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Unique steam heating, bare pipe in an old house

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GW
GW Member Posts: 4,692
in Strictly Steam
This was two rooms, 16’ long room and then 9’ room

What a curious support

It didn’t work well and it’s getting retired. I made a small mess cutting it out, darn thing was holding some water and mud
Gary Wilson
Wilson Services, Inc
Northampton, MA
gary@wilsonph.com
kcopp

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  • GW
    GW Member Posts: 4,692
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    Oh I forgot to point out the big gash in the steel pipe
    Gary Wilson
    Wilson Services, Inc
    Northampton, MA
    gary@wilsonph.com
  • EBEBRATT-Ed
    EBEBRATT-Ed Member Posts: 15,524
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    looks like an old time car jack or something. never saw pipe radiators in a house. are you putting in some new radiation??
    CLamb
  • GW
    GW Member Posts: 4,692
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    This old house has steam. The new house was built against the old house. So now it’s a big house . The new house has hw. We are gonna. In a zone off the hw boiler.
    Gary Wilson
    Wilson Services, Inc
    Northampton, MA
    gary@wilsonph.com
  • JUGHNE
    JUGHNE Member Posts: 11,061
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    How about a corker press tool for wine bottles?
    GW
  • Ironman
    Ironman Member Posts: 7,376
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    I've seen that done before, but it had at least 4 passes. Not gonna get much heat from 2 passes.

    Maybe someone did this to replace a squatty rad that was there?
    Bob Boan
    You can choose to do what you want, but you cannot choose the consequences.
    CanuckerGW
  • unclejohn
    unclejohn Member Posts: 1,833
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    The gash is from freezing.
    IronmanadasilvaGW
  • EBEBRATT-Ed
    EBEBRATT-Ed Member Posts: 15,524
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    @JUGHNE,

    I thought that looked famalier. My grandfather used to make his own beer. I am thinking bottle capper
    JUGHNE
  • Fred
    Fred Member Posts: 8,542
    edited November 2018
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    Is it a bottle capper? I thought it was the tool they used when they loaded powder and buckshot in a shotgun shell but I think the table/platform is missing???
  • ch4man
    ch4man Member Posts: 296
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    yep bottle capper. had one around the house when my older brothers tried making what they called beer ( they failed if taste meant anything)

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