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Dead Men Tales: Mistakes Were Made
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Mistakes Were Made
In this episode, Dan Holohan tells a story that has affected many homeowners since the 1970s and why you should always question whether that boiler feed pump should be there.
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Dan should rename this (steam tales). Most of the heating help is about steam. I only know of one steam system in town.
Is steam going to make a come back? I think not!0 -
cubbydog said:Is steam going to make a come back? I think not!2
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If I see this, I think "You can't fix stupid"!SgtMaj said:Steam and hot water are still King of heating. I’m saddened when I drive by a house and see contractors removing radiators for noisy hot air.
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Just guessing. Pumps were installed with steam boilers because plumbers were used to pumps included with HHW boilers? And bigger steam heated buildings had pumps although that was not such a good set up for owners.0
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I live in a neighborhood of old houses. When my new neighbor to the north put on an addition, they gutted the heating system. I acquired 40 feet of 7" Burnham BaseRay along with three compact free standing radiators just for the asking, wheeling them all over with a dolly.Steamhead said:
If I see this, I think "You can't fix stupid"!SgtMaj said:Steam and hot water are still King of heating. I’m saddened when I drive by a house and see contractors removing radiators for noisy hot air.
The BaseRay heats two bedrooms in the addition we put on our house, and one of the radiators heats a bathroom. Sweet.
Their loss, my gain.
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Thank you Dan0
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Low first cost is always attractive. I have steam heat in my house, the piping, radiators and most of the system is 96 years old, the boiler (3rd in the house's history) is 40 years old this year. My son has a house that is on its second heat pump in 7 years, though the duct system is older and still in good shape. If you just look at the economics I probably have the better deal, but you have to have the $'s or be able to borrow the dollars to get the more expensive longer lasting system. My son does get air conditioning with his system which I don't.0
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