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So long, steam heat
Greybeard
Member Posts: 17
After 26 years in our steam heated house, it is time to say goodbye. We are headed to Santa Cruz County in California, where I'd wager there is not a single steam heated house.
Steam heat has been quite a journey. Despite my ignorance of the subject, with the help of the Strictly Steam forum, I now know more about 2 pipe steam heat than many heating contractors, including the one who installed our current boiler. It is truly scary.
A shout out here to Mad Dog, who has been absent from this forum for some time. He ordered and installed custom made shut-off valves for our radiators, and installed new traps, including one on a radiator that never had one. Danny Scully of Scully Plumbing and Heating will be recommended to our house's new owners. Their company is the only one I know of in Nassau County, New York whom I would trust with steam heat.
Steam heat has been quite a journey. Despite my ignorance of the subject, with the help of the Strictly Steam forum, I now know more about 2 pipe steam heat than many heating contractors, including the one who installed our current boiler. It is truly scary.
A shout out here to Mad Dog, who has been absent from this forum for some time. He ordered and installed custom made shut-off valves for our radiators, and installed new traps, including one on a radiator that never had one. Danny Scully of Scully Plumbing and Heating will be recommended to our house's new owners. Their company is the only one I know of in Nassau County, New York whom I would trust with steam heat.
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Don't despair! There be steam in Cali-forn-i-e0
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There is certainly plenty of steam in the older apartment and office buildings in San Francisco.—
Bburd0 -
And I thought you were finally ripping the whole thing out! Lol.0
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