Header Confusion

New England SteamWorks

Ran into this boiler that wasn't functioning very well. The two supply mains are each 2-1/2". At least the header piping shows a certain amount of creativity?

New England SteamWorks

This one wasn't going to be easy. To begin with, they put the boiler in the wrong spot. If a decent header was ever going to be built and connected properly to the mains, the boiler was going to have to move. Ugh.




Now what?

Paul48

Drink a case of beer, like the last guy. It'll all become clearer!

Leon82

Construct the proper header?

EBEBRATT-Ed

As usual they won't do anything larger than 2" (unless they use copper, LOL)

Other than being undersized he made some effort to do it right. Could have brought the two supplies into the header seperatley which would have helped

New England SteamWorks

Leon82 said:

Construct the proper header?

I think @Leon82 has it correct.

But, I'm not doing anything until @Fred weighs in....

Paul48

I don't know..........I kinda liked the orgasmatron

Fred

Paul48 said:

I don't know..........I kinda liked the orgasmatron

I say see if you can raise those risers up so you can put a nice drop header in. I wouldn't mind seeing that Hartford loop raised just a bit also. The bottom of it looks like it's pretty close to the bottom of the boiler. Nothing like a little bit more water in the boiler if there were a leak in the wet return and the LWCO were to fail, but that's just me anticipating a "worse case" scenario. Is there a skim port anywhere on there? On the back side maybe?

New England SteamWorks

Fred said:

I say see if you can raise those risers up so you can put a nice drop header in. I wouldn't mind seeing that Hartford loop raised just a bit also

Thank you Fred. How about something like this?

Paul S_3

Nice job!! @RI_SteamWorks ...... 4 inch header??

Fred

That is Fantastic! And the Wye on the Hartford loop looks amazing Too!

New England SteamWorks

Maybe some Big Mouths would be a nice addition?

Fred

Most definitely, and with a strainer on it, no less!

Paul48

Talk about making a silk purse out of a sows ear...nice job. I like the remnants of the old coal bin next to it. It's like a bridge across time.

EzzyT

Beautiful job as always @RI_SteamWorks

Ironman

Awesome job @RI_SteamWorks.

New England SteamWorks

And how about a vaporstat and low pressure gauge?

New England SteamWorks

Snug as a bug in a rug...

Fred

Wow, talk about a job done well! It looks beautiful @RI_SteamWorks

hboogz

Looks great! I'm not a pro but have a question on the vapor stat and gauge setup: i don't see a pigtail but see a modified loop with black pipe. This setup removes the need of a pigtail obviously?

New England SteamWorks

hboogz said:

Looks great! I'm not a pro but have a question on the vapor stat and gauge setup: i don't see a pigtail but see a modified loop with black pipe. This setup removes the need of a pigtail obviously?

Thank you. And yes, with the added benefit of a larger pipe diameter making a clog less likely.

hboogz

Awesome. Any special requirements you implement? Close nipples to form the loop? First time I'm seeing that setup, looks great.

gerry gill

Dang! now thats one sweet looking header replacement. You do some of the nicest pipe work i've seen. Well done!

Koan

great work! can someone share a source for the fiberglass insulation and the plastic wrap that goes around it please? I have a small amount of patchwork to do - thanks

Sailah

Man I need to come work with you one of these days, tell me when.

GregWeiss

@Koan http://www.buyinsulationproductstore.com/

Koan

@GregWeiss

Thank you!!!