There are some wood beams from an old wall frame in our basement that run right along the top of the 2″ steam heat pipe that is dropped down from the ceiling to serve the upper floors. I’d like to use ...

The radiators are bigger and more expensive than steam. The piping of a two pipe steam system would be less expensive because it has a large supply pipe, but much smaller return pipe. One pipe steam ...

Before declaring steam as old-fashioned, consider the number of homes and commercial spaces built in the 1900s-1950s that still stand - and are steam heated. The cost to simply repair or modify the ...

The boiler you see in photo 2 is piped into the townhouse’s steam distribution piping near the end of the longer steam mains.This isn’t a good location to feed steam into the supply piping because of ...

If you live in a particular type of building, you can be forgiven for keeping your windows cracked, even during the Polar Vortex. In older units, with equally ancient steam heating systems ...

And since there's only so much heat available from the boiler, most of that heat winds up in the basement. As a result, the building may heat unevenly.<BR>Insulate all steam pipes.<BR><BR><B>The ...

Steam heat typically means there’s a boiler in the basement that burns oil or gas to heat water. The steam that results is sent up into the building through distribution pipes and fed into radiators ...

Nov 06, 2022 09:00:00 In New York, how is the heating and hot water system using 'steam' working in active service? by . Keisuke Omi In New York City, one of the world's largest cities ...