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John Papendick
John Papendick Member Posts: 5
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We recently purchased a home in West Orange, NJ built in 1935. There is single pipe steam throughout on a Weil McLein boiler installed in 1997.

My first step in solving my problem was buying Dan's books The Lost Art of Steam Heating and A Pocket Full....

Balancing is my problem. 1st floor will be toasty warm and 2nd. floor will be appx. 10 degrees cooler. My questions:

Before attempting to balance my system should all air vents be from the same Mfgr. just for starters? I have a mix of Gorton C, D, and 1, Dole 97, 1933 Bullet style. I understand the principle behind venting, but I'm not sure why there is such a mixture from room to room. I think my best bet is to replace all given their aparent age.

The end of the main has a 1933 bullet style vent. There is a date stamp on it of Sep. 1936. I have my doubts as to the functionality of this vent and question why it would have been used on a main?

I've posted pictures of some of the radiators and vents in the house. I'm not sure who manufactured them and I'm curious to see if anyone knows. Here's a link to the pictures. http://www.papendick.com/heating/index.html



Thanks!!

John
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