A few golden oldies

[Terence McCann]

I would say these are "At the end of their useful life".

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[Bill Kibbel]

OMG! Those octopi still in use?

I see ancient boilers daily, but I've never seen furnaces that old still in use.

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[chrisprickett]

Danger, Will Robinson!

[hausdok]

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

[Gordon]

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!

[Brian G]

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]

[Jack Ahern]

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

[Terence McCann]

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.