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QUESTION:I.m replacing the oil fired steam boiler in my home and I have a question on
the piping. Several years ago I removed the chimney that ran up thru the house
and put up a new one on the outside of the house. Now that I'm replacing the
furnace I'm going to move it about 2 feet so it sits in front of the new
chimney. I will be using 2'' header and supply pipes. I have two vertical
supply pipes, one for each side of the house, which are about 1 1/2 ft. apart.
All of the drawings I've seen show that the correct way to pipe the header is
to install T's for the vertical supplies and only then run the header to a
reducing elbow to the equalizer pipe and to the boiler return.
My problem!! My second vertical supply is located very close to the foundation
and because of its location and obstructions it would be difficult to continue
the run of the header back to the equalizer "after'' feeding this supply.
Finally my question. Would it create any problems if I installed a T in the
header, just "before" the second vertical supply, and ran 2" pipe from this T
to a reducing elbow to the equalizer pipe?
ANSWER: Please tell us (me) that you really know what your doing?
Id suggest reading Dan Hollahan's (sp?) The Art of Steam Boilers
(something like that) I found it very interesting and informative.
Bubba
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