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    Steam boiler post summer

    Hi all, Thanks for reading. My house is heated by steam. In preparation for the winter, we tested the boiler to check whether it's ready. We turned up the temperature, and the boiler fired up. After a couple of minutes, the pressure in the gauge started rising. Once it started rising, it...
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    Water and heating system stops working intermittently

    Hi all, thanks in advance for any help you can offer. At the beginning of this year we acquired a low income building as an investment property. This building was installed with these GM peerless boilers connected in series...
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    Adding posts to 2nd floor baloon framing

    Good morning all, I've had remarkable help here in the past. I'm working on a bedroom on the 2nd floor in a balloon framed 100 y/o house. Under this bedroom on the first floor there is also a bedroom. I worked on this bedroom in the past, stopped in order to do a more urgent project in...
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    Faint water flow when using a newly installed shower mixer

    Good morning, I bought a Symmons Allura shower kit with mixer, shower head etc. The shower kit is pretty much the same as the shower/tub kit it seems, just with a plug for the tub outlet. I installed the body (sweat connections), connected hot and cold per the instructions etc, put the valve...
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    Reframing window and cutting studs in existing Balloon framing construction

    Good day all and thanks for reading, I am completely redoing my bedroom in a balloon framed house. Directly below this room is a bedroom, and above this room is 1/2 a story, "in law" style bedroom. One of the walls has 3 windows with widths in this order: half width - full width - half...
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