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The air vents aren't working. And if they're not, the system will trap air and drive the fuel bills up. Steam and air are both gases, but steam is lighter than air so the...
The strainer is clogged. There should be a wye or a basket strainer on the inlet to the condensate pump. This strainer's job is to collect sediment from the system before...
The system is leaking. Do you have buried return lines? If so, they may be leaking.
The thermostat is out of calibration. If it is, the burner will be bouncing on and off. Make sure you use an ammeter when you're checking the calibration.
You may be asking for too much. Since a steam system is open to the atmosphere and constantly rusting and corroding, it's very difficult to keep the water pure. You shoul...
The boiler's water line is surging. Dirty water, a too-high pH, overfiring and improper near-boiler piping can all cause the boiler's water line to surge up and down. If ...
I learned these things the hard way. It took me a while. 1) The Only Time You Need F&T Traps Is When You Have A Condensate Pump Or Dry Return Lines.
One of the things I loved about this business when I was first coming up was that the name of a component nearly always defined its function. All I had to do was reverse ...
I was in the basement of this six-story apartment building in a suburb just north of New York City. This goes back some years when I was working for a manufacturers' repr...
1. Long ago, a Dead Man decided to heat a big building with a steam system. Since it was such a big building, and since pipe, valves and fittings have never been cheap, t...
