Oil to gas steam replacement

Dave0176

1980 circa Weil-McLain 566 started leaking. Must be a late 66 model as this boiler was gasketed. Anyway out it came, counterflow steam main. Day one down. Header installed.

Dave0176

Btw the 66, and 68 Series boilers have to be the worst boilers to clean, it’s all but impossible to get to certain areas and they give you little port holes to clean through, all these boilers I’ve tested have high CO.

New England SteamWorks

Very nice! Bet the ladder work was fun... Nice to have all that height for a change though, and you took good advantage.

Dave0176

Got a bit further, unfortunately it’s no rush as there is no gas in the house and we're waiting for the utility to bring it in. Had to run the condensate return this way because that point is the lowest in the main.

Fred

Beautiful Work!

AMservices

A double dropped header. Looks great!

EzzyT

Beautiful install as always @Dave0176 and taking the water seal to another level

Dave0176

Boiler install complete. Heats quietly evenly, and I love seeing the oz gauge dip into a vacuum when the burner turns off for about 5 mins. Next week we’ll install a radiator in the kitchen and reconnect a loooong disconnected 2nd fl radiator, someone cut the runout pipe and put a rubber expansion plug in the pipe because of pipe corrosion.

info43

This site is amazing, I am learning so much about my own steam boiler here.

What is the vertical pipe, coming off the mains, on the right side of the boiler? What does it do?

My WM doesn't have that and I don’t remember seeing in other pictures.

Thank you

Leon82

> @info43 said:
> This site is amazing, I am learning so much about my own steam boiler here.
>
> What is the vertical pipe, coming off the mains, on the right side of the boiler? What does it do?
>
> My WM doesn't have that and I don’t remember seeing in other pictures.
>
> Thank you

I would guess for condesent, as it would not make it over the second drop header

Dave0176

info43 said:

This site is amazing, I am learning so much about my own steam boiler here.

What is the vertical pipe, coming off the mains, on the right side of the boiler? What does it do?

My WM doesn't have that and I don’t remember seeing in other pictures.

Thank you

That pipe is the actual return as this system is a counterflow steam main. The main also returns the condensate.

info43

@Dave0176 , thanks for explanation.

Fred

Beautiful!

Dave0176

A continuation of the same job with more work. First up is reconnect a looong, probably 30 years disconnected radiator. Original home owner apparently had a leak on a 2nf floor radiator runout. I guess the obvious solution was to cut the pipe in half and stick a rubber expansion plug in it. Once I removed the plug I could see the bad condition the pipe was in and realized it would have to be removed back to the up feed tee and repiped. Was a success and the radiator heated for the first time in a loong time.

Next up, install a new radiator in the kitchen. The old radiator was removed a loooong time ago, probably in the 70s, problem was new cabinets and a sink occupied the original location, so a new location had to determined, once figured we had to cut the main and repipe accordingly, all went well and the kitchen has heat for the the first time in a looong time.

Paul S_3

beautiful @Dave0176 ..... you are one of the best in the business.

homeownerPW

Thank you for the pics and discussion....I see that there are two contributors ...one from Staten Island and one from NJ....is there someone who has this expertise who will come to western Nassau LI?

Dave0176

homeownerPW said:

Thank you for the pics and discussion....I see that there are two contributors ...one from Staten Island and one from NJ....is there someone who has this expertise who will come to western Nassau LI?

I’m sure @Paul S will go there or @Danny Scully or @EzzyT can’t go wrong with any of these guys.

Danny Scully

Good afternoon @homeownerPW. My name is Danny Scully and I operate Scully’s Plumbing with my brother and father in the Nassau County area of Long Island. Give the office a call at 516-887-1122. We would be glad to help with any/all of your plumbing and/or hydronic heating needs.