Gas and Oil Home Heating Furnaces - Is This True according to the attached it says StEAm heat is noisy PLEASE ADVISE
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nikokai
09-28-03, 09:53 PM
I am considering a house to purchase that is Steam heat (Upright Standing Cast Iron Radiators) Oil Heat. Is th article below true. I do not want to buy the house if the heat will be noisy.
Steam heat is an older style heating system, typically installed in buildings constructed before the 1950s. Water is heated in a boiler until it becomes steam. Steam, which is a gas, rises through the pipes into radiators. The steam causes these radiators to become hot. These radiators warm the air in a building.
Steam heat is noisy, and buildings with steam heat often warm unevenly. The pipes used with steam heat have a long life expectancy, and the piping typically used for steam system is not readily converted to hot water heating systems. If your house was built with steam heat, it is probably not cost-effective to convert it to hot water heating.
Although steam heat is rarely installed in new homes or small buildings, it is often the heating system of choice in a high-rise building. This is because of the difficulty in pumping hot water to the upper levels of a high-rise building.
Steam heat is an older style heating system, typically installed in buildings constructed before the 1950s. Water is heated in a boiler until it becomes steam. Steam, which is a gas, rises through the pipes into radiators. The steam causes these radiators to become hot. These radiators warm the air in a building.
Steam heat is noisy, and buildings with steam heat often warm unevenly. The pipes used with steam heat have a long life expectancy, and the piping typically used for steam system is not readily converted to hot water heating systems. If your house was built with steam heat, it is probably not cost-effective to convert it to hot water heating.
Although steam heat is rarely installed in new homes or small buildings, it is often the heating system of choice in a high-rise building. This is because of the difficulty in pumping hot water to the upper levels of a high-rise building.