Forced Hot Air in North Jersey

[Gerania]

Originally Posted by BugsyPal

Back in day they had vapor/vacuum steam heating that rivaled hot water for even silent heating and energy efficiency. Plus you had the benefit of not having water travelling all around buildings. The push towards one pipe systems helped kill off steam.

Because one pipe systems carry both steam and water (condensate) there is often where you get banging, clanging, leaking, hissing and many of the other negative things people associate with steam heating. Again those things can be eliminated or kept to a minimum in a well maintained and properly installed system, but...

Pushed toward a one pipe systems when? In the 1950s and 1960s my family lived in a house with that had that. I was built in the 1920s.

[BugsyPal]

Originally Posted by Gerania

Pushed toward a one pipe systems when? In the 1950s and 1960s my family lived in a house with that had that. I was built in the 1920s.

One pipe steam (when that sort of heating was installed at all) pretty much dominated things in 1960's, 1970's onward.

IIRC two pipe came first, then once steam traps came along, so did two pipe systems.

Which is "better" depends on various factor and or what you're looking for out of a system. Easy installation, ways to control heat (other than opening windows), quieter operation, etc...

https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discus...nt-than-2-pipe

https://www.fiainc.com/sites/default...m%20System.pdf


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQB0KK2rxcw


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bynnRRnQ3G8


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpA1epqFMCw

[Gerania]

Oh, it's late. That's too much information right now. I remember radiators leaking water.

The childhood home was memorable because the furnace was coal fired. I think that my parents had four children so that there would always be someone around to throw some coal on the fire, rake it down, and shovel ashes.