Steam Heating Help Topics

I started my career in the heating industry in 1970, when I was 20 years old. I was fresh out of college and my number in the Draft Lottery that year was 355. My father w...

Modular steam boiler systems can look very attractive when it comes time to replace an old steam-heating boiler. The people who sell these systems promise ease of install...

Here are some good tips for you. Base the size of the replacement boiler on the connected load, not the building’s heat loss. The boiler’s ability to produce steam must m...

This was going to be an easy job – one of those in-and-out deals where a guy can make a fast buck, but the truth was he didn't really care whether he got this one or not....

Years ago, in some dank basement, a contractor installed a large air vent near the end of a steam main. He did this because he knew that steam and air are both gases, but...

What's wrong with this picture? See the remote thermostat sitting on top of the hot radiator? The folks in that office wondered why they couldn't seem to get comfortable.

We of the Hydronic Realm often don't think too much about Indoor Air Quality, but that mindset is obsolete. We need to look at the Big Picture, not just the heating syste...

First things first. Before the 1920s, most steam contractors used cast-iron, column-type radiators. Those are the free-standing ones with the real wide sections.

Q: Is it possible for me to use the condensate in a steam boiler to make a hot water zone? A: Sure! Heating professionals have been doing this for years in areas such as ...

This helpful chart will show you the maximum delivery capacity of cubic feet of gas per hour of IPS pipe carrying natural gas of 0.60 specific gravity based on a pressure...