Cast Iron baseboard leak on strange fitting
I have an older home with cast iron baseboard. I found a leak on a strange looking fitting. Can I replace this fitting with a normal peice of 3/4 copper? What is the point of this fitting?
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Looks like an expansion coupling. Looks like a bad idea. Should be a simple repair with a couple of couplings and a length of pipe.
Miss Hall's School service mechanic, greenhouse teacher, dog walker and designated driver
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A # 75 SlantFin expansion coupling, I'll bet. They come across E bay from time to time.
Bob "hot rod" Rohr
trainer for Caleffi NA
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Expansion joint. How long is the pipe run? I doubt they installed it for no reason
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there are two of these joints both are leaking, both at the beginning of the run. The water comes up from the basement then splits at a tee fitting on the second floor, About two feet from the t fitting are these joints. Each run goes around the perimeter of separate bedrooms then back down to the basement.
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How long is the pipe it's on?
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Coming off the tee, The pipe is about 3 foot long before it goes into the cast iron baseboard.
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You should be able to see how much the tube is moving by the scale around the outside.
an expansion loop can be built with 4 ells also.
Bob "hot rod" Rohr
trainer for Caleffi NA
Living the hydronic dream
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so these should not be eliminated with straight pipe but replaced with new expansion fittings?
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it depends on the overall length of that section. The piping and baseboard combined.
Without an expansion joint you may get noise, creaking, snap, crackle pop type noises as the metals heat and expand and try to grow in length.
Long copper fin tube sections will arc up off their supports if you don’t accommodate the expansion movement.
There are other types of expansion joints like a corrugated section. Viessmann use to have a short corrugated coupling that went between their solar hot water panels. I think it was a metric size however
I wonder what the temperature rating is on these water heater connectors? I think it would offer enough flexibility.
Bob "hot rod" Rohr
trainer for Caleffi NA
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Bellows type is still available.
Much better than a slider joint.
Trying to squeeze the best out of a Weil-McLain JB-5 running a 1912 1 pipe system.0 -
Hi, What temperatures is this seeing? Perhaps a loop of PEX would do the job.
Yours, Larry
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Larrys pex solution is probably the simple best solution if the temp is ok for the pex
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With more connectors? What's wrong with a compensator? 2 sweat joints and you're done.
Trying to squeeze the best out of a Weil-McLain JB-5 running a 1912 1 pipe system.0 -
A lot of good ideas. Fostapex has a top temp rating of around 200Deg. f. . If it was me I would replace the expansion joints with a length of that.
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Not heat rated.
Trying to squeeze the best out of a Weil-McLain JB-5 running a 1912 1 pipe system.0 -
It will handle 180°F water.
McMaster Carr lists it at -300 - 1200°F
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around 180F
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thanks for the help fellas, put in a small expansion loop, no leaks and no popping sounds like before.
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