New boiler job finish work

JohnnyNeastCT

Looks like another quality job well done

New England SteamWorks

Nice and clean. Looks like it was a steam system once upon a time?

Danny Scully

I'm not spotting the evidence @RI_SteamWorks, what's catching your eye?

New England SteamWorks

These take offs...

Danny Scully

@RI_SteamWorks, the picture looks like 1-1/4" to me, which means it was probably never even gravity but forced hot water. Then again maybe it's 2" and I just can't tell from the picture.

FranklinD

Those take-offs look like the ones in my house. I have an old converted "high temp" gravity system, and several of the run-outs are 1" and 3/4". I was skeptical, but there's not much else it could've been. Three houses on my block have the exact same heating system and layout, same radiators, and so on. All three were built in 1914. Too early for circulators, I think, at least that's what I've been told by some others on this forum.

Sure seems like the pipe sizes are too small for gravity, as my moms house is done in all 1-1/2" and 2" run outs...but hers was built in the 1890's.

Paul48

Hopefully their radiator valves are in good working order. Balancing that will be a nightmare. You have large mains splitting and running in different directions, and you're returning all that to the boiler with 3/4"? copper.