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Crazy Mistakes That Create Water Hammer in Steam Heating Systems

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Crazy Mistakes That Create Water Hammer in Steam Heating Systems
In this excerpt from his Dead Men’s Steam School seminar, Dan Holohan tells you about mistakes that create water hammer in your heating systems (and how to avoid them).
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Thanks for the laugh. When you said, "I hope you are laughing," I was. I had a kitchen remodel and radiators got moved around and added. This was completed in June (in Maine). When the heat came on in October, it sounded like someone was in the basement swinging a 50 pound pipe wrench at all the pipes. Things got re-routed, and the water hammer stopped, but I have my doubts that the contractor understood steam heat.2
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Oh my God! I LOVE 💘 the creativity and the Mac Gyveresque attempts. This made my day. Thank you...keep em comin'. Mad 🐕 Dog0
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quite a nice touch with the garden hose!
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Long island says pop?
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"Oh yeah, it does that all the time!"
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I'm not a heating professional, but the owner of an 1858 Maine home with steam heat. I came upon Dan's site years ago and bought one of his books after realizing that many plumbers coming to service my steam heat system were clueless. Thanks for the chuckles. Just simply from an aesthetic point of view, these "solutions" are a big fail.
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