What is a Drop Header?
A question asked on The Wall: "What's the point of building a drop header for a steam boiler, and what does it look like?" Steamhead replies: The drop header keeps water ...
Steam Heating → Steam Piping Help Topics
This section is your comprehensive guide on steam heating systems with articles about proper steam piping, boilers, pressure, venting, radiators, water quality, and more. We'll also walk you through troubleshooting steam system problems like noisy pipes.
Recent Articles in Steam Heating → Steam Piping
How to Flush the Return Lines on an Old Steam System
Some suggestions from contractors who post on The Wall: We use newspaper, red rosin paper and kitty litter. We are as careful as possible, but spills do happen. Because w...
Flooded Steam System Caused by Poor Piping
Always ask, "What can cause this?" I once looked at a house in New Jersey where the first-floor ceiling had caved in due to a disagreement with the steam system. This was...
Copper Tubing and Steam Systems
A question asked on The Wall: "Is it okay to use copper on steam systems?" Brad White replies: It is not so much temperature as cyclical heating and cooling. Hot water ru...
Steam Boiler-Room Tips
Old boiler rooms often are home to steam-heating boilers. Our older cities are loaded with these, and lots of people (knuckleheads included) have had decades to mess with...
Near-Boiler Piping Tips
All of these pipes around the steam boiler are important. Don't settle for less than what I'm showing you in this video. - Dan Holohan