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sebast
sebast Member Posts: 30
in THE MAIN WALL
Boiler piping is perfect, but you should ramm that black magic marker down his throat. Sell him a $4000. car and write on the hood the date you sold it to him.

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  • Frank_15
    Frank_15 Member Posts: 33


    I just had my steam boiler replaced this is what it looks like did the guy do it right
  • Frank_15
    Frank_15 Member Posts: 33
    and this is the first floor

    This is my tennants boiler. Is this one done right it's different from the other one
  • kevin coppinger_4
    kevin coppinger_4 Member Posts: 2,124
    from what I see...

    looks piped well...I don't see any insulation...VERY important to have! kpc
  • Steamhead
    Steamhead Member Posts: 17,387
    Both look OK

    to me too. But Kevin is right about the insulation. And do those steam mains have vents at the ends?

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  • Frank_15
    Frank_15 Member Posts: 33
    yes

    Yes there are 4 vents
  • Frank_15
    Frank_15 Member Posts: 33
    yes

    Yes there are 4 vents. 2 on each
  • Steamhead
    Steamhead Member Posts: 17,387
    2 vents on each main

    or one on each of 4 mains? To make sure they're right- how long is each steam main, and what pipe diameter? What vents are on each main now?

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  • Frank_15
    Frank_15 Member Posts: 33


    1 on each of 4 mains. They are vent rite # 35. The longest main is no more than 15 ft'. All of the mains are 2".
  • bob young
    bob young Member Posts: 2,177


    whoever piped out these boilers is one damn good steamfitter.
  • Unknown
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    I gotta agree with you

    He's done that before. I wish everybody's boiler were piped like that.

    Noel
  • Steamhead
    Steamhead Member Posts: 17,387
    Those vents might do OK

    on such short pipes. They are about the same size as a Hoffman #4A, which will vent about 0.4 cubic feet of air at 2 ounces pressure. That 15-foot pipe contains 0.345 cubic feet. If all mains fill with steam in about a minute (measured from the time the boiler starts making steam) you should be OK.

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  • Frank_15
    Frank_15 Member Posts: 33
    thank you

    just wanted to make sure
  • Joe Gamble
    Joe Gamble Member Posts: 4
    Steam trouble

    I can not get my radiators to heat, I have replaced the traps. I know that I have an air problem, but I do not know where to install air vents. The trouble is on one side of the building, and I get air out of the steam side of the radiators when I open the union.
  • Boilerpro_3
    Boilerpro_3 Member Posts: 1,231
    You might wnat to repost this as anew thread

    Things tend to get lost way down here.

    Boilerpro
  • Joe Gamble
    Joe Gamble Member Posts: 4
    Stream Trouble

    I can not get my radiators to heat, I have replaced the traps. I know that I have an air problem, but I do not know where to install air vents. The trouble is on one side of the building, and I get air out of the steam side of the radiators when I open the union.

  • Joe Gamble
    Joe Gamble Member Posts: 4
    Stream Trouble

    I can not get my radiators to heat, I have replaced the traps. I know that I have an air problem, but I do not know where to install air vents. The trouble is on one side of the building, and I get air out of the steam side of the radiators when I open the union.

  • Joe Gamble
    Joe Gamble Member Posts: 4
    Stream Trouble

    I can not get my radiators to heat, I have replaced the traps. I know that I have an air problem, but I do not know where to install air vents. The trouble is on one side of the building, and I get air out of the steam side of the radiators when I open the union.

  • Steamhead
    Steamhead Member Posts: 17,387
    There should be a vent on the dry return

    which is the return that runs overhead. If this vent goes bad, all the radiators feeding into that dry return will be cold.

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  • bob young
    bob young Member Posts: 2,177


    $4000 cars have no hoods!!!
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