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Suggestions on removing a main vent

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  • neilc
    neilc Member Posts: 2,841
    edited November 23

    uh, no,

    @ethicalpaul means for the gage(s) to be on the protected end of the pigtail, up there with the Ptrol,

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  • EBEBRATT-Ed
    EBEBRATT-Ed Member Posts: 16,397

    Stay away from a street 90 too hard to get a wrench on it in a tight spot. Use a nipple and a regular 90 and make the nipple as long a possible. Then a short nipple out of the 90 with a union next, then build your manifold with the other half of the union and put it up there. Neve seize the union face and threads so it will come off easily the next time.

  • delcrossv
    delcrossv Member Posts: 1,293
    edited November 23

    Or, nipple out of the boiler to a cross, nipple to bottom of cross going down, to ell aimed out, ell to short nipple, short nipple to another cross, nipple left and right to tees, nipples up to your gauges and p-trol. Plug the other openings, those will be your clean outs.

    Trying to squeeze the best out of a Weil-McLain JB-5 running a 1912 1 pipe system.
  • neilc
    neilc Member Posts: 2,841

    instead of Ell's, use cross tees or tees, and plug unused ports,

    ULTIMATE CLEAN and Flush Acceses

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    delcrossv
  • delcrossv
    delcrossv Member Posts: 1,293
    https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1821987#Comment_1821987

    You can replace the one ell I noted with a tee. :-)

    Trying to squeeze the best out of a Weil-McLain JB-5 running a 1912 1 pipe system.
  • neilc
    neilc Member Posts: 2,841

    yeah, I saw El twice, and didn't read all the words between, I see what you did there now, 1 El, it will be the one that clogs, and you won't have a easy time getting to its plug,

    #what the El?

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  • dabrakeman
    dabrakeman Member Posts: 635

    …and as @ethicalpaul said don't forget the union goinginto the ptrol. You are going to want to clean your pigtail annually and it is just alot easier to get it out. Here is how I did mine.

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