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Dave0176
Dave0176 Posts: 1,184
edited July 2018 in Strictly Steam
Got a call from a HeatingHelp Wally in Sunset Park Brooklyn NY. Four family apartment tenement with two 2-1/2” mains. We’re going in with a Weil-McLain EG-75 and 4” header.




DL Mechanical LLC Heating, Cooling 732-882-2267 Specializing in Steam Heating

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  • newagedawn
    newagedawn Posts: 585
    smart choice on the header, post some completed pics
    "The bitter taste of a poor install lasts far longer than the JOY of the lowest price"
  • nicholas bonham-carter
    nicholas bonham-carter Posts: 8,580
    How correctly was the old one sized?—NBC
  • Dave0176
    Dave0176 Posts: 1,184
    Header under construction. Doing some homework.

    DL Mechanical LLC Heating, Cooling 732-882-2267 Specializing in Steam Heating

  • info43
    info43 Posts: 51
    edited July 2018
    Here is what the old one looked like

    The EDR came in at 698
  • SuperJ
    SuperJ Posts: 609
    edited August 2018
    HOLY FITTINGS BATMAN!!!

    Not much pipe in the header just a lot of close coupled fittings.
    1Matthias
  • JohnNY
    JohnNY Posts: 3,416
    edited August 2018
    Great work, as always, but you should probably take the address off this post. NYC inspectors are no longer playing around with gas installations.
    Contact John "JohnNY" Cataneo, NYC Master Plumber, Lic 1784
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  • Snowmelt
    Snowmelt Posts: 1,457
    Dave, I have a question on the equalizer after the drop and before the two take off, what is the length pipe you used and is there always a minimum length?
  • EzzyT
    EzzyT Posts: 1,380
    A beautiful install as always Dave
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  • AMservices
    AMservices Posts: 613
    Nice work!
    Can't wait for another steam job to come my way.
    It tough getting them when I'm biding against plumbers that are pricing a hack job.
    Double D
  • info43
    info43 Posts: 51
    @Dave0176 did a great job at a great price. Thank you Dave and Jim.
  • Mike_Sheppard
    Mike_Sheppard Posts: 698
    I’ve worked in DC on steam boilers for almost 12 years now and I’ve never seen a single install that pretty.

    In this area it’d probably have on riser, no header or an incorrectly piped header, and pressure set to 10psi. Inevitably I deal with this every winter here...

    Great lookikg work! Love it

    @AMservices I can sympathize. I’m not in charge of quoting jobs but I get to deal with hack installs all winter every year.
    Never stop learning.
  • New England SteamWorks
    New England SteamWorks Posts: 1,529
    Beautiful as always @Dave0176. And good for you to rip that entire old header out and start new.

    The results speak for themselves.
    New England SteamWorks
    Service, Installation, & Restoration of Steam Heating Systems
    newenglandsteamworks.com
  • nicholas bonham-carter
    nicholas bonham-carter Posts: 8,580
    Does anyone ever save the old fittings now?—NBC
    CLamb
  • Dave0176
    Dave0176 Posts: 1,184
    nicholas bonham-carter said:

    Does anyone ever save the old fittings now?—NBC

    Not really, unless it’s in great shape and a rare fitting, for instance one job last year I saved a 2X2X3” cast iron bullhead tee. Took it home bead blasted it and ran my taps in to clean the threads.

    DL Mechanical LLC Heating, Cooling 732-882-2267 Specializing in Steam Heating

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