sibi1972
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I've been back and forth with you guys about this boiler job I'm doing which turned into an additional job of figuring out how the zones were were piped.
I would like to thank you for all of the advise and education on hydronics and since I finally have the ceiling open in the basement, mention what I found.
There's four 3/4" copper pipes running the length of the house that comprise two each for the 1st floor zone and basement zone.
Each of those two zones were piped to the convectors off of 3/4" standard T's with one side of the convector off of one line and the other side of the convector returning to the other pipe in that zone.
And for some reason, the 1st floor zone has one pipe at the boiler that's 1' copper but 4 feet down where it goes into the ceiling, it reduces down to the 3/4" that runs the rest of the way.
Today I'm going to break this up and make a series loop out of both of these zones ( all zone done w/ zone valves and one B&G 100 ) and I finally have access to run the torch with both heat shields I have w/o burning down the house. I am always cautious of 50+ year old timbers and flames, I keep a spray bottle of water handy and a fire extinguisher just in case.
Also, I bit the bullet and will make a separate zone for the two 1st floor bedrooms.
Thank you guys for all of the help, I do appreciate it.
Sibi
I would like to thank you for all of the advise and education on hydronics and since I finally have the ceiling open in the basement, mention what I found.
There's four 3/4" copper pipes running the length of the house that comprise two each for the 1st floor zone and basement zone.
Each of those two zones were piped to the convectors off of 3/4" standard T's with one side of the convector off of one line and the other side of the convector returning to the other pipe in that zone.
And for some reason, the 1st floor zone has one pipe at the boiler that's 1' copper but 4 feet down where it goes into the ceiling, it reduces down to the 3/4" that runs the rest of the way.
Today I'm going to break this up and make a series loop out of both of these zones ( all zone done w/ zone valves and one B&G 100 ) and I finally have access to run the torch with both heat shields I have w/o burning down the house. I am always cautious of 50+ year old timbers and flames, I keep a spray bottle of water handy and a fire extinguisher just in case.
Also, I bit the bullet and will make a separate zone for the two 1st floor bedrooms.
Thank you guys for all of the help, I do appreciate it.
Sibi