Rob Amaral

Back in 2007-8, during the 'loan crisis', I'd see hydronic cast iron sectional boilers that 'sat' with no pilot/heat for many months literally rust-themselves-apart and leak at the sections due to sitting cold in summer and sweating (with water in them).... In-use boilers, especially those that double as DHW heat-source tend to 'make it' very well.. .just a thought.. .

I was 'hard at it' from 1969-1984..let's put it this way, the "The Cars' manager was my manager--twice! (Not all his projects took off!). Then 'life/marriage/kid/career' intervened. I started getting back in the music around 2002 or so.... It's been a great thing.. I started foolin' around with music in 1958. Home inspection saved me though (besides the 'Man upstairs') !

Been rockin round New England since 1969.... Band I'm in is just about to release an album.. Both 'trades' keep me goin! https://thefathomsofficial.bandcamp.com/album/hard-to-fathom?fbclid=IwY2xjawLyxUdleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFLUDIzelhieXo5d2l6SlZwAR72pTZnF-DZaLHB4LV8ULvZKTJmCnqeUzVnFdttEyDsTbWnlnklbiYR36wUng_aem_EKgAAHBamCGiWZ_KR7B6kQ I'm doing a lot of rhythm guitar on this album and playing lead on two tunes I wrote ("Giddy Up" and "The Right One").

I see furnace-cement like that often at the boiler 'flue' clean-out cover areas often Mike... the application where cast-iron sections meet may indicate a past problem (MAY, may not). Guys tend to 'goop the crap' out of intersections of materials as both a good measure and CYA or just out of plain ignorance... no way to tell (unless you saw SOOT marks near related)... With a lot of these things, the phrase "we cannot predict performance moving forward' is going to include ......

Cola-colored stains on 'some type of stucco-like exterior finish' (Usually leads to a 'not good' thing). Hopefully this is NOT EIFs. See all the above....

Has the 'essence of Howard, Fine and Howard" fine cabinetmakers...

Great stuff....

What country was it made in ?

ZOTZ DOTZ ! Good One... I too seem to have the same Karma goin on....I don't have a picture but a few weeks back, I found a bootleg bathroom ON THE ROOF of a flat-roof three decker in South Boston (no ceiling, no heat) and the water supply pipes were routed up an in-use brick chimney from 1900 (no liner)... Oy.. The drains were mickey-moused into the apt below....

Great !

Thanks for posting....

Dried sap

Ditto all above... but let it slide...I'd be more concerned about conditions conducive to termites at the entire system under there..... you may want to pro-actively do something about that and let this slide.....

Silly product... never seen it around BOS (yet)... we have plenty of the 'real stuff'..

Hm..