Small steam replacement

Dave0176

Elmwood Park NJ owner said the boiler wouldn’t hold water and the floor around the boiler was always wet, I indeed found the boiler leaking due to rot around the return. The old boiler a Crown rebadged Dunkirk had no header and was oversized. So in went a Union Steam GSA-75000.

EzzyT

Beautiful install as always @Dave0176

New England SteamWorks

Nice one @Dave0176!

EBEBRATT-Ed

Nice job.
Am I nuts or was that old draft hood on the old boiler mounted way too high??

Steamhead

And of course, the Dunkirk had a 2-1/2x2 bushing in the steam outlet. So much for reading instructions.

Nice job, and I'll bet the system runs much better now. Is that boiler a re-badged Weil-McLain?

Dave0176

Steamhead said:

And of course, the Dunkirk had a 2-1/2x2 bushing in the steam outlet. So much for reading instructions.

Nice job, and I'll bet the system runs much better now. Is that boiler a re-badged Weil-McLain?

@Steamhead yes It is. And yes it’s pretty common around here to find all the Dunkirks piped this way, hahaha, actually most use 2” copper.

lchmb

nice!!

SeanBeans

is it not uncommon to do a manual fill valve on a new install? if the customer has been use to filling it himself and wants to save some dollars it's not crazy to keep the same fill valve set up? @Dave0176

Dave0176

@SeanBeans yes I asked the customer if she wanted an automatic water feed, but she said no, she checks on the boiler often. That’s is a new ball valve on the feed I used a compression fitting valve as it wouldn’t stop leaking.

SeanBeans

cool, thanks.

BobC

In 70 years I've never liven in a house with an auto fill, checking the boiler a few times a week is not a hardship. Ignoring a boiler is easy, paying to replace a neglected one is not easy.

Bob