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How do you heat a 500 year old stone church in 1850? (11 Posts)
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heating an old old church
Thought you might enjoy reading this.
http://www.hevac-heritage.org/items_of_interest/heating/churches_&_chapels/bampton_church/bampton_church.htm
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I second that . .What a treat that was! And seeing the Ideal wall rad was the highlight of the visual journey.
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April 16, 2007
@ 5:45 PM
Check this out!
Here is a link to a description of the Perkins heating system.
http://www.hevac-heritage.org/victorian_engineers/perkins/perkins.htm
Circulating 300 PSI superheated water by gravity in a closed system! Doesn't look like they used any safety pressure relief either!
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A special "history of heating" edition of The [HVAC] News mentioned the Perkins system.
According to the article it fell out of favor quite rapidly after a series of catastrophic "accidents". I'm pretty sure it mentioned that the accidents were mainly the result of a loss of system integrity caused by the extreme pressure.
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Jacob Perkin
Oh no!!!! Hold on a minute, Jacob Perkin was a dam Yank!!??!!!.......LOL
Thanks very much for a great link, what a great read eh!
I have worked on these cast iron heating pipes back in the 70's, the joints were made up with tar rope and pure cement and called Greenhouse systems, as they were found heating greenhouses.
Kind regards.
Jimmy Gillies Scotland.
http://www.hevac-heritage.org/victorian_engineers/perkins/perkins.htm
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I've read Steve
about guys doing tight bending of copper lines in motorcycle restoration etc... that they would pack the tube with fine sand or something to keep it from kinking and then blow it out. I don't know it that would be possible or feasible with those rads. Old technology is amazing to me as well. How nice those guys appreciate it and post it for us too. Kevin
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Paul Yunnie
who is on the committee of this wonderful organization has been a friend of mine for many years. He has sent me so much historical stuff over the years, and continues to do so now, even though he's retired and living in Australia. Paul has also served as one of ASHRAE's historians. He's a great guy to share a beer with.
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I wonder
How did they do the 180* bends on the "radiators" and what method was used to join the lengths of pipe?
If there was any way of regulating the heat other than the size of the fire?
What was the flow velocity in the system?
It is WAAAAYYYY cool that the old system is still working!!!
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Thanks for the link. After reading about the church's boiler I explored the site a little further and found a treasure of heating information about other historic buildings in the UK that others might enjoy as well:
Heating Systems
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