Timber!

kcopp

Here is a first. Pretty scary stuff. NOT my install but I have done some work for them. They hear a crash in the middle of the night and go down and find this .... thank God no one was hurt..... Yikes!

neilc

did you forget something?

Zman

@kcopp
Where is the punchline?

lchmb

he dropped the ball...

kcopp

Crazy thing is that the copper piping attached only crimped. Very little water came out...maybe a gallon. The gas piping was done all in CSST so that flexed fine. Furthermore the thing was still turned on and running when I got there....

kcopp

Here.

Mike

The big guy up above, likes them. Wow.

Jamie Hall

oops. Definitely oops. I'm not impressed by the anchors that were supposed to be holding it!

adambnyc

Glad no one was hurt. foundation walls that are below ground get damp, they just do. Add the paint and water vapor has a hard time escaping. The anchors used look like the rotted away then snapped. Probably not exterior grade anchors.

A wet foundation wall will rot screws like that in a year. I'd use stainless steel wedge anchors instead.

NY_Rob

Wow!

Probably happened at 2am like everything else that falls or falses

That CSS gas tubing might have saved the family's lives.

Abracadabra

those look like way-too-short cut masonry nails

Solid_Fuel_Man

Wow! And it was still running! Nice.

I think it's time we reevaluated our concrete anchor decision making paradigm.......

Ironman

Him fall down!

kcopp

It hung on the wall for 7 years. I generally build a wall and then attach the boiler to that. I was always paranoid about that happening.
This home has two of these. (long story) The other one attached the same way.... both are going to come out shortly.

Solid_Fuel_Man

Well....i think that one "came out" already!

kcopp

Here is a "what are they thinking!"...
The insurance company wants me to put the boiler back on the wall and "fix" it....
I explained to the lady that I am liable if anything ever goes wrong now.... I'm not having anything to do w/ that.

unclejohn

@kcopp Tell the insurance co. you will replace every component in the boiler and any damaged sheet metal. It will cost more to build a new one then too buy a new one. But it's their money.

kcopp

I should also tell them that for me to install it I need a letter stating my waiver of any responsibility if anything should go wrong.

nicholas bonham-carter

If the boiler is replaced with new, the insurance company will probably depreciate the payout by 25-40%, whereas a repair may cost them the full value.—NBC