Jos. Marsh Vapor system

We did this job last winter

but I just got around to downloading the pics - Thanks Mr Wire Nut. This was a great job! Alot of History behind this house: The home was a U.S. Army officer's quarters at the now decommisioned Camp Upton, Yaphank ,Long Island, New York. Camp Upton was the training ground for WWI soldiers before they shipped out to Europe. Sometime after The War to End All Wars, the building was put on a barge and sailed to the historic town of Sea Cliff, Long Island New York. We got called in after many contractors had looked at it and either didn't know what the were looking at, ran the other way, or didn't leave the homeowner with a feeling that new boiler would be piped correctly. To make the job even more challenging, the boiler was in the middle of the house in an 8 foot deep pit. The dimensions of the pit were roughly 7 feet X 8 feet - not a lot of room to work! To make matters worse, the door to the boiler room was only 18"s wide We Installed a Burnham light commercial knock down boiler (5006B)and lowered the sections down in to the pit and assembled there. First, we repiped the whole boiler room , putting the pipe on kindorf. We also gave the ho a floor drain which would make blowing down the boiler a cinch. He was thrilled because he was very tired of hauling hot buckets of water up the rickety ladder. After doing an edr count of the system radiation, I found that the boiler was quite a bit undersized! (how an undersized boiler can still heat a building - the boiler never shut off) We rebuilt all traps (TUNSTALL)(26) of about 5 different brands) added one or two where needed and added 6 Gorton #2s. Long story short, this year's gas bill was about 40% lower! Radiators that hadn't gotten hot in years were blazing again. This was probably the most interesting, rewarding and financially-gratifying steam job we ever did. We got the job even though our price was almost 50% higher than any other company....because we were the only ones who the HO had confidence in. Mad Dog

No, but I did think of him a few times

Atleast now, the boiler is turned in a way that we can service it. We could have went with the In Series but handling the large individual sections was alot easier than dropping the two boiler blocks down and getting them in place. We really enjoyed doing this job. Mad Dog

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Thanks Mr Clam

I appreciate the compliments. Mad Dog

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nice job, MD

HEY, MD could be doctor of steam also, huh maddog..great save..nicely done..

Very nice tight work there MD

Thanks Gerry

you ain't too shabby of a steam man either. It was the most interesting one I've ever done. Mad Dog

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I took the time to plan it out well

First, I took about 2 days to remove the old returns recievers and checks and then repiped everything, keeping the returns "tucked" tight against the walls. I left several flush stations that would be accessible once the boiler was in place. We spent the 3rd day dropping the sections in place and assembling - not so easy working with the tightening rods in such a short space but we sorta swung the boiler block catee-corner. 4th and fifth days were spent dressing the boiler and building the header. It has two lwcos manual and probe. I was so glad we went with the 5006 Burnham. After that job I was always opt for less but larger sections. Assembly takes some time, but is much better on everyone's bodies. Mad Dog

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I'll take a pic next time I'm up there

Yes I did know all that but you seem to know alot about Upton...how about its "brother" base Camp Mills in Garden City? What can you tell me about that? I'm relying on the homeowner's info that he got from the local historical society. From the looks of it, the installation with the traps and receivers and that....looked like it was installed in the twenties or thirties not the late 40s or fifties, but you know how stories can change when they pass through a few hands........Only the Dead Men know for sure.! Thanks for the interest bruce. Mad Dog

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