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Radiator piping good or bad?
knkreb
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I was working in a 1930s theater (old grand movie house.). It is heated with steam. I noticed this piping on the upstairs lobby radiator. This doesn't look right unless there's some magic I don't know about. Check out the pictures.
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That’s the supply and return of the same radiator? Yea, no magic, just stupidity 🤣. If I had to guess, that’s not the original radiator and someone made a poor retrofit…0
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Assuming the thermostat valve is on the steam supply, the supply pipe may be ok. However, the return side will likely never work properly. Condensate struggles to go uphill, especially if TRV is actually working and set properly. Keep in mind if it's a vacuum system it might work.0
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How well does it heat?—
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Looks like a couple of off-sets . If you can't go right in, you go around . More important is the return. The system was added after the building was built , normal in the early 1900's . The pipe bend came in handy threading iron pipe . A vice tripod , has the section built in to it for bending pipe . We have it easy today
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