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Steam Boiler Sizing, Small Home
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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:
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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!
BobSmith G8-3 with EZ Gas @ 90,000 BTU, Single pipe steam
Vaporstat with a 12oz cut-out and 4oz cut-in
3PSI gauge1 -
196 sq ft feeding 204 is perfect.
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