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Reducing on the horizontal!

Danny Scully
Danny Scully Member Posts: 1,437
in Strictly Steam
I've said it before, and I'll say it again. You can't reduce on the horizontal! Even the dead men get it wrong sometimes, as this was original. 1st picture shows steam main reduced from 2" to 1". Next pictures are of the repipe. Not a bad Monday morning job.
IronmanNew England SteamWorksLionA29

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  • Abracadabra
    Abracadabra Member Posts: 1,948
    With an eccentric reducing coupling you can ;)
  • Danny Scully
    Danny Scully Member Posts: 1,437
    edited January 2017
    Fair enough @Abracadabra! This, however, was sadly not the case.
  • Ironman
    Ironman Member Posts: 7,511
    Got one right now that was done with a concentric 4x3 over 100 years ago. I'm having a hard time getting them to understand why it needs to be fixed.

    The reducing coupling is behind the column in the pic:
    Bob Boan
    You can choose to do what you want, but you cannot choose the consequences.
  • Danny Scully
    Danny Scully Member Posts: 1,437
    I'm having trouble uploading the video of me draining this pipe, but when I do, you can show them it @Ironman. They will quickly understand :lol:
  • Ironman
    Ironman Member Posts: 7,511
    If you'll look closely at mine, you'll also see that there's a sag in the 4" part before the coupling, to the right. The floor joists above have settled. I can only guess how much condensate is there that has to boiled off before steam can pass. And they complain about response time. Not to mention the 180' of uninsulated mains.
    Bob Boan
    You can choose to do what you want, but you cannot choose the consequences.
  • Danny Scully
    Danny Scully Member Posts: 1,437
    edited January 2017
    Get them "We've Got Steam Heat", or is there no convincing them @Ironman?
  • Ironman
    Ironman Member Posts: 7,511
    I did. Their excuse is they can't afford it. I told them that they can't afford the fuel they're wasting.
    Bob Boan
    You can choose to do what you want, but you cannot choose the consequences.
  • Danny Scully
    Danny Scully Member Posts: 1,437
    And finally, the video:
    https://youtu.be/L5aRKaB-OOE
  • Steamhead
    Steamhead Member Posts: 17,314
    Yup, once in a while you run into these. We just fixed one the other day.

    Here's one we encountered a few years ago:

    http://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/151036/lovely-lane-methodist-church-a-steam-heating-museum
    All Steamed Up, Inc.
    Towson, MD, USA
    Steam, Vapor & Hot-Water Heating Specialists
    Oil & Gas Burner Service
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