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Before and after- steamer

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GW
GW Member Posts: 5,133
in Strictly Steam

Our two day job, and pulling the old boiler was a real treat.

Yesterday evening I flung some romex and heated up the building a couple degrees (then shut it down- no controls at all)

This morning I get there early to fire it up again- building management system said the sensor was reading 64. Ran it for 2 1/2 hours before the electrician got there, it reached 71.

We cleaned up the boiler room- took some junk that the previous people left behind.

We maxed out the little EZ Gas with a 7/16” drill bit

We left it nicer that how we found it 💯


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Gary Wilson
Wilson Services, Inc
Northampton, MA
gary@wilsonph.com
Double DMad Dog_2mattmia2

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  • bburd
    bburd Member Posts: 1,216

    Beautiful job!

    The new boiler has a much simpler gas train. Is it smaller capacity, or has the code changed?

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    Bburd
    GW
  • GW
    GW Member Posts: 5,133

    it’s definitely smaller- but I could not clock the old boiler- the building has a commercial meter. Well, I did clock it, but I don’t know how to convert the time into BTU

    The old boiler had a giant Carlin 601 gas burner, rated 700,000 to 1,500,000 BTU

    This one’s burning it about 275,000

    Gary Wilson
    Wilson Services, Inc
    Northampton, MA
    gary@wilsonph.com
    bburd
  • bburd
    bburd Member Posts: 1,216

    Wow. The old one was massively oversized!

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    Bburd
  • Mad Dog_2
    Mad Dog_2 Member Posts: 8,361

    NIce, clean work....as usual Gary...Great job. I hope they appreciate the job you gave them. Mad Dog

    Consulting by Mad Dog & Matt Jr.
    GW
  • EBEBRATT-Ed
    EBEBRATT-Ed Member Posts: 19,172
    edited November 19

    @bburd gas trains change at 400,000 btu (actually 399,999) over that number you need high and low gas pressure switches and double gas valves. Anything under 400k is treated like residential.

    @GW

    looks really nice!!!

    You wouldn't think it was the same boiler room!!!

    Amazing how much the old boiler was oversized.

    How did you get the old sections out?

    Sent you a PM.

    bburdGWmattmia2
  • GW
    GW Member Posts: 5,133

    it sure was. The irony- a somewhat well known commercial boiler contractor quoted the job, like for like! Same pipe connections, no header or equalizer or Hartford! Same giant Carlin 601.

    Gary Wilson
    Wilson Services, Inc
    Northampton, MA
    gary@wilsonph.com
  • GW
    GW Member Posts: 5,133

    Ed thanks

    We did a combination or diamond cutting wheel, sawzall, and sledgehammer. Even pulling the “half sections” wasn’t easy.

    Gary Wilson
    Wilson Services, Inc
    Northampton, MA
    gary@wilsonph.com
  • GW
    GW Member Posts: 5,133

    Matt thanks the boiler room was a little dumpy and we puffed it up and tidied things. Night and day.

    Gary Wilson
    Wilson Services, Inc
    Northampton, MA
    gary@wilsonph.com
  • EBEBRATT-Ed
    EBEBRATT-Ed Member Posts: 19,172

    @GW

    If someone asked the other contractor what EDR was they probably wouldn't have a clue.

    "Eat Donuts Regularly"

    bburdGW

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