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Richardson Vapor Replacement Delivered In Time For Thanksgiving

New England SteamWorks
New England SteamWorks Member Posts: 1,526
in Strictly Steam
It was close, but she's steaming!

Relatively big project, dismantling the old one and building the new one



I know you are eyeing that hot water tank! It's now in my garage. I am thinking it would make a very nice lamp...

Wet returns: Situation normal.


New England SteamWorks
Service, Installation, & Restoration of Steam Heating Systems
newenglandsteamworks.com

Comments

  • Ironman
    Ironman Member Posts: 7,570
    Pics of new one?
    Bob Boan
    You can choose to do what you want, but you cannot choose the consequences.
  • EBEBRATT-Ed
    EBEBRATT-Ed Member Posts: 16,612
    Old Smith 2000L (L for low set) People used to complain about cracked back sections in those boilers. I put a bunch of them in back in the day...never had a problem.

    Can't wait to see the new one! I bet that 3" copper is in the garage too!
  • New England SteamWorks
    New England SteamWorks Member Posts: 1,526
    With everything finally cleared out of the way, time to get to work!



    Welded take-off on section of main requiring removal makes things interesting



    But, every problem is an opportunity, right? Being as how the take-off is so close to the header, its convector was always too warm, and the valve to throttle it inaccessible. So we piped in a gate valve, as well as the tee for the trap test station.
    New England SteamWorks
    Service, Installation, & Restoration of Steam Heating Systems
    newenglandsteamworks.com
  • Danny Scully
    Danny Scully Member Posts: 1,442
    edited November 2017
    Typical @New England SteamWorks, stingy with the pics :lol:
    New England SteamWorksCanucker
  • New England SteamWorks
    New England SteamWorks Member Posts: 1,526
    And right around Happy Hour last night we began to make steam




    New England SteamWorks
    Service, Installation, & Restoration of Steam Heating Systems
    newenglandsteamworks.com
    IronmanStuckWithSteamPaul S_3
  • New England SteamWorks
    New England SteamWorks Member Posts: 1,526
    Slap on some venting



    And sit back for a good skimming...



    Happy Thanksgiving!



    New England SteamWorks
    Service, Installation, & Restoration of Steam Heating Systems
    newenglandsteamworks.com
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  • New England SteamWorks
    New England SteamWorks Member Posts: 1,526
    What do you think?


    New England SteamWorks
    Service, Installation, & Restoration of Steam Heating Systems
    newenglandsteamworks.com
    IronmanFred
  • Danny Scully
    Danny Scully Member Posts: 1,442
    edited November 2017
    Counter sunk plugs?..show off :wink:
    New England SteamWorksIronman
  • Jamie Hall
    Jamie Hall Member Posts: 25,020
    I like the lamp! A little polishing on there and you'll really have something. Be right at home in my place...
    Br. Jamie, osb
    Building superintendent/caretaker, 7200 sq. ft. historic house museum with dependencies in New England
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  • gerry gill
    gerry gill Member Posts: 3,078
    awesome job :)
    gwgillplumbingandheating.com
    Serving Cleveland's eastern suburbs from Cleveland Heights down to Cuyahoga Falls.

  • hvacfreak2
    hvacfreak2 Member Posts: 500
    Really Nice !!! The skim setup with the inspection tee facing up is cool , the boiler trim in general is exceptional.
    hvacfreak

    Mechanical Enthusiast

    Burnham MST 396 , 60 oz gauge , Tigerloop , Firomatic Check Valve , Mcdonnell Miller 67 lwco , Danfoss RA2k TRV's

    Easyio FG20 Controller

  • Fred
    Fred Member Posts: 8,542
    Wow, @New England SteamWorks ! Amazing installation!
  • STEVEusaPA
    STEVEusaPA Member Posts: 6,505
    Jamie Hall said:

    I like the lamp! A little polishing on there and you'll really have something. Be right at home in my place...

    Come on Jamie, no polishing! It's all about the patina...let it age.

    Awesome job! If I were 30 years younger I'd move up there and beg for an internship, or beg for a internship then move up there!

    There was an error rendering this rich post.

    SeanBeans
  • nicholas bonham-carter
    nicholas bonham-carter Member Posts: 8,577
    Do the homeowners know what a nice job they are getting?
    That surge column with the LWCO would be the ideal oil trap.
    Oily water will splash in there and then could be drained out the bottom with the ball valve.—NBC
  • mikeg2015
    mikeg2015 Member Posts: 1,194
    I really like the little functional features like the LWCO setup and the line to flush the sight glass.

    Maybe I missed it, is there a 2nd LWCO on there?

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