NooB question, should main slant away, or towards boiler?

adamfre

Hi gang!
Been a while since I've posted, still trudging along with my steam heat, just takes a while when you only have a few hundred to throw at it each month
My situation is; coming out of the top of my drop header is a 2.5" pipe to supply the house. It goes up about a foot, elbows and shoots 7' foot across my basement. About in the middle of this run a T will have to be placed to accommodate a 2" main which feeds the east side of the house. At the end of the 7' run a reducing elbow will be placed to accommodate the 2" main which feeds the west side of the house. Everything currently slants AWAY from the boiler, but I'm afraid the two reducers in the 2.5" pipe is going to cause condensate to accumulate within the pipe. Should I.....

a) Instead of the reducing elbow at the end of the 2.5" run, use a reducing T for the 2" main, then a bit further down use an elbow to plumb the 2.5" pipe into the wet return.

b) Slant the 2.5" main back towards the boiler, allowing it to drain back into the header.

c) Not worry about it at all?

My system is an old 2 pipe air vent system. I am in the process of replacing the boiler due to age (using a Peerless 63-05) and correcting a few generations of add-ons

Thanks for any advice in advance!
Adam

KC_Jones

For reducing on the main you really need to use something like this.
https://www.zoro.com/anvil-eccentric-reducer-coupling-2-12x2-in-0300155405/i/G0929345/?gclid=Cj0KEQjwx96-BRDyzY3GqcqZgcgBEiQANHd-nmtfg7_C-2b-Ds6Hr7HSeUuno_-LeccVrctemy9tuc0aAl_T8P8HAQ&gclsrc=aw.ds

Steamhead

Right. Use a tee with a 2-1/2" run and a 2" bull (branch). Then put a short nipple in the other end of the run, screw the eccentric reducer onto that, and continue in 2".

adamfre

Got it! Thanks guys.

adamfre

THERE WAS A TIME where if you would of told me I was going to spend more than a few dollars for a pipe fitting I would of told you 'That's crazy'......

$45.00, and that was a heckofa deal!