Steam replacement getting started

Dave0176

Got a call from a HeatingHelp Wally in Sunset Park Brooklyn NY. Four family apartment tenement with two 2-1/2” mains. We’re going in with a Weil-McLain EG-75 and 4” header.

newagedawn

smart choice on the header, post some completed pics

nicholas bonham-carter

How correctly was the old one sized?—NBC

Dave0176

Header under construction. Doing some homework.

info43

Here is what the old one looked like

The EDR came in at 698

SuperJ

HOLY FITTINGS BATMAN!!!

Not much pipe in the header just a lot of close coupled fittings.

JohnNY

Great work, as always, but you should probably take the address off this post. NYC inspectors are no longer playing around with gas installations.

Snowmelt

Dave, I have a question on the equalizer after the drop and before the two take off, what is the length pipe you used and is there always a minimum length?

Dave0176

Piped in...........

EzzyT

A beautiful install as always Dave

AMservices

Nice work!
Can't wait for another steam job to come my way.
It tough getting them when I'm biding against plumbers that are pricing a hack job.

info43

@Dave0176 did a great job at a great price. Thank you Dave and Jim.

Mike_Sheppard

I’ve worked in DC on steam boilers for almost 12 years now and I’ve never seen a single install that pretty.

In this area it’d probably have on riser, no header or an incorrectly piped header, and pressure set to 10psi. Inevitably I deal with this every winter here...

Great lookikg work! Love it

@AMservices I can sympathize. I’m not in charge of quoting jobs but I get to deal with hack installs all winter every year.

New England SteamWorks

Beautiful as always @Dave0176. And good for you to rip that entire old header out and start new.

The results speak for themselves.

nicholas bonham-carter

Does anyone ever save the old fittings now?—NBC

Dave0176

nicholas bonham-carter said:

Does anyone ever save the old fittings now?—NBC

Not really, unless it’s in great shape and a rare fitting, for instance one job last year I saved a 2X2X3” cast iron bullhead tee. Took it home bead blasted it and ran my taps in to clean the threads.