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Old Garage coal radiator heat

JoshP
JoshP Member Posts: 73
in THE MAIN WALL

Found this old one while at an estate sale down the street from where I live. It was in the garage. I’m guessing it was coal fired? Anyone have insight into it? Keeps your new Ford model A warm !

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delcrossv

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  • delcrossv
    delcrossv Member Posts: 2,124

    Gravity hot water in an uninsulated garage. Awesome!

    Trying to squeeze the best out of a Weil-McLain JB-5 running a 1912 1 pipe system.
  • Steamhead
    Steamhead Member Posts: 17,746

    We've seen the remains of a few of these in Baltimore. They were installed before there was automotive antifreeze.

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  • ScottSecor
    ScottSecor Member Posts: 966

    I think I understand how simple they operated. Did you just let the fumes enter the garage or was there some sort of smoke pipe that I'm missing?

    Bill_in_Delaware
  • leonz
    leonz Member Posts: 1,496

    The flue pipe is in the back of this boiler Scott.

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