short cycling and poor heat distribution

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: Boiler: Peerless 63 series with Vaporstat control : Thermostat: Honeywell T87, single wire, anticipator intended for .4 setting : Piping: 1-1/2" steel, single pipe, with Vari-Valves : Situation: running at 315 therms per month, 1,900 sq ft house, thermostat set to 62 : Replaced 60+ yr. old boiler, all near-boiler piping, gas lines from meter to boiler, thermostat & wire, and all radiator valves. Boiler purged and original valves replaced 2 weeks after install. : Initial Problems: : Hammering - so hard that that it blew the tops off of 2 valves, and spitting rusty water out of valves on 2nd floor : Excessive water bounce - disappeared from sight glass : Short cycle - minute and 15 seconds on, off just long enough for flue motor to cycle : No heat in house - house temp running about 4 degrees under thermostat setting : Changes to system so far: : Replaced all Vari-Valves : Adjusted poorly pitched lines : Pressuretrol replaced with Vaporstat : Auto water feed disconnected : Near-boiler piping reworked from double-pipe-out to single-pipe-out : Switched thermostat 2x - t87 to digital back to t87 : Replacing the valves, installing Vaporstat, and adjusting the line pitch mostly fixed the hammering and water bounce. Peerless has been out twice, and inspected the whole system from top to bottom - the boiler is appropriately-sized for the run and the fins per inch on the pipe. : The only way so far to get heat to the house is to set the thermostat anticipator to 1.2 - boiler long-cycles, and steam makes it through the system, including the 2nd floor. But the gas usage is excessive, and there is black char (dust) on the floor under the boiler, so the boiler is almost certainly getting damaged from the excessive heat. : Any ideas as to cause and solution?