Steam Boiler Replacement Using Viega MegaPress

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  • @mikegooch123456543
    @mikegooch123456543 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Boiler installs with your entire crew make for some of your best videos. Nice job.

    • @Kevin-wj4ed
      @Kevin-wj4ed ปีที่แล้ว

      What is brand name of your watch?

  • @frankavery568
    @frankavery568 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You have the best crew they work together

  • @adamcox1809
    @adamcox1809 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mikey you got a bad ass team, attitude, and tools.

  • @tmactheplumber4966
    @tmactheplumber4966 ปีที่แล้ว

    Stop messin" with getting that boiler downstairs 😁! Awesome job !

  • @audikid89
    @audikid89 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I’m screaming at my phone “use your pipe reamer on those threads” 😂

  • @DevinHVACInc
    @DevinHVACInc ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Need Frankie there. He would sleep that boiler in place 😀😀😀
    Great install

  • @JohnSmith-cd8ch
    @JohnSmith-cd8ch ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What is the reasoning for no drip leg in NYC?

  • @scottvolage1752
    @scottvolage1752 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The kid on the stairs heard you. They may learn some new words today. They could learn a trade and be corrupted like young Peter. LOL Make the trades great again.

  • @Pipesolutionsinc
    @Pipesolutionsinc ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Mikey pipes baby , nice job I like your work ethics.✌LMTGA

  • @Timberjagi
    @Timberjagi ปีที่แล้ว +1

    some good QC over there.

  • @whodat1473
    @whodat1473 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    great job, helpful advise for you, when coming down the stairs on hand truck, raise the handle up so the wheels stop on each step to hold the weight rather than the sled technique, also the hartford loop looked high but could just be the angle of camera, should be 2" below normal water level. may want to fire it up before insulating in case of leak, very nice job!

    • @whodat1473
      @whodat1473 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@PipeDoctor very good

  • @kevin7151
    @kevin7151 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great segment Mikey. Another great install by you and your crew. Seems like you really like the SteamMax line by US boiler. I have an IN7 in my home and it seems that this is what I should install when the time comes

  • @SerchL-e2j
    @SerchL-e2j ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing mike im a new subscrber to you and i love i got so addictive to you and your crew doing great boiler jobs my wife thinks im inlove with you but honestly i really apreciate what u are teaching all the trade students thank you so much i have learned a lot

  • @JohnSmith-cd8ch
    @JohnSmith-cd8ch ปีที่แล้ว

    Great looking insulation job

  • @franklin7205
    @franklin7205 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hello quick question to all on the supply why do you have to 90 down then up to the nipple

  • @leeshilling83
    @leeshilling83 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I haven’t had good luck with surgex. 8 way works very well for long term treatment and to encapsulate oil. There’s a guy on TH-cam that has a properly installed steam boiler in his own home with glass tubes on supplies and steam drop header, so he can see what happens when different products are added to clean water. Surgex was by far the worst I saw tested, and made the boiler surge. The 8 way worked well so I tried it after 2 trouble steam installs.. banging and issues with farther away radiators not heating well.. the 8 way solved the issues immediately.

    • @kevin7151
      @kevin7151 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I have had good success with 8-Way as well as the Hercules steam boiler treatment. I put them in each year during the summer after cleaning the boiler.

  • @michaelpaulsen64
    @michaelpaulsen64 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good job on the boiler by the way

  • @petersmart1999
    @petersmart1999 ปีที่แล้ว

    That mark on the tapping is a witness mark from the guy that tested the sections! Its from the pipe wrench rivet near the jaws ,while taking the test fittings off! Seen it a couple times before!

  • @ulyssestrejo
    @ulyssestrejo ปีที่แล้ว

    Was up MP!! Allot of times on 2" pipe and larger, start counter clock wise until you feel the pipe sit then tighten slow. 👍🏼

  • @tonydelgrego2906
    @tonydelgrego2906 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Nice professional job and a great crew

  • @allsystems79
    @allsystems79 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Nice video

    • @PipeDoctor
      @PipeDoctor  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks

  • @marriagepartnersministry5942
    @marriagepartnersministry5942 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Theres going to be alot of oil in that boiler from the factory and the factory coating of oil inside the pipe from the mill even if it wasnt jobsite threaded. Im not so sure throwing some chemical in and just letting it run will actually encapsulate the oil AND make it settle out to the bottom where it can be drained off thereby reducing carryover. Your thoughts?

  • @aaronkoster3940
    @aaronkoster3940 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Page 61 in "The lost art of steam heating". Hartford Loop is 2 inches below normal water level. U.S. boiler is explicit in their manual that Hartford loop is 2 inches below normal water level.

    • @aaronkoster3940
      @aaronkoster3940 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@PipeDoctor The center of the glass is really never the relevant measuring point. Center of glass means different things on different boiler. "Normal water level" is the point of reference. Most manufacturers, in the installation manual, mandate 2" below the NWL. Some say 2"-4" below the NWL. The only time middle of glass is referenced, is when dealing with old or obsolete boilers, where no manual exists.

    • @aaronkoster3940
      @aaronkoster3940 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There is something called a Gifford Loop". Very similar to The Hartford Loop but with the placement of the loop slightly higher. The inventor of the Gifford Loop proposes that you are better off with the loop at the height of the normal water level. You can Google Gifford Loop and you'll come up with some interesting reading material.

  • @robwhiff3411
    @robwhiff3411 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What do you call the process that’s done to take the oil smell out of a new gas steam furnace that involves draining and filling ? Thanks

    • @PipeDoctor
      @PipeDoctor  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      can you correctly rephrase the question?

  • @chungh5450
    @chungh5450 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Don't mind me asking the quote. How much does that boiler cost and how much was that to install in NYC Queen? looking to have one installed like the one you have on the video. Thanks

  • @araina3508
    @araina3508 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video!

  • @markdemay2177
    @markdemay2177 ปีที่แล้ว

    The first tread is called the higby cut. Where one thread lines up with another.

  • @10_seconds_left....
    @10_seconds_left.... ปีที่แล้ว

    Had that same issue about 2 months ago with a bad tapping fresh fron the manufacturer, had to run my tap through it. Definitely a day ruiner and anxiety is through the roof until the first head of steam is made lol

    • @throttlebottle5906
      @throttlebottle5906 ปีที่แล้ว

      wonder where it was cast, india, china, mexico, etc. lol probably USA...

  • @mikesheehan559
    @mikesheehan559 ปีที่แล้ว

    Where can a homeowner source the 2” pipe insulation.

  • @orteg3940
    @orteg3940 ปีที่แล้ว

    TEAMWORK!

  • @antoniolaracuente437
    @antoniolaracuente437 ปีที่แล้ว

    I also did one Sting sweat in 4 hours

  • @ioannisparissis185
    @ioannisparissis185 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mikey -
    Does it matter where the water feed is piped into a steam boiler ?
    Thanks

  • @throttlebottle5906
    @throttlebottle5906 ปีที่แล้ว

    by 19:53 the bung was tapped by a machine straight with the casting, but the bung face isn't perpendicular with it, nor flat across.
    probably cheaped out on a machining step or the casting mold is worn and un true.

  • @limitlesssheezy7936
    @limitlesssheezy7936 ปีที่แล้ว

    So no drip leg for nyc? Why do I see it in almost every nyc boiler room?

    • @aaronkoster3940
      @aaronkoster3940 ปีที่แล้ว

      Relatively recent change to the code. Most of the drip legs, predate the code change

  • @zacharypalczynski8450
    @zacharypalczynski8450 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great job steam team !!! Mikey fuckn pipes !!

  • @petersmart1999
    @petersmart1999 ปีที่แล้ว

    Buy an evolution saw for making your cuts,no burrs!

  • @amf4399
    @amf4399 ปีที่แล้ว

    How much does that boiler cost and how much was that to install? , if you don't mind me asking. I live in PA and looking to have one installed. Thanks

    • @PipeDoctor
      @PipeDoctor  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Depends

    • @amf4399
      @amf4399 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@PipeDoctor I understand.

  • @chicagolandbrokersrobertno3553
    @chicagolandbrokersrobertno3553 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow. You just touched that old boiler and the section came apart.

  • @joed9908
    @joed9908 ปีที่แล้ว

    Did you see the steps flex with all that weight. Where can I get that insulation?

    • @joed9908
      @joed9908 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@PipeDoctor thank you.

    • @throttlebottle5906
      @throttlebottle5906 ปีที่แล้ว

      they were pretty thin for not having a stringer down the middle, heck even a 2x4 laid flat and fastened would do.

  • @B_BlakeMusic
    @B_BlakeMusic หลายเดือนก่อน

    7:38 agreed 😂😂😂

  • @gaylonrose6713
    @gaylonrose6713 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thought you had a motorized hand cart

  • @garyg8036
    @garyg8036 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    While testing it would be a good idea to test the owners Carbon Monoxide Detector in their basement going the extra mile.

  • @Owned23
    @Owned23 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mike! Where do you get your pipe insulation from?

    • @Owned23
      @Owned23 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@PipeDoctor thanks Mike!

  • @kennethduke6859
    @kennethduke6859 ปีที่แล้ว

    That boiler looked off center as well.. Cocked to one side, looking at that picture Mike.. Could you have done a T in front of the drop header, and then 90'd over and up, to pickup the mains?

  • @resolute01769
    @resolute01769 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Dumb question. Why insulate the pipes? To prevent room from getting over heated?

  • @marriagepartnersministry5942
    @marriagepartnersministry5942 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hartford loop looks to be a bit to high compared to the water level

  • @Bob.W.
    @Bob.W. ปีที่แล้ว

    Did you go to the MM Academy or Calhoun MEBA?

    • @Bob.W.
      @Bob.W. ปีที่แล้ว

      Cool.

  • @ItsTheCostanza
    @ItsTheCostanza ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I would do a Timelapse type of video of how long it takes to do a new install. Put a time clock on the video from start to finish lol. 🕰️.

  • @williamloder9194
    @williamloder9194 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    File down the thread ????? Taper it ???

    • @williamloder9194
      @williamloder9194 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@PipeDoctor Persistence pays off. Where was the quality control ???/

  • @mikemalone6103
    @mikemalone6103 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is a first! You must have seen, read or been to Dan Holohans books or seminar, as have I. You actually insulated piping, I cant believe it…. This is a first. Why did you guys stop short on the insulation? HOWEVER, whoever needs to replace that aquastat, is going to be cursing you.

  • @Steve-bm2zm
    @Steve-bm2zm ปีที่แล้ว

    Did the improper install cost the customer in efficiency loss? If so I wonder how much money over 30 years?

  • @ChrisTopher284765490
    @ChrisTopher284765490 ปีที่แล้ว

    Peter forgot to put on the red boiler emergency switch sticker 🤔

  • @mattl643
    @mattl643 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Got lucky with that first piece. That would have been a total shit show if you had to haul that beast back out if there. Great install as always.

  • @danielrandolph9170
    @danielrandolph9170 ปีที่แล้ว

    Shit can your $250.00 pipe cleaner tool lol not to good . Good video Mikey and pipe crew !! Stay safe

  • @markamcampbell5795
    @markamcampbell5795 ปีที่แล้ว

    now they have a tool to polish your shaft.

  • @Kevin-wj4ed
    @Kevin-wj4ed ปีที่แล้ว

    Name of watch?

  • @svdleer
    @svdleer ปีที่แล้ว

    Question out of interest. Why do homes in USA have such big installs with big (gas) steam boilers, much zones and so on? It's not that al the houses are so big. Keep up the good work!

    • @mikemeyer9831
      @mikemeyer9831 ปีที่แล้ว

      Because we are American's and don't live in small ass boxes 😂

    • @jameslang9170
      @jameslang9170 ปีที่แล้ว

      Steam boilers have to be big because of violent steam otherwise the house would be off its foundation from water hammer. Removing steam pipe and replacing with baseboard would be x2 to x3 more expensive.

    • @throttlebottle5906
      @throttlebottle5906 ปีที่แล้ว

      lots of older homes with little to no insulation and poorly air/vapor sealed. aka wind tunnels, with enough radiation elements and boiler oversizing to heat 3 to 5 well sealed and insualted homes. lol

  • @eddiehollner8801
    @eddiehollner8801 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hello family

  • @BryanGullickson
    @BryanGullickson ปีที่แล้ว

    So if Mercedes wont donate a van to the philanthropy channel have you thought of reaching out to any of the other van Manufacturers such as GM, Ford, Stelantis, Etc?

    • @dregenius
      @dregenius ปีที่แล้ว

      Maybe he wants a nice modern, tall roof van with a well engineered diesel engine that's powerful and sips fuel instead of an ancient 60 year old van that you can't stand up in and that guzzles gas and spews unburned gass smell and stinks up a whole city block when you come to a stop 😂 How did the Americans manage to only get 175 HP out of a 6+ liter V8 gas engine in a commercial van for so long?

    • @BryanGullickson
      @BryanGullickson ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dregenius 1. why the hell would you go with a diesel that would be very silly as it would be in the shop more than it would be on the road due to the Emissions systems plugging up due to all the stop and go traffic Mike encounters plus the added cost of fuel and maintenance would outweigh any sort of MPG boost he might get better to get a gasoline engine and 2. I never said Mike HAD to go with the others it was a simple question posed out of curiosity and lastly 3. Your bias is showing as im assuming you're from Europe considering your suggesting a Diesel which here in the States cost significantly more to run and maintain then their Gas Powered counterparts due to the cost of Fuel and US EPA Emissions Adding on DEF,DPF,EGR etc

    • @dregenius
      @dregenius ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@BryanGullickson You make some very valid arguments, but honestly big asthmatic gassers are just not suited to a commercial van or hauling. The fact that diesels cost more to run is not the engine's fault, it is the fault of regulators and Americans who are very stubborn and continue to think of diesels as "foreign", which in turn means America continues to use less efficient refinery processes that prioritize gasoline (despite being significantly less efficient, as many of the distillate fractions that would have gone into #2 fuel/diesel need additional energy pumped into them to crack them down into gasoline), and fuel taxes that assume only huge trucks use the fuel and thus disproportionately tax diesel fuel. If diesels were more common in vans and anything that isn't a sports car, then there wouldn't be that issue of them being more expensive to operate.

    • @GoatzombieBubba
      @GoatzombieBubba ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BryanGullickson MPG for diesel is better then gas.... gone are the days of cheap diesel.

    • @BryanGullickson
      @BryanGullickson ปีที่แล้ว

      @@GoatzombieBubba yes diesel does get better mpg than gas im not debating that but diesel is like $5+/gallon and also it gets cold on the east coast i dont think mike is gonna want to have to fiddle with him or his employees remembering to plug in a block heater at the end of the day or remembering to unplug it at the start along with putting anti gel in the tank so the amount of cost and effort outweighs the savings produced by the better MPG

  • @Jackhvac_R
    @Jackhvac_R ปีที่แล้ว

    A good email I could message you on? I have something to ask .

  • @charlescline1441
    @charlescline1441 ปีที่แล้ว

    I really hate to disagree with you but the top of your equalizer tee should be the same height as the bottom of the lowest part of the guage glass

  • @zakksrage
    @zakksrage ปีที่แล้ว

    A simple thread chaser would have saved an hour here. You can make one by taking a grinder to a piece of pipe cutting slits in it at an angle

    • @throttlebottle5906
      @throttlebottle5906 ปีที่แล้ว

      been there done that, but the pipe gets chewed equally as fast as the threads you're chasing, unless it's steel in aluminum or something else softer.
      cast iron generally laughs at home made thread chasers, unless they're hardened( which is hard to do) 🥳

  • @benf7259
    @benf7259 ปีที่แล้ว

    “Let’s do yours next”

  • @swaterman08
    @swaterman08 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    6:19 I like the kid in the background watching while the trades men are dropping F Bombs.
    he is going to forever remember and prob grow up in the trades.
    I was the same way, if the neighbors were getting a roof I was trying to help clean and get onto the roof, or ask an electrical 1000k questions, but then I learned not to be an ASKHOLE!

  • @marriagepartnersministry5942
    @marriagepartnersministry5942 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I used to do a boiler in a day 10 hrs by myself. Lets see, it looked like there was4 guys there so 10 hrs divided by 4 equals 2.5 hours and it took you guys 4 hours. I would say 2 guys on a job is about the most efficient. 3 guys start getting in the way and waiting on eachother. 4 guys is just plain inefficient.

  • @davidlampe4153
    @davidlampe4153 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Us boilers needs to do a better job of tapping the holes. Epic install otherwise!

  • @chrisrainville6324
    @chrisrainville6324 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mikey FUCKEN pipes!!!!!!!!!🔥

  • @gregdemars2751
    @gregdemars2751 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Tap it out

    • @PipeDoctor
      @PipeDoctor  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      yup

  • @MichOutdoors
    @MichOutdoors ปีที่แล้ว

    Guess there's no pool party

    • @MichOutdoors
      @MichOutdoors ปีที่แล้ว

      @@PipeDoctor watch all videos haven't heard any updates. That's why I asked

  • @conundrumconundrum5589
    @conundrumconundrum5589 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Come on, Peter, have some pride in yourself and respect the job you're doing and your employer. Show up on time. It's not that hard. Consistency is important. My experience, when a person starts the regular not showing up on time, means they ain't long for the job. You're helping to fuel the bad thoughts of your generation and really only hurt yourself. Be thankful for the opportunities u have, and don't squander them. Molding it into something greater for yourself. Sorry Mike, I know u have probably said something, but I see great things for Peter if he can just stop stepping on his own dick. I realize he is young too, and some very rare times a person should be late, but it happens.

  • @chuckquinn8026
    @chuckquinn8026 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What’s going on with Peter being late again? 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️
    Looks like you need a thread chaser for these boilers…different from a pipe tap

  • @doncaranci2547
    @doncaranci2547 ปีที่แล้ว

    Im really 1st Daniel

  • @bauhnguefyische667
    @bauhnguefyische667 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’d cancel any apprentice who can’t show up on time.
    Show up early or go home without a job.

    • @dregenius
      @dregenius ปีที่แล้ว

      Ha! That's why you're working alone and wondering why nobody wants to help you. Don't worry, those guys already started their own companies and are raking in the cash you were going to withold from them when your paychecks bounced. 😂 Demanding people always be early shows that you have no concept of other people's lives and business. If someone shows up and is valuable to have *when they are there*, that's why you want them.

    • @bauhnguefyische667
      @bauhnguefyische667 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dregenius
      Ha! That’s hilarious trolling.
      Not good for business either.

    • @km0e69
      @km0e69 ปีที่แล้ว

      No apprentice. All Rats.

  • @JoePublic717
    @JoePublic717 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your pool party @ 50k was supposed to be Epic, but that never happened!

  • @michaelpaulsen64
    @michaelpaulsen64 ปีที่แล้ว

    I thought all codes were drip leg standard why does New York City only used 90s ? We all know New York City to little different. Lol.

  • @DCHVAC
    @DCHVAC ปีที่แล้ว +1

    First

    • @scottmaz4063
      @scottmaz4063 ปีที่แล้ว

      Buwahahaha 😅

    • @scottmaz4063
      @scottmaz4063 ปีที่แล้ว

      I can't comment wtf😮

    • @scottmaz4063
      @scottmaz4063 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If we had what's out there now, sure anyone could do it fast. But you do 1 a day then the boss would want 2 or 3 a day. Fact brother

  • @flastname560
    @flastname560 ปีที่แล้ว

    How many plumbers does it take to screw in a pipe. 😅 ok let's see what the punchline is.

  • @jfarley3131
    @jfarley3131 ปีที่แล้ว

    Don’t fight it

  • @cpaul57
    @cpaul57 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Go to college...stay away from this work

    • @PipeDoctor
      @PipeDoctor  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Haha. Ignorant fool

  • @Ghostriderz911
    @Ghostriderz911 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can we get less adds lol