Welcome! Here are the website rules, as well as some tips for using this forum.
Need to contact us? Visit https://heatinghelp.com/contact-us/.
Click here to Find a Contractor in your area.
Curiosity old piece
Steve_210
Member Posts: 646
I was asked a question and I didn’t know the answer I just wondered if anybody could identify this just curious really
0
Comments
-
We need more context. It could be a well tank or cistern, it could be a water heater where the coil was in the boiler and it heated the tank through gravity, it could be an expansion tank.0
-
I was thinking expansion tank.0
-
Where is it within the building?Retired and loving it.0
-
It was just sitting in an old basement0
-
It looks like it has 2 try cocks so something where measuring a liquid level is needed like a well tank seems likely.0
-
Any piping still connected? If it is galvanize pipe it may have been for potable water. If steel pipe more likely a hydronic tankBob "hot rod" Rohr
trainer for Caleffi NA
Living the hydronic dream0 -
Is that a Pulley Block or Sheave between the tank and the vertical wood (lower right) ?National - U.S. Gas Boiler 45+ Years Old
Steam 300 SQ. FT. - EDR 347
One Pipe System0
Categories
- All Categories
- 85.2K THE MAIN WALL
- 3.1K A-C, Heat Pumps & Refrigeration
- 55 Biomass
- 424 Carbon Monoxide Awareness
- 72 Chimneys & Flues
- 1.9K Domestic Hot Water
- 5.2K Gas Heating
- 129 Geothermal
- 160 Indoor-Air Quality
- 3.3K Oil Heating
- 60 Pipe Deterioration
- 878 Plumbing
- 5.9K Radiant Heating
- 375 Solar
- 14.6K Strictly Steam
- 3.2K Thermostats and Controls
- 58 Water Quality
- 49 Industry Classes
- 89 Job Opportunities
- 28 Recall Announcements