Coil leak inside the steam boiler

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I was all set to install a boiler under the stairs in a Levitt home - and the wall was already cut for us . Then this one comes in . Always a Friday .

This was in an absentee landlord's home . The tenant told us he was emptying gallons upon gallons of water every day . We get there and the steam mains are full , the rads are full and shooting out water from the vents . The basement was flooded in more than a few places . What a nightmare . And the torrential rain didn't help matters any .

The HB Smith had 2 boiler risers going into a partial counterflow , partial gravity return main . It was the first time in a long time since we've seen insulated mains .

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Once again

we used the Burnham V84 for steam . We also used a probe LWCO and auto feeder to make the system as hands off as possible ( the tenant told us he had no clue about blowing down the old LWCO , didn't even know what it was ) .

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Here's Kenny's handiwork

He was real proud that he connected it all without any help from the rest of us . Now that he's got the Hartford Loop licked , hes graduatiing to the near boiler header .

J.C.A._3

Nice job Ron.

You guys are getting spoiled ! Look at all that room for the proper "A" demension, and you went drop header anyway. What a trooper.

The understair job can wait a couple days. You HAD to do this one. Steam in a standup basment, on Friday, maybe the company is getting soft brother. (treating you with "kid gloves" to make sure you stick around ?) Chris


P.S. , Keep Kenny going at it too. He did a fine job on the loop. Maybe a speed piping course is in order? (break out the stopwatch and tell him you're timing him. It'll drive him nuts but he'll get the same treatment I did breaking into the field. It also got me off the end of a cleaning brush in short order!) J.C.A.

jeff_51

drop header

since we do almost now steam here, only in old apt bldgs built before ww1, i was interested in the drop header. Never see anything like that here. Would you enlighten?

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There was plenty of room

near the boiler , but not much anywhere else . We had about a 2 foot path through a few rooms , but we lucked out with a wide cellar entrance . This was the first time I took out this series HB Smith , and they are HEAVY . The power handtruck made hauling it out much easier . Oh yeah , the boiler under the stairs went anyway - my caring supervisor made the suggestion ( demand ) that I switch and do the steamer . Normally I'd fight it a bit , but this time there was plenty of help .

Kenny's been working with me on and off since I started in 1986 . After his morning job doing evictions , he would come into the city and help us finish a steamer maybe 2 or 3 times a week . He can do everything I can . But then , what'll I do ? Sweep the floor ? Pretty soon he won't need a speed course . Through attrition we're losing a few installers so he's gonna be stepping up .

Thanks alot Chris .

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Yeah , I never seen them either

until Noel Murdough posted a picture of his drop header steam boiler . The main reason I started using them is to make the connection between the 2 boiler risers much easier . Also it gives the header extra swing joints in case something expands more than the header can handle without the drop . And last , in my humble opinion , it does cut down on water carryover into the system piping . No hard data on this , it's just my gut intuition .

jeff_51

rons reply

thanks for the reply Rom. I cant see it but assume there is a drip on the header.

clammy

The king

Once again ron some great work everything looks on the up and up nice to see more of your work and those fine drop headers and you where missing that under the stairs job .great job ron peace clammy