How To Install Emergency Burnham Steam Boiler Gas Fired
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- čas přidán 26. 12. 2021
- Last week we condemned this Burnham SIN6 Steam Gas fired Boiler and today we completed the emergency installation of the replacement - complete with all new near boiler steam header piping. What this How To Install video. We started at 8am - completed at 12pm - the same day! Burnham Steam Boiler
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Great job! Workmanship is great. More importantly, it’s piped correctly! I’m more impressed with the time you and your crew take to get it done! Keep up the great work.
Another awesome job delivered to you by Mike and his team!
Watching you wrestle that beast brought back a lot of memories, non too pleasant. Has a guy get paralyzed by not using straps on a unit that rolled and crushed his legs. Sad story. He admitted to us he rushed. The foreman never really got over it. Both knew better. Safe, slow and steady.
Nothing but love for GiGi! Love how she says “subscribe” 😂😂 The best 👍
Mike. I live in an area that has maybe 50 residential steam boilers left over from the old days. and after almost 30 years in the trade it is so much fun for me to watch you continue to do what I started doing many years ago after finding home after home and system after system get hacked to death by techs and companies that didn't know the first thing about steam. I've been on a different side of the trade now for a decade (I'm a Regional Facilities Manager in AK ID MT OR and WA) I really enjoy watching you do your thing, Keep it up, happy to be a subscriber.
What’s it mean to be a Regional Facilities Manager?
I’m not a HVAC tech. I’m a customer who knows a good technician when he sees one. You and your technician’s are top notch.
I'm not in NY but if I was, Mikey would get my business.
You are correct, a drop header slows the steam and provide drier steam to system and can be used to get your 24” risers in low clearance situations.
Great build. Your man Mike the Fitter does great custom pipe fitting. Nice, clean, easy to service. Even Steve @32:00 would be proud.
I am a vet and thank you for that. Just want to thank you for helping me with a boiler I was working on.
Excellent near boiler piping work. A lost art! 😀.
Great install. Very educational. Didn’t know about the softener and the drop header.
Gonna be honest, I’ve posted negative comments about some of the steam boilers you’ve done in the past. I have a lot of respect for you taking the extra steps to do a “better job”, not that the other ones were “wrong”. Shows that no matter how accomplished you are in the industry you can still thrive to be better instead of being stuck in your ways. I enjoyed the video.
Beautiful pipe work! GREAT CREW !!!!
Your content is amazing, and inspiring. Y'all keep up the good work!
Many people won’t understand why you keep calling your pipe work a thing of beauty…but it really is. Pipe work is an art in itself. Nice job guys!
Hi mike, what about a end of job checklist ? Basics , that way nobody forgets to soot vac the chimney etc. Love your channel!! Your work is amazing
Fantastic job teaching Mikey.
Very Nice Mikey Pipes very professional and looks dam good
Great Installation Mikey P.
Hell yeah nice work! Keep it comin!
Great install as always... With mike it's done right!
It looks great like artwork. We don't do alot of Boilers down here in Tennessee we mostly do heatpumps and gas furnaces.
Hey Mikey
I am a service plumber (3rd generation) that grew up as a right wing orthodox jew and have been wrenching for almost 18 years now
Me and my wife recently adjusted our life style against our family and friends wishes in becoming less orthodox and more modern and moved out to the sticks in Buffalo Mills pennsylvania ( the mountains )
And the only thing that gets me through the day when I'm on break is your channel
So thanks again for putting out quality videos of Plumbing and Heating
Hope to one day be able to shake your hand and have a few minute conversation
With you and maybe if I ever find myself in NY on a spare vacation day or 2 I'd like to volunteer to be your helper and ride with you on calls 😎😆
So thanks again for the channel content
-Jonny Sragg
@@PipeDoctor thank you
We need more owners like you. There's alot of owners that don't teach the young ones and nag and bi*ch on how bad of a job your doing. Well one your not teaching the young ones on how to do things and set the young ones in the correct path to success. New to channel we need more people like you. Love it
I find the science of the header interesting. The drop header adds inertia to the water/steam separation in the header as the water is already moving down when it hits the header. The water falls to the bottom of the pipe while the drier steam runs along the top. Also that the length of the header isn't important but the larger the pipe diameter, the better to give more separation.
Everyone should be subscribed to this channel because what great content love every dam min of Mikey Pipes videos
Beautiful job! I would clock the meter and adjust the gas pressure before the combustion test.
Mikey Pipes- your next version 5 sticker needs “ lick it before you stick-it” 😆
You made a Wago convert out of me! I love them!!!!
Excellent work .
Great video. Boiler install looks good. Nothing like new metal pipes. Love the raw and uncut. The dogs walks are great content. Keep up the great work pipe doctor crew. Happy New Year. Let's go #Bosch..........
Hey Mike great job and video as usual. Can you share the tipe of electrical contact grease? I'm getting some from Rational German but it is small bags .
daniel is good
. first ground and then neutral and then the fases or voltage lines. have good year all of you.
You're the man mikey pipe
Big fan now your skills & personality make u watch a educational video very entertaining.
It's nice to see other PLUMBERS in the trade actually care about how their work lQQks when it's done, Nice near boiler piping!! Even to the laymen, this boiler install looks good to the 👀's......Mikey Pipes another awesome boiler install done by the pipe doctor crew. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK GUYS! Mikey your "newCrew" seems to be "geling" everyone works good together and they do nice work! And the best part is they are willing to learn. Great job guys!
She’s a beauty. Nice job Guys!
Mike great job, what's the best way to wire in the automatic water feeder, thanks again for all the great information 👍
Just got a membership to support you guys and the great work you do. Hope your team had a Merry Christmas and has a great New Years.
Excellent work Mike, great crew you have, the pipe work and information is excellent, those wago's are amazing, thanks for showing us them, wish I knew about them earlier, I like when you cut to your dog Gigi asking to subscribe, very nice dog. what is the official breed of Gigi? nevermind mini golden doodle. I got it. heard you just say it in the video
Mike brings back memories till I got my hernia work then got a power jack . Or power dollie still need guys but a lot easier some thought. Being old man now they don’t let me on those jobs either . Keep posting love the video and good lord Co. getting 100000 by May
Great job guys!! Such a clean install
Saint Mike! How do I get one those long sleeve “Let’s go Bosch” shirts and one of those Bosch Beanies? I’ve checked out the merch and store and I don’t see them. I love boiler season, it’s what got me hooked on your channel!
love your channel
Happy new year. Great install and video! You ask for comments. One thing I like to see is units sitting up on 4" or even 6" cinder blocks. So many basements take on a few inche's of water at times. I understand don't always have clearance for that. As a general contractor I tell all subs that evthing goes up on blocks. I like how u give details on parts and layout plans. Let's go Brandon!! FYI..I typed in Lets and the last two words automatically filled in. I love it.lol
Wow,I think your job is hard and also complicated, and when I see this video I understand about your job.
Great job! Professional and done right!
Thank you! Cheers!
I started using bolted flanges with steam gaskets instead of unions. nice Hartford loop and as long as the sight glass isn’t dancing your good . I like crowne cast iron steam boilers
Crown is burnham.
@@tuppersdad Burnham owns the company but the boiler is totally different even the way you pipe the Hartford loop is different
Another Great Job
Nice job! What were the final combustion analysis numbers?
tee with a plug instead of 90 off the riser would have been mint for your surge x but other than that absolute beauty
Could you use megapress on the steam piping? Happy new year. That piping will last 50 years.
Should use a back up when tightening your fittings. Job looks good!
You got the best helpers
I agree.
My electricians OCD-ness is going nuts watching you guys wire these! I am screaming at the monitor. You see such nice piping work and then wires and AC/MC cables just going all over the place. My wiring looks like your piping! 🤦♂😁👍 Good work on the install.
luck it's not just romex spaghetti strung around and half burnt from the heat 🤣🤣🤣
been there and seen it like that before.
I am an "ice snob" too. I have been in too many restaurants on a "no ice" service call, and now I won't EVER consume ice while in a restaurant. I get a chilled soda and that is IT! Once you see the ice machine that gets no maintenance, you won't ever want to come near restaurant ice.
Hey Mike, Is there a pressure reducing valve that has a gauge/dial on it that can be used for residential hydronic boilers? I am looking to be able to see what I am actually adjusting the water pressure to. I thought I saw one in one of your videos. Boiler season is coming up and I am wanting to switch over to a better style pressure reducing valve. Thanks
First and foremost awesome job that is one massive gas boiler I just did a 6-section Weil Mclain gas Steam last week but I was just wondering I noticed the cold water was tied onto the hot side of the boiler I always learned to tie the cold water on to the return side of the Hartford Loop something about maybe cracking the boiler from the cold water when it's hot really don't know how true that is
@MikeyPipes
Do you think that old boiler corroded like that due to the water softener?
25 years is a decent life but I've seen boilers last 50 years or more.
And that was one crusty old boiler!
Burnham has given me so many headaches over the years on the oil side (v-7,8,mega,) I must with hold todays like button .We used to joke back in the day "install a W/M or Peerless they give you a jackett, install a Burnham they give you a free mop to soak up the eventual leak."
Nice work
Hey Mike….What adverse affect does softened water have on a new boiler?
You should always install mud legs on your piping coming out of the boiler returns so you can flush out the boiler once a year.
Love my wago’s thanks you you!
I believe the make up water line should be installed on the other side of the Hartford loop. That stops cold water from being introduced into a hot boiler directly, and is better because a leak at the joint wouldn't drain the boiler.
Great point
Excellent job! Very professional!
@@PipeDoctor thank you for sharing your knowledge.
When are you guys going back to change out the AC and redo the duct work?
Gigi knows all.
Drop header will produce drier steam, Dan Holohan references in his explanation of near boiler piping and in several videos by Gordon Schwiezer on his CZcams channel.
For a practical reference ask your men to watch the video of the steam boiler piped in glass for the outdoor demonstrations about what’s really happening inside a steam boiler.
I’m not sure but it may be a video by one of the boiler manufacturers. It’s on CZcams so everyone should be able to watch it.
Weil McLain
There are different size Phillips type heads.Japan has it's own as many a DIYer has discovered when working on their car,bike,TV etc.
You have Pozi drive, and JIS (Japanese Industrial Standard), both denoted by dots or dashes on the screw head. The pitch, depth, and widths of the driver is what sets them apart from better known Phillips.
Can you help please send explain why you swapped out the boiler? Didn’t look that old. Was the boiler cracked? The burners and parts can be exchanged. Just curious
Mikey, i wish i could show daniel the ice machines in restaurants around the city, i used to service many that required cleaning every month because the water quality even with micron filters south of 23rd street is so bad they just make slime and mold after a few days. I blame the water tanks that are never cleaned on the buildings. He would never want to use ice again. Now the schools in lawrence i know have great ice. The schools down there have great water and they change the filters often
will you have corrosion between black pipe and copper on the PRV? Do you need brass between?
Nice move on using the second riser, cut down on the exit velocity
Ecelente work
What I do instead of hanging the transformer on the WAGO's...I partially install the lower right screw in the wire box and then flip the transformer and hang it on the screw using one of the mounting holes with the wires coming towards you...
seems a better idea .. not a big fan hanging transformer on his wires :-)
After January 1st let's see how Mikey pipes electrician does it. Do we get a sneak peek? You explained how to get a sneak peek. Remember keep the sneak peeks G-rated
Mr. Pipes. I want to do a 1/2 bath in my basement. Do you guys do this kind of work ? Western Suffolk. Thanks Jim
yes your knocking the grains of moisture down for drier steam ,the drier the steam the less damage to all components
Yes if you really want dry steam ,out a super heater on it 😂
do you ever install Peerless? I have had good luck with them
Instead of cutting that 1" after the meter wouldn't it be easier to T off of the pex line going to the filter itself? It would still have been upstream but you might have had the stuff on the truck
And old gas tech told me when checking gas connections . I quote no bubbles no troubles
26:00 I really hate philips screws .. in europe ( Belgium) we use more pozidrive PZ ..and ofcourse Torx ( starhead ? ) Altough sheetrock screws seem to be sitll philips mostly ( PH2 )
I like your techs question
In short I still have a hot water hydronic Burnham hot water boiler since 1995 and still good.
Mikey should I stay with Burnham or go to McClain
Thanks Mikey!!
If you have time reply
Thx Mikey
@@PipeDoctor
I was thinking the same thing Mikey.
I'm not in the business, so I don't know if Burnham has gotten better over the years or not.
Yes, New Bedford MA is near the sea... Its a seaport town.
@@PipeDoctorit’s not the best town but it’s got nice towns near by. I would recommend Cape Cod area if your traveling in the area.
I’m pretty sure I’m the one that told you about these. Menards sells them in bulk now. Box of them cost 22$ for 100
Where is the subscribe button absolutely love u guys, very helpful
Can you use pro press on the steam side of the system.?
Mikey pipes do you know if Bosch or navien makes a combo boiler that’s electric
to quickly heat water with "electric" at a useable flow rate, takes a massive amount of power input, most homes do not and will never have that amount of power available, if they tried it would overload all of the power grids, from residential streets to main distribution. what that means is LOW water flow rates are needed to bring the water to a useable temperature, "trickle peeing showers and faucets" and this does not take into account trying to heat the home with it!
for instance most USA homes now days have a 200AMP main breaker and service entrance, with the largest residential electric tankless being around 32-killowatt and 32,000watts/240volts = 134 amps of current(rounded to nearest amp), which is also equivalent to about 109,000 btu/hr. that's good for one flow limited shower and maybe hand sink being ran at once(no more than 2.2GPM (gallon per minute) and that rating relies on the cold water entering to not be too cold (fine in warm water far southern climates).
more on the electrical aspect, you ideally don't load any breaker past 80% continuous of their ratings label, so a 200amp main breaker should be expected to run 160amps continuous and 160 -134 = 26 amps, not enough for hardly anything else to be used. NO oven/stovetop, clothes dryer, air conditioning, microwaves, well pumps, etc. without having major electrical upgrade done.
example with the large natural gas/propane models commonly used are 200,000 to 380,000 BTU/hour input to have multi-fixture flow and endure colder inlet water temperatures. to equal that in an electric tankless, you'd need quadruple the power supplied to a home to even have enough to run other daily items and still forget running all the big appliances at once.
that said, not all areas can supply enough natural gas/propane to run the larger size gas models either.
I'm sure this was way too much information and kind of scrambled, I'm not a teacher for a reason. 😬
I’m a union local 638 steamfitter
Watching installs like this helps me learn so much more
I’d love to come work for you 🙏
Also great job guys very very nice!
Nothing sexier then fresh black pipe. Good work man
can you install a vent damper on millivolt steam boiler ,? boiler came without one , crown jamaica boiler model number ; JBF-42SPD
yes new beadford is on the water it the start of the cape here in mass
Buy a stair climber save your back they work well up and down the steps I have one
Make sure you are using the correct 150psi relief valve LOL
Very rare to see steam piped correctly near me , nice work.
So living in the south and only being around forced air gas furnaces, should you insulate that piping above the boiler? Wouldn't that help with heat loss in the system?
years ago they used to insulate and seal nearly all of it with "asbestos wrap" that looked like thick cardboard from the end. lol
@@throttlebottle5906 Years ago being the key phrase
Will you be insulating the steam pipes in the basement?
Awesome video ! . Thanks
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Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄
to you and your family
I just subscribed and watched your you tube channel videos they
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How's the business getting on by the way
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Awesome!
Do you have to cut and thread the pipes to a custom length or do they come pre-threaded?
Nipples up to 6” are pre-made. Everything else we cut and thread to size
@@PipeDoctor thank you!
Hey Mike, why no teflon in the low water cutoff probe? I've done it that way but never read the manual.... learn something new everyday day.
the LWCO nipple needs to have good electrical conductivity to the metal boiler or it will not sense correctly if at all.
while you can use tape, it needs held back some threads to allow metal to metal contact, but even then those first "X" threads could become mineral isolated from the boiler steel.