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The Florists' Review 



Jdnb 26, 1913. 



IMPROVED RETURN TUBULAR 

 FIREBOX BOILER 



Johnston Heating: Co. 



131 E. 26th St., New York City 



Mention Tbe Keview wbeu yuu wrius 



been running the boiler with steam, but 

 when I get a pressure of fifteen pounds 

 on, it leaks. Would the boiler answer 

 for hot water, or do you think it would 

 probably continue to leak! Is there 

 any way in which it could be repaired? 



C. A. 



In oase the boiler only leaks when 

 under pressure, it is not likely to leak 

 when used for hot water unless the 

 fezpansion tank is considerably'lll^ted. 

 A small crack can attHHt|9^^ stopped by 

 means of litharge. Make it into a paste 

 with linseed oil and, after filling the 

 crack as well as possible, burn it oil 

 with a torch. Repeat the.' application 

 several times. 



HEATING SYSTEM A FAILUBE. 



Will you please give me some en- 

 lightenment in regard to my heating 

 troubles? I have one greenhouse, 

 16x50, nine feet high to the ridge and 

 four feet high at the sides. The walls 

 are double boarded, with paper between. 

 There is glass in one end and the 

 boiler shed adjoins the other end. I 

 have a Lord & Burnham hot water 

 boiler, No. 418 W, in a pit six feet 

 deep. The highest temperature that 1 

 can obtain is 35 degrees when the out- 

 side temperature is 6 degrees above 

 zero. 



One 3-inch feed pipe rises from the 

 boiler to the level of the greenhouse 

 floor, where it is connected by a man- 

 ifold to three 2-inch pipes going all the 

 way around the house to the highest 

 point, two feet above the level of the 

 floor. Connection is there made by a 

 manifold to two 2-inch pipes which re- 

 turn to the boiler pit and enter a 3- 

 inch pipe leading to the boiler. There 

 is a drop of five feet from the floor to 

 the boiler. The expansion tank is con- 

 nected to the manifold and is two feet 

 above it. There is an air valve at 

 the highest point and one on the 3- 

 inch pipe over the boiler. The smoke- 

 stack is six and one-half inches in di- 

 ameter and about ten feet high. Have 

 I too many pipes in the system or too 

 small a boiler T C. H. W. 



The unsatisfactory working of the 

 heating plant is probably due to the 

 length of the circuit, nearly 250 feet, 

 in small pipe carried but a short dis- 



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Mention Thw RpTtew when yon writ*. 



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We make a specialty of handllnir carefully selected 

 Boiler Flues, 4-inch diameter and other sizes for 

 greenhouse piping. Outter Posts, etc. Also, we 

 make a specialty of flues for retublng boilers. All 

 flues are tboroufrbly cleaned and trimmed, ready 

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H. MUNSON 



1405 Wells St. Phone North 672 Chicaco 

 Mention The Review when yon wt1t«. 



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 Nelson Valves 



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Mpntlon The RpTlew when yon write. 



tance above the top of the boiler. The 

 cheapest way to improve the circula- 

 tion would be to attach a mercury cir- 

 culator to the system, but it will prob- 

 ably be more satisfactory in the end 

 if some slight changes are made in the 

 piping. 1 would suggest carrying the 

 flow pipe to a point about two feet be- 

 low the ridge of the greenhouse. Con- 

 nect the expansion tank at the highest 

 point and then run the main to the 

 farther end of the house, giving it a 

 slight fall — about one inch in ten feet. 

 There take off two 2i/^-inch pipes. Drop 

 these down and connect each with a 

 coil of four 2-inch pipes, which should 

 run along the end of the house and 

 then along the side back to the boiler. 

 Still another way, and one which 

 would utilize the present piping to the 

 best advantage, would be to carry the 

 3-inch flow pipe into the greenhouse 



PUT YOUR HEATING PROBLENS 



UP TO 



Robt Ross Jones 



HARRISBURG, PA. 



Who Makea a Specialty of Cor- 

 recting^ DelectiTO Green. 

 house Heating Syatems. 



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nniNGS, VALVES. BOILERS, RAMATORS, ETC 

 JOHN MANEELY, 



309^1-313 Arch St.. PHILADELPHIA. PA. 



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"Sftlleriied" Wraaght Pipe 



Especially adapted for Greenhouse Work, Fit* 

 tinsrs. Valves, Tools, etc. 



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Mention The Reriew when yon wrtf. 



and then take , off three 2-inch flow 

 pipes. Drop one of these down to the 

 plates on each side of the house and 

 then carry them along the plates to the 

 farther end. -Extend the other 2-inch 



