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USE A STEAM TRAP. 



1 am building a range of houses and 

 in excavating for the boiler pit I struck 

 water four feet below the surface. Can 

 I heat economically with the boiler two 

 or three feet below the greenhouse floor 

 by using a trap? What is the best sys- 

 tem for me to install? J.L.J. 



If you are to use steam, and can main- 

 tain a minimum pressure of six pounds 

 upon the system at all times, you should 

 have no difficulty in getting satisfactory 

 service from a return trap by bringing 

 all the condensation back to a hot well 

 and lifting it from the well to boiler by 

 means of a return trap. L. C. C. 



TROUBLE WITH HEATING. 



I have installed a boiler which is not 

 doing well. My house is 18x100 feet. 

 The heater is 2*^x10 feet, and has twen- 

 ty-two 3-inch flues, one 3-inch outlet in 

 the top for the flow and one 3-inch in 

 the bottom for the return. The overhead 

 system of piping is used. There is one 

 3-inch flow under the ridge, with a rise 

 of eighteen inches above the boiler and 

 then gradually rising to the other end 

 of the house, where I have a vent pipe 

 about a foot higher than the expansion 

 tank, which is above the heater, con- 

 nected to the return just before entering 

 the boiler. This flow feeds six 3-inch 

 returns, which are under the benches, 

 gradually sloping to the heater. Can one 

 3-inch flow feed six 3-inch returns? Is 

 one 3-inch outlet for the flow enough, or 

 would two flows be better? The grate is 

 2*/4x2^ feet and the area of the flue is 

 12x16 inches. Is my number of pipes 

 sufficient for a temperature of 50 degrees 

 in Kentucky climate? G. O. K. 



The piping you have installed is as 

 nearly correct in amount as it is possible 

 to make it for a temperature of 50 de- 

 grees. The arrangement is satisfactory 

 and the sizes are all ijight. The 3-inch 

 flow should feed the six returns without 

 difficulty. The only changes I can sug- 

 gest are these: Place an aircock at the 

 place now occupied by the vent pipe, 

 then elevate the expansion tank to at 

 least fifteen feet above the top of the 

 boiler, make a good fire and note re- 

 sults. Open the air valve a couple of 

 times a day lo see that there is no air 

 in the system. With these changes you 

 should get good results. L. C. C. 



PIPE FOR HEATING. 



Will you kindly advise me how to pipe 

 a house 18x30, nine feet at the back and 

 four feet in front? One end butts 

 against the boiler-house, the other end 

 and front to be glazed. The house faces 



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the south. I wish to use a 3-inch flow 

 and 2-inch returns and have pipe enough 

 to maintain a temperature of 50 degrees 

 in zero weather. F. H. P. 



By using a single 3-inch flow and 

 eleven 2-inch returns you can heat the 

 house to the desired temperature. If 

 you wish to use two flow pipes instead 

 of one, arrange a flow and five 2-inch 

 returns on either side or under the 

 benches. In this arrangement there 

 would be two 3 -inch flow pipes and ten 

 2-inch returns. L. C. C. 



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 were heating your establish- 

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