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I worry about these old valves. None of them in this house work right.

I am getting ready to renovate 2 bathrooms in my house with steam radiators. Quick questions about the radiators: 1 - I need to remove the radiators prior to the reno, but it's still winter and I will need to plug both pipes so no steam comes out while i'm renovating. What sort of cap can I use...

I have an old tub and want to replace the faucet with something longer so the water hits the tub in a different location on the floor of the tub. I have no idea how to remove this faucet but thought maybe there is a set screw? The old one is less than 6" in length from the wall. I would...

If I open the valve to drain it while it's firing, won't it add more fresh water? My boiler company said to drain it weekly if possible. The other day I drained about 5 gallons of nasty water and it didn't turn clear. I'm assuming that more water was added because I drained it.

No. The domestic hot water is separate propane on demand.

Thank you John and everyone else. Invaluable information! My last question is about the mud draining. There is a valve that my oil company told me to open every week or two into a bucket. If I open the valve while the boiler is firing water just keeps coming out non stop and it never turns...

Will patch as soon as it arrives. Regarding treatment, is this something I should be doing? If so, do you recommend a specific product to help keep the water inside the system alkaline and also to prevent corrosion? The previous owners of the house never did anything as they didn't live here...

Thank you all for the input. I put a 5 gallon bucket underneath the pinhole and it was overflowing when I woke up this morning. Is 5 gallons of water in less than 24 hours normal on a return line? Where does the water go once it gets back to the condensate receptor? Regarding boiler...

Sorry about that. By "off" I just meant that the oil burner wasn't firing. So if steam is coming out of the condensate vent when it's not firing I am guessing that is normal? I have ordered a stainless pipe repair sleeve from SupplyHouse but I still don't know why water would be driving. Is...

The leaking return pipe is several feet above the boiler water line. Does this mean it's full of water and shouldn't be? I am also seeing steam coming out of the condensate receptor vent and never did before today.

There is only the one leak circled in yellow. The other 2 photos show where the leaking pipe leads to. I am guessing the box on the floor is the condensate receptor?

I was hoping for some advice on a leak I just found in my steam boiler. I have only been in the house for a year and this is the first steam system I've ever owned so I don't know much about how it works or what each pipe does but I was hoping for some help. I am attaching 3 photos. The first...

The driller just came out and I shared with him the ideas I received from this forum about using the hydrant with the pump wired to a switch and a hole drilled somewhere on the poly inside the well. He really liked the idea and said that it is something they have done before so I think we are...

Yes. That is the only purpose it would serve.

Good call about the hydrant being closed accidentally. The goats could of course close it and they like to tamper with things. I can just weld it so the handle stays open at all times. I will also set up a "routine" that any time the pump is turned on it will automatically shut off after 5...

Thank you guys very much! I will take the advice to the driller and see what we can work out. I like the the idea of a hydrant so that I can hook a hose up as needed to spray out the stalls when I am cleaning, otherwise the trough will sit below the hydrant with no hose and then drain back to...

I was planning on hearing them out but don't think they will be too receptive on me wiring the pump to a smart switch (works great for me and a made major changes to how I do things on my farm but I haven't ever had a well directly connected to one). The riser pipe on the hydrant does have a...

I just cleared 20 acres at my new property in Londonderry VT. I am moving my goats to a new barn we had built and in a few weeks we are drilling a well for livestock water. I am trenching power out there now. Right now in the existing barn there is a line of pex running from my basement to the...

I put the drain back in from the top as a temporary fix so that my family can visit. I am planning on remodeling these old bathrooms in the coming years so I a bandaid will suffice for now. These old houses are great but what were they thinking when they buried these things in places with no...

Unfortunately I can only replace the part I removed from above. The shoe is buried in the ceiling of my newly licensed commercial kitchen below. I am trying to fix just the faulty part. It was just the flange that caused the leak and it was damaged when I removed it so I would like a...