too, but forced circulation now. We'll see if we can replace that next ;)
  • Paul48
    Paul48 Member Posts: 4,469
    Thankfully...I didn't have to deal with the snowman, and pay to have asbestos removed.
  • New England SteamWorks
    New England SteamWorks Member Posts: 1,526
    Snowman pictures please!
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  • FranklinD
    FranklinD Member Posts: 399
    That's how it's set up at my folks house too, except that there's also a tee at the highest point that goes through the roof...I imagine to serve as a vent or a way to break the vacuum in the pipe between the tank and the stack.

    She still has her original square riveted tank too, complete with sight glass and brass valves. No longer connected to the system, of course.
    Ford Master Technician, "Tinkerer of Terror"
    Police & Fire Equipment Lead Mechanic, NW WI
    Lover of Old Homes & Gravity Hot Water Systems
  • Danny Scully
    Danny Scully Member Posts: 1,440
    As per your request @RI_SteamWorks
    TinmanNew England SteamWorksPaul S_3
  • New England SteamWorks
    New England SteamWorks Member Posts: 1,526
    Thank you again Dan!
    New England SteamWorks
    Service, Installation, & Restoration of Steam Heating Systems
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  • Steamhead
    Steamhead Member Posts: 17,387
    According to one of my Dead Men's Books, that snowman is probably 40% efficient or so on oil, and probably the same on gas.
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    Danny Scully
  • Danny Scully
    Danny Scully Member Posts: 1,440
    Precisely why I proposed its replacement @Steamhead :wink:

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