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Leon82
Leon82 Member Posts: 684
in THE MAIN WALL
My aunts 1906 house has this guy in the basement.

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  • njtommy
    njtommy Member Posts: 1,105
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    Wow that's an oldie. that's got to be an oil hog.
  • BobC
    BobC Member Posts: 5,478
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    Back when I first bought this house I had a DS-5 Delco steam boiler that was even larger and probably just as bad on oil.

    My cat used to sleep on it whenever she got into the cellar. One day I went down to check on the old girl, I went down the stairs and checked the sight glass and found it at the right level. As my eyes went up the boiler I found the neighborhood tom asleep on top of the boiler. He had forced one of the cracked cellar window panes out and made himself at home. It was a very cold night so I left him where he laid and built a flap into that window pane the next day.

    never saw a mouse in the cellar again as long as that old tom was around.

    Bob
    Smith G8-3 with EZ Gas @ 90,000 BTU, Single pipe steam
    Vaporstat with a 12oz cut-out and 4oz cut-in
    3PSI gauge
    aircooled81
  • Paul S_3
    Paul S_3 Member Posts: 1,261
    edited February 2016
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    Old gravity water boiler?still has old stack relay in flue...
    ASM Mechanical Company
    Located in Staten Island NY
    Servicing all 5 boroughs of NYC.
    347-692-4777
    ASMMECHANICALCORP@GMAIL.COM
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  • Leon82
    Leon82 Member Posts: 684
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    I think so, I know its not steam.
  • Paul S_3
    Paul S_3 Member Posts: 1,261
    edited February 2016
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    It is a water boiler i see by the old strap-on aquastat on supply
    ASM Mechanical Company
    Located in Staten Island NY
    Servicing all 5 boroughs of NYC.
    347-692-4777
    ASMMECHANICALCORP@GMAIL.COM
    ASMHVACNYC.COM
    https://heatinghelp.com/find-a-contractor/detail/asm-mechanical-company
  • Leon82
    Leon82 Member Posts: 684
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    This ones a higher picture
  • Paul S_3
    Paul S_3 Member Posts: 1,261
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    Looks like gravity water ....nice...very old used to be coal
    ASM Mechanical Company
    Located in Staten Island NY
    Servicing all 5 boroughs of NYC.
    347-692-4777
    ASMMECHANICALCORP@GMAIL.COM
    ASMHVACNYC.COM
    https://heatinghelp.com/find-a-contractor/detail/asm-mechanical-company
  • JUGHNE
    JUGHNE Member Posts: 11,062
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    2 large supplies and 2 large returns......open expansion tank perhaps in the attic, P & T gauge, aqua stat, stack control relay maybe from older oil burner??
  • Leon82
    Leon82 Member Posts: 684
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    I'm not sure the asbestos could be thick
  • deadmansghost
    deadmansghost Member Posts: 32
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    The expansion tanks were in up stairs closets to prevent them from freezing and close to the bathroom for the water supply float valve. Over flow pipe was run into the bathroom drain above the trap on a hand basin
  • Tinman
    Tinman Member Posts: 2,808
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    Oldest Burnham I've ever seen.
    Steve Minnich
  • ChrisJ
    ChrisJ Member Posts: 15,710
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    Stephen Minnich said:

    Oldest Burnham I've ever seen.

    Good luck getting a new one to last even 1/4 of that.
    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
  • John Mills_5
    John Mills_5 Member Posts: 951
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    Why do people keep 100 year old boilers? Grandma had an antique in the 70s & 80s and paid an absolute fortune in oil. Every time I'd suggest modernizing she'd point out her age and say she might not be around to reap the savings. So she paid huge bills for a long time. She lived to 94 1/2!
  • ChrisJ
    ChrisJ Member Posts: 15,710
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    John Mills said:

    Why do people keep 100 year old boilers? Grandma had an antique in the 70s & 80s and paid an absolute fortune in oil. Every time I'd suggest modernizing she'd point out her age and say she might not be around to reap the savings. So she paid huge bills for a long time. She lived to 94 1/2!

    Why do people do anything they do?

    You're asking a question not one person on this forum is qualified to answer.

    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
    Hatterasguy
  • Leon82
    Leon82 Member Posts: 684
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    There's about 100 feet of asbestos covered pipe in the basement and they won't replace it until its removed.

    They are planing on abatement soon
  • Paul S_3
    Paul S_3 Member Posts: 1,261
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    Make sure installer is qualified on replacement of a gravity boiler or converting to forced circulation....high efficiency modulating condensing boiler would be perfect for this application....converting to gas too?
    ASM Mechanical Company
    Located in Staten Island NY
    Servicing all 5 boroughs of NYC.
    347-692-4777
    ASMMECHANICALCORP@GMAIL.COM
    ASMHVACNYC.COM
    https://heatinghelp.com/find-a-contractor/detail/asm-mechanical-company
    njtommy
  • Leon82
    Leon82 Member Posts: 684
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    Its my aunts house, I'm not sure when they are planning it. they have a gas water heater so its an option.

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