For plumbing repair, toilet replacement, water heater installation, or other services, schedule service with one of our Shaker Heights plumbers! G.W. Gill Plumbing and Heating Is Your #1 Choice For Plumbing & Steam Heating in the Shaker Heights Area. At G.W. Gill Plumbing and Heating, License #22183, we specialize in the steam and hot water systems found in the Heights communities.
Licensed by Cleveland as a Master Plumber and licensed by the State of Ohio in Plumbing and Hydronics. Authors of Balancing Steam Systems Using A Venting Capacity Chart. At G.W. Gill Plumbing and Heating, License #22183, we do steam heating systems and gravity hot water heating system work. The challenge posed by this, is different than that faced by companies that specialize in newer, high-tech systems (which we also do).
They have factory technical support, and supply house support, for example. We, on the other hand, are dealing with old steam systems and hot water systems that were put in by companies that no longer exist, and by plumbers that are long dead.
Licensed by Cleveland as a Master Plumber and licensed by the State of Ohio in Plumbing and Hydronics. Authors of Balancing Steam Systems Using A Venting Capacity Chart. At G.W. Gill Plumbing and Heating, License #22183, we do steam heating systems and gravity hot water heating system work. The challenge posed by this, is different than that faced by companies that specialize in newer, high-tech systems (which we also do).
They have factory technical support, and supply house support, for example. We, on the other hand, are dealing with old steam systems and hot water systems that were put in by companies that no longer exist, and by plumbers that are long dead.
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One pipe steam systems are just that, steam systems that have just one pipe going to the radiators.
The piping in the basement will consist of a large diameter ''main'' pipe, (and there may be more than one of these), that leads from the boiler to the system of radiators.
This main can either pitch away from the boiler, or pitch towards the boiler.
The pipes leading from the main to the radiators are usually called runouts but may also be called ''spring pieces''.
The pipes that take off from the mains generally will pitch back toward the mains.
The piping in the basement will consist of a large diameter ''main'' pipe, (and there may be more than one of these), that leads from the boiler to the system of radiators.
This main can either pitch away from the boiler, or pitch towards the boiler.
The pipes leading from the main to the radiators are usually called runouts but may also be called ''spring pieces''.
The pipes that take off from the mains generally will pitch back toward the mains.
This type of steam system is only used (hopefully) on very small systems.
It serves somewhat well when the pipe has to go out thru a crawl space for example.
In this system the steam flows out of the boiler and into the system main which continually slants upwards.
That of course is the problem as the condensate is draining back down the same pipe against the flow of the steam.
Picture in your minds eye a surfer as he paddles against the incoming flow of the tides.
He's working hard to get out to sea.
It serves somewhat well when the pipe has to go out thru a crawl space for example.
In this system the steam flows out of the boiler and into the system main which continually slants upwards.
That of course is the problem as the condensate is draining back down the same pipe against the flow of the steam.
Picture in your minds eye a surfer as he paddles against the incoming flow of the tides.
He's working hard to get out to sea.
The one pipe steam circuit system is also called parallel flow system.
This is the standard way that one pipe steam is generally installed in the houses we see in the heights areas.
The only major difference here from the counterflow system is that the main steam pipe rises to the basement ceiling then gradually pitches downward toward an eventual drop back to a wet return which again feeds the water back to the boiler.
The runouts to the radiators and the radiators themselves still drain back into this main steam pipe.
This is the standard way that one pipe steam is generally installed in the houses we see in the heights areas.
The only major difference here from the counterflow system is that the main steam pipe rises to the basement ceiling then gradually pitches downward toward an eventual drop back to a wet return which again feeds the water back to the boiler.
The runouts to the radiators and the radiators themselves still drain back into this main steam pipe.
Every now and then we run into a radiator that still has a vacuum vent on it, or a customer wants to replace a radiator vent and they are confused since they cannot find a replacement vacuum vent and that is what they had before.
The bottom line is that unless you are still operating a coal boiler and firing it with coal, you don't need a vacuum vent.
They were for coal boilers.
They are not for gas or oil boilers.
A gas or oil boiler will fire intermittently.
Its either on, or its off.
When its off there is absolutely ZERO production of steam.
The bottom line is that unless you are still operating a coal boiler and firing it with coal, you don't need a vacuum vent.
They were for coal boilers.
They are not for gas or oil boilers.
A gas or oil boiler will fire intermittently.
Its either on, or its off.
When its off there is absolutely ZERO production of steam.
This is the invisible air vent that came out in the late 20's and was really quite a masterpiece of engineering.
It made the radiators look much nicer, but that wasn't its real intention.
The reason for its existance was to provide better heat out of the one-pipe radiators by eliminating the air pocket that would be left in the radiator when a standard air vent was used.
If you have radiators that have these and a radiator is not heating, check to see if a painter painted shut the little air vent hole.
It made the radiators look much nicer, but that wasn't its real intention.
The reason for its existance was to provide better heat out of the one-pipe radiators by eliminating the air pocket that would be left in the radiator when a standard air vent was used.
If you have radiators that have these and a radiator is not heating, check to see if a painter painted shut the little air vent hole.
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