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Steam boiler replacement Princeton NJ

Dave0176
Dave0176 Member Posts: 1,177
edited January 2016 in Strictly Steam
They had this fairly young (1995) direct vented Burnham IN5. The boiler was sooo badly rotted that all but one section had two fist sized holes in it. I had told her that I was afraid to touch it in fear it may crumble lol. I wish I had pics of the old boiler but the mess of removing it and my hands forget it. EDR was 287 and she wanted a new installed radiator in her 1st floor bathroom right off the kitchen which had no heat either, so I put a Burnham slenderized 24 EDR rad in bringing total EDR to 311. So in went a Weil McLain EG40. We also replaced all the wet returns as I knew they'd be clogged, and when I cut them open I couldn't believe water actually returned back to the boiler.
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  • EzzyT
    EzzyT Member Posts: 1,294
    Beautiful job as usual Dave
    E-Travis Mechanical LLC
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    201-887-8856
    Dave0176
  • KC_Jones
    KC_Jones Member Posts: 5,722
    Are you guys determined to replace every boiler in NJ? lol Always looks good Dave.
    2014 Weil Mclain EG-40
    EcoSteam ES-20 Advanced Boiler Control
    Boiler pictures updated 2/21/15
    Dave0176njtommy
  • EzzyT
    EzzyT Member Posts: 1,294
    @KC_Jones why not there are a ton of them here in nj that are poorly installed.
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  • KC_Jones
    KC_Jones Member Posts: 5,722
    Good on you both!
    2014 Weil Mclain EG-40
    EcoSteam ES-20 Advanced Boiler Control
    Boiler pictures updated 2/21/15
  • njtommy
    njtommy Member Posts: 1,105
    edited January 2016
    if they are willing to pay for quality why stop?
    Looks great.
  • Dave0176
    Dave0176 Member Posts: 1,177
    edited January 2016
    EzzyT said:

    @KC_Jones why not there are a ton of them here in nj that are poorly installed.

    Ez I say that every time I walk down a dark dingy basement and I see the beast usually with the nice gold piping all around it, and even better I give the old installer credit as he respected the 80 year old piping by just ADAPTING to it :/

    But heck yeah KC were up to that challange.
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    NJ Master HVACR Lic# 4630
    Specializing in Steam Heating, Serving the residents of New Jersey
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  • EzzyT
    EzzyT Member Posts: 1,294
    I hear yea Dave, about 50% of the steam and hydronic boilers I look at the systems themselves have hacked apart and the real challenge is to put everything back to the way there supposed to be
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  • Paul S_3
    Paul S_3 Member Posts: 1,261
    beautiful work dave....paul s
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    Located in Staten Island NY
    Servicing all 5 boroughs of NYC.
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  • Fred
    Fred Member Posts: 8,542
    Another beauty!
  • New England SteamWorks
    New England SteamWorks Member Posts: 1,505
    Very, very nice.
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    Service, Installation, & Restoration of Steam Heating Systems
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  • Barbara117
    Barbara117 Member Posts: 1
    I'm the homeowner. Thank you, Dave--you did a fantastic job! Here's a picture of the old boiler.
    vaporvacjonny88
  • jonny88
    jonny88 Member Posts: 1,139
    Nice to see your customer appreciates your work,as always looks great.What caused the failure in the original boiler.
  • ChrisJ
    ChrisJ Member Posts: 15,592
    Going by the pictures I'd say #1 lack of proper water treatment and #2 perhaps too much makeup water.

    Single pipe quasi-vapor system. Typical operating pressure 0.14 - 0.43 oz. EcoSteam ES-20 Advanced Control for Residential Steam boilers. Rectorseal Steamaster water treatment
  • hvacfreak2
    hvacfreak2 Member Posts: 500
    edited March 2016
    ChrisJ said:

    Going by the pictures I'd say #1 lack of proper water treatment and #2 perhaps too much makeup water.

    Maybe , but the cost cutting measure used in the iron did not help. Somewhere there is the sound of a high end Mercedes - Benz door slamming and a man with a smirk remembering the V series castings.

    Beautiful change out b.t.w.

    hvacfreak

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