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A New York City contractor called me a last winter to tell me about a situation that he had gotten himself into. We’ll call him Augie because that’s close enough. "The ol...
When you take an old house under your wing you sometimes also get to take possession of an old steam heating system and an awful lot of asbestos insulation that goes alon...
I heard from an old friend the other day. This guy works in Brooklyn, NY, and usually on some very interesting stuff. He's not one to say fuggedaboutit when there's a pro...
Years ago, steam heating was a business of installing complete systems and not just a business of replacing boilers and fixing problems, as it is today. Manufacturers mad...
A steam stumper! In Baltimore, about four blocks from my house, there lives an elderly couple. They're still in the same three-bedroom cottage where they raised their fam...
This e-mail showed up in my inbox one day. "Our problem is that five out of hundreds of univentilator coils freeze up on a regular basis. They are part of two pipe steam ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
