Jim Baird Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 Just booked an inspection of a 1915 model Sears "kit" home. Buyer tells me seller has advised that gas furnace is original equipment, Chrysler brand, still functional. Waiting with 'bated breath to have a look. Anybody ever seen a working furnace that old? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 Yep, My very first inspection back in 1996 was of a 4000 sq. ft. 1904 stucco'd Italianate foursquare that had the original cast iron, wood/coal burning boiler that had long-ago been converted to burn first oil and later gas. I've never seen a Chrysler brand though. ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 I've seen Chrysler furnaces; at least a half dozen. They're behemoths; the heat exchanger steel is about 8 gauge, belt drive blower, etc. They don't rust out; they crack. I was in a place about 12 years ago that had the original boiler from 1894; they were still burning coal in it. Don't ask me where they got coal. The old lady that had lived there inherited the building from her grandpa who built it, & she didn't do anything to it as she felt it was an insult to her grandpa's memory(?). It was fascinating; like a window back to the world as it once was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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