New install

Snowmelt

1 picture so far, comments welcomed

HVACNUT

What is that, a teaser? And it's out of focus. Looks good from what little we can see. I'm no steam expert by a long shot, but reading the steam pro's posts, why no drop header?

Snowmelt

I offered a drop header for a little more money, they didn’t go for it, as I found out people like to shop and they only here the amount so I try to give prices based on minimum , better and drop header being the best for dryer steam.

JohnNY

Your header is the same pipe diameter as the 2 risers out of the boiler? Is the kosher on that (Peerless?) boiler?

Snowmelt

Yes it is Johnny that’s actually a renamed Weil McLain, union steam. It’s all three inch, I know most people on here practice upsizing the header. One again a price thing, and the original was bottle necked down to 2 inch with no header on one side of it. I would of liked to do a 4 inch header but couldn’t. I just sent the original boiler

JohnNY

Cool. I don't oversize my headers unless there is some compelling reason to do that. I use the guidelines printed in the manual which should really be enough. Great job you've posted. Nice neat work...thank you for the pics.

Danny Scully

Looks good @Snowmelt, but it sounds like your profit margin is razor thin. You literally needed (2) more elbows and (2) more nipples to make that a drop header. If you can’t swing that, it sounds like the slightest mishap would result in a loss on this job. Give yourself a little breathing room, and keep up the good work!

Tinman

Looks good but all the tools on top of the new boiler jacket is messing with my OCD. 😎

Snowmelt

Here are a few other pics of the job