Why Is My Boiler Making a Banging Noise? Steam Hammer Causes and Fixes
It starts as a distant clang. Then it becomes a rhythmic bang. Sometimes it sounds like someone swinging a pipe wrench against your steam header at 11 p.m. on a Tuesday...
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Off-Season Boiler Maintenance: The 10 Tasks That Prevent Fall Startup Failures
The first cold morning of fall is the worst time to discover your boiler isn’t ready for it.
California Boiler Permits: What Triggers an Inspection and How to Stay Compliant
A boiler permit in California isn’t a one-time checkbox. It’s an ongoing obligation, and for facility managers responsible for steam systems across the state, understanding what triggers a boiler inspection...
Steam Quality for Food Processing: What Facility Managers Need to Know
Steam quality for food processing is not a single standard. It is a spectrum, and where your operation falls on that...
Wet Layup vs. Dry Layup: Which Boiler Shutdown Method Is Right for Your Facility?
Every year, facility engineers across California shut down their heating boilers for the off-season — and every year, a significant number of those boilers come back online in the fall with corrosion damage, pitted waterside surfaces, or fireside scale that wasn’t there in the spring. The culprit, more often than not, isn’t equipment age or […]
Spring Boiler Replacement Planning: Why California Facility Managers Should Act Now
Spring boiler replacement planning is the work most facility managers never get around to — until a crisis forces the decision in October. By then, lead times have stretched, your air district permit is still pending, and you’re heading into heating season with a boiler that may not make it through. That’s not a strategy. […]
Case Study: UC Davis Testing Lab
ABOUT UC DAVIS Founded in 1908, the University of California, Davis, is a public land-grant research university. Much of its research relies upon boiler equipment. The Kenneth L. Maddy Laboratory, located on the UC Davis campus, processes thousands of samples every day to ensure the health and safety of animals from around the state, including […]
Leaky Boiler Tubes Replaced in a Weekend: A Case Study
For a commercial food processing facility, keeping boilers operational is essential. They generate steam used for cooking, processing, sanitizing, and packaging product. When a boiler fails, or needs to be shut down for a significant amount of time for repairs, the business suffers. In most cases the business has to halt plant production. In the […]
Chabot College
New Boiler at Chabot College Increases Efficiency and Reduces Carbon Footprint ABOUT CHABOT COLLEGE Founded in 1961, Chabot College is an accredited community college located in the San Francisco Bay Area. Building heat and hot water are provided by a central plant. PROBLEM Initially equipped with boilers in each building, Chabot opted to centralize heating […]
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