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Steam Boiler Sizing, Small Home

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  • mattmia2
    mattmia2 Member Posts: 10,045
    edited March 2022
    Find out what residential code your city/township/county uses and look in the mechanical section. Look in the general or administration section at the beginning and look go see if there is a boilers section and look in there. You may have to go to a library, some codes are only available if you purchase them.

    Here are some examples from the 2015 michigan residential code:



    BirchLeaf
  • BobC
    BobC Member Posts: 5,485
    The codes pretty much confine themselves to safety, as long as it won't contaminate the domestic water or cause a fire they are happy. Most important;y the inspection shall not interfere with the inspectors tee time!

    Bob
    Smith G8-3 with EZ Gas @ 90,000 BTU, Single pipe steam
    Vaporstat with a 12oz cut-out and 4oz cut-in
    3PSI gauge
    pecmsg
  • ethicalpaul
    ethicalpaul Member Posts: 5,826
    196 sq ft feeding 204 is perfect. 

    NJ Steam Homeowner.
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    BirchLeafdelcrossv
  • ethicalpaul
    ethicalpaul Member Posts: 5,826
    Why indeed

    NJ Steam Homeowner.
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    See my sight glass boiler videos: https://bit.ly/3sZW1el

  • mattmia2
    mattmia2 Member Posts: 10,045
    I think if you read back through they did call a professional and it turned out that they weren't.
    ethicalpaul

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