Steamer pics with Drop header

Paul Fredricks_3

He just spun the house.

What is the advantage of a drop header in this situation? It seems you have more than enough room to go with a conventional setup. Would it make sense to always use a drop header?

David Sutton_6

My sholders are sore

This came out nice, still have to go back and put in new main vent ( gordon #2vents) and re do the wireing. the big guy is Dave my driver from the supply house , if not for him i would be in big trubble trying to get the boilers in and out, he's a great guy !!! and good friend!, and there my new pad-i-wah or aprentice John, he's doing great and has become a big help on the projects!


David


i'm going to jump in the hot tub! tough to get old!!

Jim Bennett

Nice Work!

Boy that looks nice!

I would love to pipe something like that but it isn't the type of work we do. (residential heating)

I like the shots showing the swing joint going together.

Kinda makes me want to put steam in my own house.

Hmmmmm! Oh Honey....

LarryC

Assembly question

HO here. How did you connect both of the existing steam lines to the string of tee's without using another union?
equalizer elbow-nip-Tee-nip-Tee-nip-Tee-nip-union-nip-elbow

Larry C

David Sutton_6

Hello Larry

Thanks for asking. about 3 feet up from the supply header there are 2- 2" unions. the celling is about 12' high in this celler,


David

LarryC

OK now I understand how you got it together.

John Mills_5

Huh?

Some magnificient piping there but what's with the line voltage wiring on the W-M in picture 968?

David Sutton_6

Hello Paul,Two points

1) t makes the two risers go together much easyer and two realy dries out the steam, ok one more reason IT LOOKS WAY COOL :-)


Thank you David

David Sutton_6

Hello John,Did not have time

to finish it right, i want to tolaly rewire the run in so it wont be in the way of cleaning the boiler and day was getting late and i don't like to be in a custermers house to late , they have to have there home back, i would rather return and do it the next day than to impose on there private time,


Thank you! David

Robert O'Brien

Nice job!

Ever consider a power hand truck? Those 5 section JOT's would make anybody shoulders sore! That's got to be 700lbs or close to it!

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I remember the 3 section JOTs

being a little north of 700 lbs . I started in this trade doing block changes with that bad batch in 1985 . Lectrotruck was my favorite tool back then .

Excellent drop header David . I like that you raised the height real high before the drop too . Was the return pipe a full 2 inch ? Never seen that in a residential sized home .

Keep up the great steamer pics David .

David Sutton_6

Hiya Ron jr

Thank you!! Yes that was a full 2" return and all my equalizers are two inch also.

this place was a hll for a bunch of rich wifes back in 1920, they used it for gatherings and plays and Dan the owner is converting it to a home....


David

Dan Boisvert

I'm the HO on this job..

..and I'm absolutely thrilled with it.

I fought with that old beast for more than long enough but, truth be told, it took a helluva beating before finally giving up the ghost. Impressively wrong piping, oodles of makeup water, too much pressure, no main vents...the old system was running like crap by the time I got it. I think my record for fuel usage was a full tank of oil (275 gal tank) in 9 days.

It was pretty obvious that it was only a matter of time before I'd need something new, and a friend let me borrow a copy of The Lost Art, which I promptly read, cover-to-cover. I cranked down the pressure, did one small bit of repiping that got rid of the water hammer, and tripped over this website. I've been a regular reader here for 3 years or so (never had a reason to post before now , hoping to learn enough to make sure I didn't get screwed on the replacement.

I escorted out a small host of knuckleheads before finding David via photos of his jobs here (had some trouble with Find-a-Pro not showing anybody who listed "steam" in my area).

Thank you, Dan, for your books and for providing this forum so folks like me don't have to get screwed on our heating work.

Thank you, David, for putting in a system I want to show off to everybody I can drag into my boiler room, and for keeping me entertained as I stood by uselessly and watched the pipes come together.

Dan Boisvert

I'm the HO on this job..

..and I'm absolutely thrilled with it.

I fought with that old beast for more than long enough but, truth be told, it took a helluva beating before finally giving up the ghost. Impressively wrong piping, oodles of makeup water, too much pressure, no main vents...the old system was running like crap by the time I got it. I think my record for fuel usage was a full tank of oil (275 gal tank) in 9 days.

It was pretty obvious that it was only a matter of time before I'd need something new, and a friend let me borrow a copy of The Lost Art, which I promptly read, cover-to-cover. I cranked down the pressure, did one small bit of repiping that got rid of the water hammer, and tripped over this website. I've been a regular reader here for 3 years or so (never had a reason to post before now , hoping to learn enough to make sure I didn't get screwed on the replacement.

I escorted out a small host of knuckleheads before finding David via photos of his jobs here (had some trouble with Find-a-Pro not showing anybody who listed "steam" in my area).

Thank you, Dan, for your books and for providing this forum so folks like me can find better contractors through education.

Thank you, David, for putting in a system I want to show off to everybody I can drag into my boiler room, and for keeping me entertained as I stood by uselessly and watched the pipes come together.

Leo

Doctor Pepper

Hey Dave,

My son (13) was looking over my shoulder at the pictures and LOVED!!! the Doctor Pepper bottle. He drinks it like it is going out of style. Is this the house in Ware, I service that area? Great work and good by to another junk JOT.

Leo

David Sutton_6

Hello Leo

He sounds like afine young man!! got great taste

Thanks Leo

Yes its in Ware by the old mill bldg.


David

Weezbo

An Honest man ! WOW !

You sir gotta Deal *~/:)

John N

That's the second

(empty) Dr. Pepper bottle I've seen in a post recently. I love the stuff too!!

Long Beach Ed

Thiland Fittings

Lucky that you have the swing joints. Otherwise you'd never get those cock-eyed threaded $2 Thiland fittings together. By the way, what percentage of them blow steam through the sand holes in the castings?

A beautiful job, but was it really worth the $50 you saved using that garbage?

Clemuel

Gasper

No offense, but American options are down to about one or two fitting companys aren't they? And at least one of them forges them over there then ships them home and stamps them USA. Very sad. On another note why do people buy Hyundis and Kia's?

RoosterBoy

real nice job Dave. nice and neat customer should be real happy.

thanks
Jason