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Ever seen anything like this before??

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Timco
Timco Member Posts: 3,040
edited March 2015 in THE MAIN WALL
Cust not home. We will talk later.
Just a guy running some pipes.

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  • Don_197
    Don_197 Member Posts: 184
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    Oh good Lord!!!
  • pecmsg
    pecmsg Member Posts: 4,861
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    Please tell me thats not in use?
  • icesailor
    icesailor Member Posts: 7,265
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    pecmsg said:

    Please tell me thats not in use?

    What do you think it is?

  • bmwpowere36m3
    bmwpowere36m3 Member Posts: 512
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    Geez, for all you know its just being stored... looks like a basement.
  • Timco
    Timco Member Posts: 3,040
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    Well, the toys and baby monitor say it's in use.
    Just a guy running some pipes.
  • Timco
    Timco Member Posts: 3,040
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    I'm thinking:

    Illegal
    Most dangerous spot in the entire house
    How many scenarios would cause CO to spike or gasses to spill.
    Crack in HX can make flames do all kinds of things or flood room
    Air being drawn from the room from the crib actually.
    Infants way more susceptible to CO in small amounts

    What else?? Not even a detector in the house.
    Just a guy running some pipes.
  • Timco
    Timco Member Posts: 3,040
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    bmwpowere36m3 said:

    Geez, for all you know its just being stored... looks like a basement.

    No. I promise it's in use. I know 100%.
    Just a guy running some pipes.
  • icesailor
    icesailor Member Posts: 7,265
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    I thought so.

    The Cheap Gene. They keep the house at 55 to save on fuel. Precious wonder needs to be warm. so they move PW to the spare bedroom in the basement by the gas boiler with the big draft hood. (are the safety's still in place)?

    Health Insurance deductible wipes out any savings when PW gets sick and goes in hospital. Then (Or) someone from Social Services comes and decides that a bedroom in an unfinished basement next to a boiler isn't a proper bedroom and the parents are charged with child neglect. PW goes into Foster Care while parents have to go to court ordered parenting classes to learn why unfinished basements aren't a proper nursery for little kiddo's.

    Some of us have seen this movie before. From the audience.
  • Paul48
    Paul48 Member Posts: 4,469
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    The swing set up next to it is a clue. How can anybody be that stupid.
  • Timco
    Timco Member Posts: 3,040
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    This is awful. Great folks. Know them well. He's an engineer at a mine. Not a cheap thing. One upst bdrm is an office. Then kids and them in other 3. That's just how toddler naps during the day and sleeps at night.

    Of course I'm obligated to diplomatically say what I thought up above, no?
    Just a guy running some pipes.
  • icesailor
    icesailor Member Posts: 7,265
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    Don't say a word.

    They're smart, and you're not. The closest thing I would say is that they need CO detectors over the boiler and outside the bedrooms in the main house. Get the Massachusetts regulations for new installations. They are as comprehensive as you will ever get.

    If he is a mining engineer, he might be immune to gas in mines. Mention to him about how it is a serious problem in warehouses with LPG engine fork lifts and CO if they don't have proper ventilation.
  • Paul48
    Paul48 Member Posts: 4,469
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    You have to say something. That is a recipe for disaster. Not that you should have to, but explain the codes this violates.
  • ChrisJ
    ChrisJ Member Posts: 15,706
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    This makes my head hurt...
    Single pipe quasi-vapor system. Typical operating pressure 0.14 - 0.43 oz. EcoSteam ES-20 Advanced Control for Residential Steam boilers. Rectorseal Steamaster water treatment
  • bmwpowere36m3
    bmwpowere36m3 Member Posts: 512
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    Timco said:

    bmwpowere36m3 said:

    Geez, for all you know its just being stored... looks like a basement.

    No. I promise it's in use. I know 100%.
    Yea, I didn't see the toys or baby monitor.... I can't even fathom the idea of leaving a baby in the basement, regardless if there's a boiler/furnace or not. Like locking away a monster...
  • Fred
    Fred Member Posts: 8,542
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    You have to say something. What on earth is wrong with people? He's an engineer but nothing is a substitute for common sense. Please don't et this go unresolved. You may lose a customer but save a life.
    jonny88

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