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Water Treatment

Tony Conner
Tony Conner Member Posts: 549
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...that get almost 100% of the condensate back that was sent out as steam, typically need nothing in the way of water treatment. The biggest single thing you can do to preserve the water side of your boiler, is stay on top of all steam and condensate leaks in the system. Make up water is full of dissolved oxygen (corrosion) and hardess (deposits). If you have so much make up water entering the system that you need to consider soft water for small residental or commercial sized boilers, that's a bad, bad thing. While the deposit causing minerals will be removed by the softener, the corrosion causing oxygen will sail on through, and eat your boiler.

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  • David Kizer
    David Kizer Member Posts: 1
    Water Treatment

    I am a Trustee for a church with a very old (turn of the century) steam heating system. The boiler was replaced a couple of years ago and we have been trying to do maintence on the steam lines and radiators to improve the functioning of the system. A couple of question have come up 1. Should the water line to fill the boiler go through the water softner will this help - hurt or not make a difference. 2. Should any chemicals be added to the boiler water? Some people remember adding something to the water but any specifics have been lost with age and people leaving. The contractor that installed the new boiler said no water additives were needed.
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