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  • ChrisJ
    ChrisJ Member Posts: 17,258

    This is a new installation.

    It's still very easy for them to make it correct. Nothing has gotten hot, rusted etc, all of that will come back apart super easy. It's annoying, and a pain, but not that big of a deal. Yet.


    New systems should still be installed correctly as per the manufacture's instructions.

    Single pipe 392sqft system with an EG-40 rated for 325sqft and it's silent and balanced at all times.

  • EBEBRATT-Ed
    EBEBRATT-Ed Member Posts: 20,035

    I mostly did commercial. The boiler headers were all 4" and up. 5", 6" 8" etc.

    In my 46 years in the business, I have NEVER seen a boiler header pitched. Totally ridiculous. you don't pitch 8" welded pipe.

    Plus pitching the header looks like crap.

    I really don't know how we survived all these years with no drop headers and no pitched headers

    ethicalpaul
  • Captain Who
    Captain Who Member Posts: 723

    This is an unusual situation where because of that tee, the steam has to flow in two 180deg opposing directions in the same header. That cannot be good.

  • mattmia2
    mattmia2 Member Posts: 16,327
    https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1888810#Comment_1888810

    steam has no trouble going in 2 directions. the issue is that any water that is with that steam has no place to go but up the riser with the steam. that is why the equalizer is beyond the tee going up to the mains, any water with the steam having a higher mass than the water will tend to continue moving horizontally toward the equalizer rather than up the tee to the main with the steam. the height of the riser to the main and to the header both also help let the water fall out of the steam.

    if the water quality is good it isn't likely to be a problem. while the system is forst operating and oil from the boiler and piping is causing the water to surge, it will be more tempremental until you get the oil out.

    ethicalpaul

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