While i was in the middle of cleaning the efm coal stoker i thought id take some pictures and share them.
I have a propane modulating boiler and the coal boiler sharing the same piping system , with some underground piping . I have to be careful as in the summer the mod boiler runs the pumps every so often for exercise. This has a unintended consequence with the underground piping (not much) of being cool. So if it flows through he fitzgibbons boiler and i have the draft pipe connected*( usually blank off) I can get condensation on the boiler in the summer. thats what some of the stains are on boiler wall.
cleaning fitzgiibbons boiler 1956 almost as old as me
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franpipeman
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- Joined: Fri. Jan. 11, 2008 4:27 pm
- Location: Wernersville pa
- Stoker Coal Boiler: efm 520 stoker fitzgibbons pressure vessel
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: harman, russo
- Coal Size/Type: rice
- Other Heating: alpine propane condensing boiler radiant floor
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10year old 316 ti flex pipe newly cleaned
fitz gibbons boiler 1956, turbolators taken off tubes cleaned
boiler baffle hanger bracket in red enlarge for clarity behind the baffle is a shelf with the tubes you have to sweep the fly ash off as it builds up to the two inch thick level , I use a thin board to do it.Sometimes i get it hung on the first try and sometimes it takes a few more arm stretches to get it on. I do it without looking as my arms not long enough
