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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



January 25, 1906. 



TO RELIEVE CONDENSATION. 



I propose putting in steam pipes under 

 a gutter which has a rise from boiler of 

 six inches in 100 feet, but want pipe to 

 run an equal distance from tbe gutter 

 all the way up. Now then, if I turn off 

 steam at the valve at the top of the riser 

 connecting the 2-inch main from the 

 boiler with the flow pipe the condensa- 

 tion will run to this valve and when steam 

 would be turned on would cause snapping 

 because of the cold water in pipe. Could 

 1 remedy this by connecting the flow to 

 the 11/4 -inch return with %-inch pipe to 

 allow the water to drip into the return? 

 Where would be the proper place for the 

 air valve? Is the proper place for the 

 check valve at the lowest point on the re- 

 turn next to the boiler? W. P. W. 



While you can tap the riser near the 

 valve and relieve the condensation it will 

 not be as satisfactory as to grade the 

 riser so as to cause the condensation to 

 follow the grade back to the boiler. If 

 the riser falls two inches to 100 feet it 

 will provide suflScient drainage for the 

 riser. The returns can of course be given 

 a greater grade. If a check valve is to 

 be used place it on the pipe leading from 

 the manifold at the end of the returns 

 leading to the main return to the boiler 

 and use a swing check only. Why not 

 run the riser under the gable instead 

 of under the gutter? L. C. C. 



BOILER AND PIPE. 



I am building a house 18x60 for car- 

 nations, north wall four feet, half glass, 

 and south glass, ten feet to the ridge. 

 How many feet of 2-inch pipe will it 

 take to heat it? Which is best, uphill 

 or downhill system? Sometimes it gets 

 as cold as 15 degrees below zero. What 

 size of boiler ought I. to use? How will 

 a self-feeder work with soft coal? 



W. E. W. 



To provide heat for the greenhouse in 

 question a small boiler carrying only 

 seventy-five or eighty square feet of heat- 

 ing surface will do the work. A boiler 

 rated to provide heat for 1,000 square 

 feet of radiation will be ample. I know 

 of no self-feed boiler which will work 

 well with soft coal. There are many 

 boilers of this type designed for hard 

 coal, but soft coal cannot be fired in this 

 manner. If you install eleven 2-inch 

 pipes in the house 18x60 feet they should 

 maintain an adequate temperature for 

 carnations, about 675 lineal feet of 2-inch 

 pipe will be required. L. C. C. 



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