New cast iron steam boiler keeps flooding
New cast iron steam boiler keeps flooding
(OP)
Hello from cold Minnesota,
For the last seven years I've been a boiler operator in an old brownstone. Late last heating season, the old locomotive style fire-tube boiler I was tending cracked. It was well over a 100 years old. So the condo board decided to purchase a new cast iron section boiler to replace it. A plumbing company installed it, and the boiler itself is working fine. Trouble is one steam main leading to the far side of the building keeps flooding. Consequently we have continuous water hammering. We've called in several mechanical engineer firms to consult us as to how to solve this problem. None can give us a definitive reason as to why this is happening.
We've installed larger steam traps, but that didn't work.
Any ideas? I'm at a wit's end.
For the last seven years I've been a boiler operator in an old brownstone. Late last heating season, the old locomotive style fire-tube boiler I was tending cracked. It was well over a 100 years old. So the condo board decided to purchase a new cast iron section boiler to replace it. A plumbing company installed it, and the boiler itself is working fine. Trouble is one steam main leading to the far side of the building keeps flooding. Consequently we have continuous water hammering. We've called in several mechanical engineer firms to consult us as to how to solve this problem. None can give us a definitive reason as to why this is happening.
We've installed larger steam traps, but that didn't work.
Any ideas? I'm at a wit's end.





RE: New cast iron steam boiler keeps flooding
RE: New cast iron steam boiler keeps flooding
RE: New cast iron steam boiler keeps flooding
You might be seeing water trapped by low spots in the piping that previously drained to the steam traps.
RE: New cast iron steam boiler keeps flooding
I maybe should consult the manufacture as to the steam traps.
Thanks a bunch guys.