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2 Year old Burnham Steam Boiler Install

Mike2242
Mike2242 Member Posts: 4
in Strictly Steam
Customer says it doesn't run well and makes a lot of noise.

They can't get the original installer to come back.

What do you think about it?





Comments

  • Fred
    Fred Member Posts: 8,542
    Oh my Lord. Where to begin?
  • Mike2242
    Mike2242 Member Posts: 4
    I wanted to post more of the piping but the pictures are too blurry to see anything.
  • j a_2
    j a_2 Member Posts: 1,801
    Come on this is a joke....Correct
  • Grallert
    Grallert Member Posts: 743
    Someone got in over their head. Too bad I can't make heads or tails of the piping.
    Miss Hall's School service mechanic, greenhouse manager,teacher and dog walker
  • Mike2242
    Mike2242 Member Posts: 4
    edited December 2016
    They used one supply on boiler, plugged the other. one 4" line is connected directly to old pipe. You can almost make it out in first picture where they added a flange and two elbows to connect it.

    Return is what you can see on the pic with the water feeder, other side of boiler plugged.

    The wiring is as it was since the install two years ago. Scary thing is, they were running it until this season.
  • KC_Jones
    KC_Jones Member Posts: 5,796
    That looks like a do over to me. I can clearly see why the installer won't come back:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7KjQrUVJ10
    2014 Weil Mclain EG-40
    EcoSteam ES-20 Advanced Boiler Control
    Boiler pictures updated 2/21/15
  • Mike2242
    Mike2242 Member Posts: 4
    We told the customer the near boiler piping needs to be redone, rewire everything and get it right.

    First we have to go back and take a walk thorough inside to make sure its sized properly to begin with, also verify if its a one pipe or two pipe system and all that madness.

    Originally thought it may have needed skimming or had a slow return since it was working for two years, but once we saw the boiler room we told them we need to come back and spend some time on it.

  • EBEBRATT-Ed
    EBEBRATT-Ed Member Posts: 16,257
    Knuckleheads provide the rest of us with work!! Slob!!! Hope they don't have a license and get caught!!
  • rickh
    rickh Member Posts: 22
    low bidder wins again
  • Abracadabra
    Abracadabra Member Posts: 1,948
    Love the LWCO's randomly left wherever I guess they felt the pipe had tightened up.

    Also the greenfield with no anti-short bushings or connectors.. left flying in the air
    MilanD
  • kcopp
    kcopp Member Posts: 4,462
    Getting so tired of seeing this stuff here and in the field....
  • SWEI
    SWEI Member Posts: 7,356
    Heating Hell candidate? Erin can move things...
  • Paul S_3
    Paul S_3 Member Posts: 1,274
    Typical NYC installation....i see this everyday and most people think its fine
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  • Mike_at_USB
    Mike_at_USB Member Posts: 9
    That's a V-9 from Burnham Commercial. Is this multi-family?

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