Terence McCann Posted August 28, 2005 Report Share Posted August 28, 2005 I would say these are "At the end of their useful life". Download Attachment: 19.jpg 201.65 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Kibbel Posted August 28, 2005 Report Share Posted August 28, 2005 OMG! Those octopi still in use? I see ancient boilers daily, but I've never seen furnaces that old still in use. http://%20uploads/inspecthistoric/2005828154456_P3010001.JPG%20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisprickett Posted August 28, 2005 Report Share Posted August 28, 2005 Danger, Will Robinson! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted August 29, 2005 Report Share Posted August 29, 2005 Hi, I see a couple like that every few months. They've got heavy steel and cast iron heat exchangers. That itty-bitty gas burner probably can't hurt 'em. Their biggest deficit is the asbestos. Otherwise, they'll keep going until someone gets sick of them and decides to replace them with something more efficient. ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Posted August 29, 2005 Report Share Posted August 29, 2005 Around here, they're still in use too. I've seen them in older parts of Elgin, Evanston...ancient pieces of machinery that some people still swear by! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian G Posted August 29, 2005 Report Share Posted August 29, 2005 Alien life forms to me. I've yet to actually lay eyes on a boiler in my life. Scary lookin' thangs, them are. [:-alien] Brian G. A Boiler is a Big Pot You Cook Chicken In [:-chef] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Ahern Posted August 30, 2005 Report Share Posted August 30, 2005 We see them in the greater Boston area. Where is the asbestos?--"snow man without his pretty white(grey) skin". Appears to be a coal fired furnace-converted to gas or oil then gas? The air quality in both the tenacles (octupi) must be off the charts.The client will be blowing this old dirty conditioned air around his house through filty ducts. Only the great HVAC god knows what is lurking in the furnace and connected ducts. I would recommend replacing the furnaces and any reachable metal ducting. Have the balance, professional cleaned and tested. When a new efficient furnace is installed, the existing remaining ducting may not be sized correctly. Good reason to remove all the ducting---and start over.Gas company may have an issue with a 100 year old unlined chimney. May have a problem getting rid of the old furnace and ducting. The asbestos police may hold things up? There are a lot of these 100 year old double/triple deckers in the greater Boston area.Renovate?? then condo-ize the flat. Lots of amatuer GCs handling the renovations.Lots of thin ice and minefields thru out these buildings. Gotta luv the big box stores and the handyman books. Seen it done on TV--how hard can it be?[:-banghea Jack Ahern Needham on the Charles Bridgton, Maine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terence McCann Posted August 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2005 Hi Jack: The first thing the client is going to do, even before moving in, is furnace and duct work replacement(the existing duct besides being very dirty is too big for todays systems). The duct work was wrapped in asbestos which, was torn and tattered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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