Wicked Wet Steam

Vicky

I've studied Lost Art and it seems to me that the boiler piping might be the cause of the wet steam in my single pipe steam system. Can anyone confirm or deny this based on the pictures? Thanks.

The cut in is set at 0.5, differential at 1.0
There is more than 28" between the water line and lowest steam carrying pipe (the dry return).
There is more than 24" from the waterline to the header
The thermostat is set at 1 CPH.

Unknown

Sure.

If your riser from the boiler were to come up to an elbow, go sideways THROUGH the run of the tee, and then straight from the tee to an elbow pointing down, which is your equalizer and hartford loop drop to the boiler return, you would be OK.

The water and steam leaving the boiler is going close to 30-60 MPH. It DOESN'T turn left at YOUR equalizer connection, ang go back to the boiler. It goes straight through your tee, and up into the system.

Pipe it like the boiler installation book shows, and it'll work.

Noel

Dale

Like the picture

Noel is of course correct. You have a lot of evidence that the near boiler piping diagram wasn't followed. I'm not even sure there's pitch on what passed for the return and that vent if it ever worked isn't big enough or in the correct place. I would go on Burnhams web site get the picture and have someone pipe it that way. I'm not sure but it looks like you may be able to use 2 risers off that boiler which could go into a nice drop header to feed multiple risers to your what looks to me like 2 supply mains.

ed wallace

steam piping

if you are in Boston Ma. give me a call at 617-908-0554 i can help you

David Sutton_5

Have it repiped

Steam boilers must be piped right to get the maximum preformance from it, a drop header is a great way to get dry steam, call Ed he'll help you out

jesse the great

boston home own-ah

sadly your boiler should be re-piped just like everyone else has told you your boiler has 2 tappings coming out of the top just like mine so when its repiped it will look simular to this

Mad Dog

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Vicky

Nice picture Jesse

Thanks all for the advice!