This week's steamer

Steamhead

I thought I had "before" pics of this one but can't find them now. This is a 3-story house in Baltimore that is split into three apartments. The old boiler was a Dunkirk that had dry-fired- a victim of a plugged McDonnell & Miller #67. It was installed with all the usual errors- undersized copper steam pipe, no header etc. And, when counting the radiation we found it was too small! No wonder the house never heated up all the way, even in the dead of winter.

So we installed this Force 6 steamer. Getting it down the stairs was a tight fit, but the Ferguson delivery crew did their usual excellent job. A drop header, two Gorton #2 main vents, some Vent-Rite #1 adjustable radiator vents, and we turned the house into a sauna on a beautiful fall day.




Not sure why the pics insist on displaying on their side...............

DanHolohan

Anyway you look at it, it's gorgeous. Thanks.

EzzyT

Beautiful job as always Frank and Gordo.
How are you liking those force boilers?

Gordo

Here is a video of the new sightglass blowdown valve being tested on the new boiler.

One nice thing about this boiler is the manufacturer specs brass sightglass protection rods instead of the usual steel.

We also remounted the gas valve sideways so it wouldn't stick out so far.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWaHRD-6bmQ

ChrisJ

I had knock you down from an Awesome to a Like due to lack of Gordo posing with wrench.....

Gordo

@ChrisJ : I think you should capitalize the word "Wrench" and add a "The" in front of it. That Wrench even has its own name!
But seriously, thank you, sir.

Danny Scully

Where did you come to find the force @steamhead and @Gordo?

Gordo

The Force found us!

Steamhead

Danny Scully said:

Where did you come to find the force @steamhead and @Gordo?

I was talking to the hydronics guy at our local Ferguson about what boiler brands he could get, and he mentioned it. It is the same as a Crown Bermuda but with a different name. At the time, I was looking for a boiler that had the controls on the right side rather than the left, to comfortably fit in a tight boiler room. Here's the link to that job:

http://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/158232/the-force-is-with-us-and-we-hope-ron-jr-would-approve

We still prefer power-burner boilers to atmospherics, but can't always go that way.

Danny Scully

I only ask because I installed a forced hot water force a few months ago, and that was because the customer had a connection with Ferguson. Decent boiler for sure. Liked the hydrostat on the forced hot water boiler.

hvacfreak2

Awesome job !!!

gerry gill

Nice job as always guys.

lchmb

lchmb

my neck hurt trying to look at them...nice job per the norm...

BobC

In one of the pics I noticed clothespins on a clothes line strung up in the basement. That tells me these folks have not lived with a silver spoon in their mouths. I'm glad they realized while your installation might cost a little more than some it would pay them back with dividends over the years

Well done!

Bob

JohnNY

What great work. Love pics like this.

Steamhead

Thanks, all. Fortunately, there are plenty of people posting this kind of work on here. Keep 'em coming!

JUGHNE

Good looking job as always.
In some previous posts there was discussion of an atmospheric burner elevated on blocks, that the burners were designed to have a solid surface below them for correct combustion air.

Do you believe that a valid point? Perhaps the Force has a solid pan under the burners?

Steamhead

JUGHNE said:

Perhaps the Force has a solid pan under the burners?

It does, so we don't need as many blocks.