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Looking for a book on residential vapor systems

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Mail4tommo
Mail4tommo Member Posts: 84
edited August 27 in Radiant Heating

Just is the title States, looking for something that has some knowledge on vapor systems for residential homes. One pipe and two pipe.

From what I've been learning rather quickly.. most homes depending on the side of town they are tend to be vapor homes. I mainly used to one pipe it two pipe with traps

Thanks guys

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  • mattmia2
    mattmia2 Member Posts: 18,091

    i don't know if most residential 2 pipe systems are vapor or if people with them just end up here, but we see far more posts about vapor residential systems than conventional trapped 2 pipe systems.

    have you read

    https://www.heatinghelp.com/store/detail/the-lost-art-of-steam-heating-revisited/

    it covers many other steam system types too but it is probably the modern book with the most coverage of vapor systems. if you really understand how steam behaves vapor systems are not much on top of that. there can be mixing and matching too. it is common to set up certain problem types of emitters as 2 pipe within 1 pipe systems such as baseboard fin tube or fancoils.

    it is all just thinking about what happens to the steam, the air, and the condensate.

    Mad Dog_2
  • Steamhead
    Steamhead Member Posts: 18,879
    https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/204748/looking-for-a-book-on-residential-vapor-systems

    This one too- it has a LOT of Vapor info:

    https://www.heatinghelp.com/store/detail/the-lost-art-of-steam-heating-companion/

    Co-Founder, All Steamed Up, Inc.

    Semi-retired

    Baltimore, MD, USA

    mattmia2Mad Dog_2
  • mattmia2
    mattmia2 Member Posts: 18,091

    the companion is excerpts of the source documents used for the diagrams of the various steam system in TLAOSH

  • EBEBRATT-Ed
    EBEBRATT-Ed Member Posts: 21,009

    I agree about the LAOSH as mentioned above.

    The other place to look is in used bookstores that you can search online. Look for American Society of Heating, Air conditioning and Refrigeration.

    If you want to find one with vapor systems, you going to have to dig deep.

    Steam has been pretty much dead for residential since 1950.

    Vapor's heyday was the 1920s

    So you will be looking for old books.

    Mad Dog_2
  • Steamhead
    Steamhead Member Posts: 18,879
    https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1902717#Comment_1902717

    Lots more than that. Where, for example, would you find the Imico system in the original?

    Co-Founder, All Steamed Up, Inc.

    Semi-retired

    Baltimore, MD, USA

    Mad Dog_2
  • Mad Dog_2
    Mad Dog_2 Member Posts: 8,737

    Between "The Lost Art...", "Pocketful of Steam..." and "We got Steam Heat.." you're going to find everything you need to know book-wise, theory and drawings. The rest you'll learn In The Ring. Mad Dog

    Consulting by Mad Dog & Matt Jr.
  • Steamhead
    Steamhead Member Posts: 18,879

    Here are a couple more Vapor systems that are covered in Lost Art Companion but not in the OG Lost Art:

    Hutchison (out of Washington, DC)

    Ideal (out of Cleveland, OH)

    Imico was out of Chicago, and used "Dewey" components. The name was an acronym of the Illinois Malleable Iron Co. I wonder if that company morphed into the Illinois Engineering Co?

    Co-Founder, All Steamed Up, Inc.

    Semi-retired

    Baltimore, MD, USA

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