After two years of EKO ownership but never installed.... and an almost selloff of the equipment and final decision to move from the original planned location (Basement) to a corner of my pole barn.....I am going forward with my boiler project, with a target completion of the end of Dec (it will more likely be into February with my busy schedule).
My questions are regarding piping.
I have a Ridgid 535 pipe threader and planning to do most of my piping in iron pipe. I can use either galvanized, or black iron. What are the arguments for or against each type.
I like copper but the price has gone through the roof, as I'm sure some here have experienced.
I'm using my original plan of a 1500 gallon Stainless Steel tank, and it will have copper heat exchangers (coiled type) which will be set up for summer solar hot water as well.
I'd like to do all the piping outside the boiler and to the tank in galvanized or black, but need to understand better about corrosion. A friend said stay away from black iron. but I see many commercial applications in black. One argument for black is that I'm surely going to be using some chemicals to keep corrosion down, afterall the whole EKO boiler is carbon steel, so black iron pipe would be no change.
Thanks for any input.
Andy
My questions are regarding piping.
I have a Ridgid 535 pipe threader and planning to do most of my piping in iron pipe. I can use either galvanized, or black iron. What are the arguments for or against each type.
I like copper but the price has gone through the roof, as I'm sure some here have experienced.
I'm using my original plan of a 1500 gallon Stainless Steel tank, and it will have copper heat exchangers (coiled type) which will be set up for summer solar hot water as well.
I'd like to do all the piping outside the boiler and to the tank in galvanized or black, but need to understand better about corrosion. A friend said stay away from black iron. but I see many commercial applications in black. One argument for black is that I'm surely going to be using some chemicals to keep corrosion down, afterall the whole EKO boiler is carbon steel, so black iron pipe would be no change.
Thanks for any input.
Andy