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Wanted to share these pics then I'll elaborate later.

Timco
Timco Member Posts: 3,040
in THE MAIN WALL



Just a guy running some pipes.

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  • JUGHNE
    JUGHNE Member Posts: 11,312
    edited January 2017
    Good thing it was full of water or it would have bobbed up to the surface. :*

    Is this the badly flooding boiler?
    Timco
  • EzzyT
    EzzyT Member Posts: 1,361
    Wow
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  • Danny Scully
    Danny Scully Member Posts: 1,452
    My only hope is that that boiler has been decommissioned.
  • JUGHNE
    JUGHNE Member Posts: 11,312
    I am sure you know it but that boiler was put in that hole for a reason.
    After seeing this though, a feeder pump with a large tank may solve both your problems......also a floor drain or sump pit pump.
  • New England SteamWorks
    New England SteamWorks Member Posts: 1,526
    Think they call that a "tease".

    It worked. Come back soon!
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  • billtwocase
    billtwocase Member Posts: 2,385
    Looks like the flood was a blessing in disguise
  • ChrisJ
    ChrisJ Member Posts: 16,373
    Love the sump pump box in the distance

    Single pipe 392sqft system with an EG-40 rated for 325sqft and it's silent and balanced at all times.

  • Timco
    Timco Member Posts: 3,040
    edited January 2017
    Ok. There's the East Cliff and West Cliff. SLC. WC used to have the boiler for both and a 4" line runs between the buildings. Sometime in the past each building got its own boiler and was sold as a separate property. Last year, WC burns. It's been unoccupied since. As I'm told, there's a huge dispute about who but someone at WC left a sump unplugged and the basement (almost 2000 sq' and 15'+ceilings) filled to the top. These basements are well below the sewer laterals and almost nobody installs a sump. Anyway, when it filled to the ceiling, EC was flooded via the 4" steam main that was never capped or anything. The tiny sump in EC never had a chance.
    Just a guy running some pipes.
  • Timco
    Timco Member Posts: 3,040
    JUGHNE said:

    I am sure you know it but that boiler was put in that hole for a reason.
    After seeing this though, a feeder pump with a large tank may solve both your problems......also a floor drain or sump pit pump.

    I'd like to stay gravity return but a feeder would indeed solve the return volume issue. I'm well aware of the reasons it's in the pit, everyone has asked now if it has to be down there.

    It's at the bottom of awful stairs. It's going to be terrible getting that out and the new in. It's considered a total loss with Smith's opinion. 32 units.
    Just a guy running some pipes.
  • Timco
    Timco Member Posts: 3,040
    JUGHNE said:

    Good thing it was full of water or it would have bobbed up to the surface. :*

    Is this the badly flooding boiler?

    Oh yeah.
    Just a guy running some pipes.
  • Timco
    Timco Member Posts: 3,040
    Danny Scully said:

    My only hope is that that boiler has been decommissioned.

    When I got there they had actually tried a new ignition controller. I was pissed. It's dead, Jim.
    Just a guy running some pipes.

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