Maidenhead steam (CaliforniaRadiant)

Alan(CaliforniaRadiant)Forbes

Our first steam boiler replacement and my knees, they are a' shakin'.

Here's a picture of the old beast...had the owners take care of removing the asbestos...took about a day to dismember and remove all the cast iron. Poured a new 12" thick pad to keep the water level high enough to cover any horizontal returns.

Our "A" dimension is greater than 28" though; it's 40". Is this OK?

Best wishes,

Alan

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DanHolohan

the more inches

the merrier!

Mad Dog

40 is great

nice old pancake boiler looks like where's the after pic???? Mad Dog

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Mad Dog

The new steam header

How do you want to do it. Make it special...it will be worth it. My favorite part of a Steam boiler day is building the header. second favorite part is painting the header black,while skimming the inside. Mad Dog

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Alan(CaliforniaRadiant)Forbes

I've hired a moving company to pick up the new Peerless at my suppliers', bring it over to the jobsite and set it on the pad on Monday morning. Seven hundred pounds is more than I want my guys to deal with.

I want to leave the header alone and just re-attach it (supply, equalizer and Hartfoord loop).

Alan

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Mad Dog

Moving company????are you serious???????

Half the fun is gettin' the old monster out and getting the new one in.....although Peerless do weigh more. Take it from me steam is very quirky and unforgiving, so I would definitely build a new header to Peerless specs. I f you don't you could be sorry. Building the header is the other fun half. If it's your first steam boiler you want to do it right, right? Keep us posted and put up pics.... Mad Dog

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Mike Kraft

Hey Alan!!!!

I feel them knees knocking over here.I lost my first try to do one here.I spent to much time researching that the other bid got it.Good luck!!May the steam be with you:)

cheese

Mark Hunt

New steam header

I can't really tell from the pic, but it looks like there are two risers coming out of the boiler(?).

I'd build a new header. The water line on the Peerless is a lot lower than the old boiler so your going to have to modify the equalizer. (I have seen a bunch of these old systems that had no equalizer, depends on when they were installed.)

If, in fact, there are two risers coming out of the old boiler and you're moving steam from oposite directions toward the system supply risers that will need to be changed as well. Otherwise you could end up with what I call a "Big Ben system" 'cuz it's going to sound like noon time in London whenever that baby fires up.

Don't forget the skim tap piping.

Mark H

Steamhead

You're doing fine

The header is critical, though..... read and follow the piping diagrams in the manual and you won't go wrong.

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