Welcome! Here are the website rules, as well as some tips for using this forum.
Need to contact us? Visit https://heatinghelp.com/contact-us/.
Click here to Find a Contractor in your area.
If our community has helped you, please consider making a contribution to support this website. Thanks!
Going Interesting Places
FStephenMasek
Member Posts: 88
You all- might enjoy seeing these steam boilers are in a high rise office building built in 1961. The building will be converted to apartments, and I think these are already abandoned. One of the enjoyable things about inspecting buildings is being able to go places such as this. 

Author of Illustrated Practical Asbestos: For Consultants, Contractors, Property Managers & Regulators
3
Comments
-
-
I went to places like that almost every day. Those 2 pass Kewanee Boilers were not the most efficient boilers but that type lasted many many years when taken care of properly. And yes, as @Ed asked, what is the new system going to be?0
-
With Kewanee's own gas burner, I believe.0
-
Probably heat pumps, one per apartment.Author of Illustrated Practical Asbestos: For Consultants, Contractors, Property Managers & Regulators0
-
They have already been replaced by two Raypak MVB boilers, apparently all that is needed for a 22 story tower with computers and so forth.Author of Illustrated Practical Asbestos: For Consultants, Contractors, Property Managers & Regulators0
Categories
- All Categories
- 87.1K THE MAIN WALL
- 3.2K A-C, Heat Pumps & Refrigeration
- 58 Biomass
- 427 Carbon Monoxide Awareness
- 117 Chimneys & Flues
- 2.1K Domestic Hot Water
- 5.7K Gas Heating
- 111 Geothermal
- 163 Indoor-Air Quality
- 3.7K Oil Heating
- 72 Pipe Deterioration
- 1K Plumbing
- 6.4K Radiant Heating
- 393 Solar
- 15.5K Strictly Steam
- 3.4K Thermostats and Controls
- 55 Water Quality
- 51 Industry Classes
- 49 Job Opportunities
- 18 Recall Announcements