Contractor Integrity
I am just had a new boiler installed. I have an old house that uses steam heat and I have learnt a lot in getting heat to all my rooms just from perusing this site. So when it came time to select a contractor to replace my boiler, I chose one listed here. I mean the old adage you get what you pay for must be true. Now after bleeding through the nose, I got a this...
Condensate will flow back into the boiler so I guess what was done is OK. Please take a look at the picture.
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Well.....
It could have been done better by taking apart more of the existing piping. Looks like an old header was left and connected to after the new near-boiler piping.
I won't make any more comments until the contractor allows it.
Where are you located?
This post was edited by an admin on November 14, 2011 8:43 PM.
steam boiler
I would not have piped it like that. It is not the condensate that is the problem but the rise of the steam. Pipes are too small and the two pipes coming off of the top of the boiler should have run directly to the main header not tee'd togeather and then run to the main header. Ask the installer where in the install manual there is a picture that looks like that.
Not crazy about the
weird angle and swing joint but the near boiler piping seems correct, as what I can see.
The pipes coming off the top of the boiler look correctly piped.
Looks like an Independence
This post was edited by an admin on November 14, 2011 11:55 PM.
No guarantees...
Dan doesn't screen the contractors in Find A Contractor. Using a contractor from FAC is no guarantee of getting an expert, but... the fact that they are hanging around here is a good indication that they are trying to further themselves through education. They also know that if they get into a bind, they can always come back here and seek advice.
If it were me, I'd ask the contractor to show you exactly what it is that he is doing to alleviate the possibility of water being carried over with the steam, causing steam hammer/knocking.
Do a site search for Dropped Header on this web site and show him pictures of that configuration. It might cost you more, but it will be worth it in the long run.
My $0.02 worth.
ME
It's not so much a case of "You got what you paid for", as it is a matter of "You DIDN'T get what you DIDN'T pay for, and you're NOT going to get what you thought you were in the way of comfort". Borrowed from Heatboy.
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JStar, I am located in Yonkers. The contractor is out of Brooklyn. It is a IN7 that I being installed.
I will ask that the near boiler piping be done according to manufacturer specifications.
All, thanks for the input.
