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Client says it bangs loudly.

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  • Intplm.
    Intplm. Posts: 3,158

    "Bangs with very loud noises."

    And has anyone ever seen this type of Y-fitting on a steam system? I haven't seen it before.

    The customer said the banging started when the "plumber" replaced the old steam boiler.

  • EBEBRATT-Ed
    EBEBRATT-Ed Posts: 21,251

    Should be perfectly quiet!!!😎😎😎😎 Looks good from my house!!!

    Looks like a drainage fitting up there. Never saw one of those at least on a boiler. That tee is doing a good job getting the water out of the vertical header

  • Jamie Hall
    Jamie Hall Posts: 27,933

    You have got to be kidding. Never seen the like, and I'd be much more astonished if it didn't bang.

    Br. Jamie, osb
    Building superintendent/caretaker, 7200 sq. ft. historic house museum with dependencies in New England
  • Steamhead
    Steamhead Posts: 18,989

    ISTR that tee is actually called a "dual elbow" or something like that, and was frequently used on steam systems where the boiler had only one riser. it should work OK as long as the piping leading up to it is right, which this is not.

    Co-Founder, All Steamed Up, Inc.

    Semi-retired

    Baltimore, MD, USA

  • mattmia2
    mattmia2 Posts: 18,283

    is their toilet connected to that?

  • mattmia2
    mattmia2 Posts: 18,283

    i hope that is parallel flow

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