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STEAM DOCTOR
STEAM DOCTOR Member Posts: 2,290
in Strictly Steam
Saw this last week
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  • Steamhead
    Steamhead Member Posts: 17,636
    How badly was it running?
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  • ChrisJ
    ChrisJ Member Posts: 16,490
    "We do it all the time and never get any complaints".

    Meanwhile, customers complain about banging and spitting vents and their response is "that's just how steam is"

    But they never get any complaints!

    /Rant.

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

  • STEAM DOCTOR
    STEAM DOCTOR Member Posts: 2,290
    edited April 2017
    Was there for something else. Didnt have time to bring it up. Have to go back at some point. Will discuss at that point
  • Chris_L
    Chris_L Member Posts: 342
    Except for the angle of the reducing tee, that setup looks a lot what was used on my tenant's boiler when it was installed 30 years ago (before I bought the house.) The system riser leads to the original bullheaded tee serving two mains.

    I've never had any banging or spitting vents. The heat is quiet and even. The water line is steady. It is a relatively small boiler, and the single boiler riser, at least, meets the manufacturer's specs.

    Not by the book, but it seems to work fine. I can't see the need change the piping until the boiler is replaced.
  • ChrisJ
    ChrisJ Member Posts: 16,490
    edited April 2017
    @The Steam Whisperer There's an example for you.
    No header, a single riser and not oversized, and it seems to perform ok.

    Maybe your headerless plans will work.

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

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