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Posted by Ray on October 10, 2006, 2:30 pm
Thanks Mike -- Our system is steam.
Why do you suppose a reputable company of long standing wouldn't use the
standard?
Or perhaps the standard may have changed?
I guess if they installed a system which is truly incorrect and fails fairly
quickly they might be open to a lawsuit.
-- Ray
>
> Ray wrote:
>> Recently we installed in our six-unit apartment building a new furnace.
>> The
>> installer was a reputable local company. The old header pipes -- those
>> 6-inch pipes that come directly out of the boiler -- were replaced with
>> new
>> copper pipes.
>>
>> A local guy who is something of a busibody and claims to be an expert on
>> all
>> things says this was a mistake. He said the copper pipes will begin
>> leaking
>> steam within 2 years and will have to be replaced with steel.
>>
>> It makes no sense to me that a company with a good reputation would
>> install
>> a furnace that would fail in 2 years.
>>
>> Still, I'm uneasy enough to ask if there's any remote validity to the
>> busibody's prediction. I guess the question is whether the industry
>> standard
>> is copper or steel.
>>
>> Any comments welcome.
>
> I'm assuming you had a steam or hot water boiler. A furnace usually is
> a hot air unit.
> If the new unit is steam, it's suppose to be all black steel pipe
> leaving the boiler. Copper pipes are not meant for steam.
> If however the new unit you installed is a hot -water baseboard sytem,
> then copper is the standard.
>
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