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Return pipe

Bcclew
Bcclew Member Posts: 2
in Strictly Steam

Should this pipe be on an angle going back to furnace? Thanks

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  • delcrossv
    delcrossv Member Posts: 2,117

    Need a little bit more information.

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

    Sorry about that the small diameter that goes from end of system back to furnace

  • 109A_5
    109A_5 Member Posts: 2,361

    Pictures would help. Furnace, Forced air heat ? Or steam heat, condensate returning to a boiler ? Boiler pipes most often have a pitch to them, since gravity will help move the water.

    National - U.S. Gas Boiler 45+ Years Old
    Steam 300 SQ. FT. - EDR 347
    One Pipe System
  • Jamie Hall
    Jamie Hall Member Posts: 25,924

    Is this a true dry return for a two pipe system, or a steam main extension — often referred to as a dry return — in a one pipe system?

    Br. Jamie, osb
    Building superintendent/caretaker, 7200 sq. ft. historic house museum with dependencies in New England
  • EBEBRATT-Ed
    EBEBRATT-Ed Member Posts: 17,613

    We would like to help but none of us are equipped with x ray vision.

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