Our boiler BROKE and our pipes are going to FREEZE! Abandoned Victorian Mansion Ep 46
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
- In this shorten week we were able to get the lights in the hallway working. We got all of our chandilers arranged and stored and worked on getting the boiler repaired again. So enjoy and we will see you all next week.
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I don't know if the spirits of the Brown's are still floating around that place or not, but I'd imagine they'd be very pleased with the current owners of the property! 😊
Love the lighting.Tell Grandpa his help is much appreciated. Your hard work is making the house look great
Thank you, I will
DUUUDE! Christmas is coming and you guys have done some "Hanging-of-the-green" on the stair bannister/railing ! A friend of my mothers lived in a sweet Victorian, 3 story, house in the old Tacoma. It was gigantic, especially to a 6 year old me ! We went over around Christmas to visit and I still remember all the garland, wreaths, and swags through out the house. And an absolutely huge tree you could see from the street. The garland on the stairs brought that back clear as a sunny day.
Tacoma Washington?? Is the house still there?
@@zarinaromanets7290 Yes, Zarina, the house is still there. All I can really remember is that it was up on north " i " st. I was only 6 at the time. I'm 63 now.
Tacoma has a lot of historic houses and of course the prices are very pricey now.☹
Can you cover the original fuse box with glass of plexiglass and frame it to show off the past history of the house's construction?
I love that idea!!!!
@@lisaburnette6850 I'm sure I heard him say that...
Yes, I was thinking somewhat the same way . . . .just framing it would be nice.
I thought the same thing.
he may want to block it up until after the final electrical and CoO because they may want it removed so no one tries to wire it up. It may even be coded. "removal of out of code panels".
Just an idea, the chandelier that has the two brass cups that you don't see light emitting from. Maybe do a ceiling design with gold reflective paint, mirror, or tin to bounce the light downward and would help defuse it around the room. Just an idea! Love what you're doing with the place, can't wait to see it all come together!
Great idea!
The light fixture with the cups on it was probably for two glass oil lamps, similar to some of the cast iron wall brackets from the late 1800s to early 1900s.
I LOVE all the lighting hanging in the basement!
Me too!
Love the quail spigot! So 😎 cool
Oh boy oh boy on boy 🤩 me jumping up and down like a little kid getting a Christmas gift !
The good news is the weather won't be to bad the rest of the week in St. Louis. I'm praying those boiler parts get here quick and get put in. 🙏
P.S. Love your grandpa for helping.💝
I hope so too
I love your respect and appreciation of the historical aspects, legacy of the house. I suspect Mr Brown is smiling down on you from heaven. Maybe he can help you find an optimal solution for your boiler. 😁
heat is good!
WooHoo let there be light! 💡💡💡🔦🔦🔦🕯🕯🕯. Grandpas are the best. So sorry about the loss of their dog 💔. I understand how badly it can break your heart.
I absolutely love your basement "Victorian Lamps R Us"! And as a visual person, I'm sure having them hanging up will help you decide on their final placement. The red glass is the bomb! Congrats on getting it all organized. I was so excited to see the photos of the Hall & Brown machinery displays at the 1904 Fair. My English grandfather was apprenticed to a cabinet-maker in 1917, and after moving to California taught woodworking in Los Angeles between 1938 and 1960. I have a few of his saws and other hand tools (such fancy handles!), as well as some photos of the shop where he taught. When some of his students went off to WWII, he kept their partially completed projects. Many never returned, and my Dad ended up using some of that wood in the home he built in Arizona in the 1990s. So great to see your enthusiasm and appreciation for 'all that old stuff nobody wants'. You are my people.
Love the 80s synth pop tune for this week’s timelapse montage. 😎
What a great collection of chandeliers in the basement. They’ll look amazing polished up with all the missing crystals replaced. Shame about the boiler, certainly not the best time of year to have problems with your heating.
I have to agree in the 80 synthetic pop music, reminds me of OMD or the like..big 80s fan here..lol
I’m to exited
Cranberry glass is made using gold. Very beautiful globe! Looking forward to seeing all of the chandeliers and lights hung when you get to that point. Hope you get the boiler fixed soon. Working in the cold is such a drag. Love that you will be able to get prints from the Worlds Fair negatives.
The cranberry opalescent globe is in a coin dot pattern. Very beautiful. I used to collect opalescent glass many years ago.
I just love your house, all the beautiful woodwork. It’s so warm and inviting, and it’s going to be awesome when you have it finished. I’m so glad that you are taking your time and keeping the house as original as possible, you are treating her like a real lady. It will be a wonderful place to raise a family. My favorite thing is your wood shutters in the library, I love how they fold away into the side panels. It’s so exciting to have electricity after so long working in the dark. I really love the grand staircases and the transom windows. You will be able to control the ventilation really well with the transoms and the staircase as the house was designed to do. I can’t wait to see all the tile work in the kitchens and bathrooms there so many possibilities when it comes to tile and I know you will insist on the best and most original looking. Thanks for all your hard work and sharing your videos with us, your channel is really growing and soon I’ll be just lost in the crowd. Your friends Chuck and Max
If your not planning to already I think it would be cool if you leave the old panel box in the wall and put glass over it so you can see it, because it looks really cool and is part of the history of the house.
Great video. Love the lights and the pictures of the fair display. Lucky to have such a great grandpa.
Thanks so much
MG OMG OMG
I love the red glass shades the best. Always something on an old house, but heating problems right now aren't fun hope it gets fixed quickly and easily
Looking like the Palast der Republik in the basement there, Calebs Lampenladen
Beautiful wallpaper
Your pressure relief valve is working fine lol
That’s not a pressure relief, it’s a main vent. Water shouldn’t be there. If you have steam issues Caleb let me know. Good steam contractors are hard to find. Do not use a plumber. I installed my own boiler and can answer any questions you might have.
@@pb7379-j2k well for our boilers they're called pressure relief... it blows out hot water when the pressure gets too high so you don't blow the whole system... I've worked on a few but thus is canada not America so I don't know what I'm looking at, I just know it shouldn't be shooting out water... we don't use steam where I'm from.
@@hellofoodiebeauties steam boilers have a pressure relief valve also, but they are attached directly to the boiler. This vent’s purpose is to let air out of the main pipes to allow the steam to quickly fill them. It should be open to air flow and then close to steam.
Wait, what?! Electric is fantastic! Love how you've added holiday decor. The old gal is looking better every week! Ceilings had wallpaper? Did not know that. Are you going to cover the old electric box with glass and frame it out, making a display of the old inner workings of the home? I think that would be so cool! Love all the lights and particularly the colored shades! You guys are gonna need a maid just to do full time house cleaning, what with all the woodwork, brass, and glass! Might want to re-think that maids room!
Unless I'm mistaken, that valve that is shooting straight up is a pressure relief valve. Make certain it's not blocked - it's doing a vital job. My guess is that far too much pressure is coming IN to the system. That's your problem. Maybe that's what broke the pressure gauge. Didn't you have the water line re-done? Perhaps they need only put a pressure regulator on the water coming in to the house?
Yeah be careful the water pressure coming into the house is one thing but increasing the pressure on the system is another
Yes, this. Mine has a pressure reducing and autofill valve on the water input.
Hvac Engineer from Chicago here. Everything Chris said it correct. I'm sure you know by now your pressure relief is blowing and your McDonnell Miller isn't working correctly. Sometimes those autofills get stuck open because the float gets crud on them *Added noted, you can clean those sometimes, the small electronic ones have strainers in them*. Glad to see your relief is working though, high pressure would of been very bad. In all honesty, if you can control your input you might not need to replace the relief valve but the only way you will find out is if you can check the correct pressure and reference what the relief is suppose to blow at, that's the MAWP. I hope everything gets taken care of soon though, winter is coming!
What everybody else said. Looks like the pressure really is too high and the valve is doing its job. Please have the system checked over before relighting.
Very interesting ceiling wallpaper. Enjoy your videos.
Glad you like them!
I got chills, too, with the World's Fair photos! They'll look great in your home. You know as well as I do Mr. Brown is smiling down on you from heaven 😇
Yes, those photos are incredible!
I am totally feeling the 80's music vibe. Go Kaleb, Go!
Extrodinary lighting collection.
The painting on the light fixture might be very old!! Ive heard of people back then painting the shades of light fixtures in the early 1900s to match the rest of the room!
Agree... It looks very carefully, professionally done.
The lights with the cups that you said confuse you…I believe they are ambient lights. Kind of like modern day up lights or torcher lights. The light reflects off the ceiling for a soft general light, then additional lights in the room are your task lighting.
So glad to see all of the progress. Love how you guys are getting so many helping hands ❤.
We know that it's a lot of work and this restoration will take time. So until the next video. You and Kim and family, take care!
Thank you so much!
Hi every time you have more light's working it's like the house is slowly waking up from a long slumber .
You so need a "Boiler Bob" to sort out the boiler situation. I nearly blew up my house by having the boiler stuck in the on position. Some times we just need an HVAC Professional. Thanks for the wonderful video, Kaleb.
That is a main line air vent that is leaking, probably a #35 Vent Rite. When the boiler is COLD!!! (Not been running), unscrew it and put on a new one. The glass needs to be checked/replaced every year, no matter what anyone says. Expansion and contraction sands the end of the glass and it will leak or break. If your low water cutoff fails, which also should be checked every year, that automatic water feeder will flood the basement. The pressure gauge is no big deal, but the pigtail under it is. That should be checked yearly. It doesn't taste good, but you should be able to blow through the pigtail 😁. Tell your heating company you want these checked every year and make sure they do. If they give you any grief, get a new company. Remind them again before they come. It's an easy $10,000 or more for a new boiler, don't let it get wreaked by a lazy tech or lack of maintenance.
I have so been digging your restoration! This episode tops it, for me, so far. As I have a lighting fetish lol. I have a double wick burning chandelier by duplex oil lamps that I have been hanging onto for 20yrs personally. It is complete minus the glass but I put something different in the place temporarily that gives it a more masculine look compared to it's original Victorian era. The fixture itself is right in line with what you have going on. With that, I have a bunch of the crystals that hang from these lamps as well. Mine just hangs in my mom's garage. I would let go of my cherished piece happily, knowing someone who would appreciate it & possibly utilize it, was getting it. If you might be interested, I'd send pics! Also, vinegar is your friend. It is a excellent stripper for both metal & stone. Many other purposes as well. Y'all are doing a great job. Design & documentation! Thanks
Ohhh I can't wait to see this, will have to wait tomorrow morning in several hours to watch this for me. Hanging up those chandeliers up in the basement is a good idea to keep them out from underfoot and save much needed space. Kind of worried about your words that the boiler may be broken :(
Hope you enjoy it!
@@The2ndEmpireStrikesBack Hi Kyle. I doubt that the gauge is broken on the boiler. More likely it is the pressure reducer that is not doing its job and pressure is getting too high. Boilers are connected to city water lines that have over 100lbs of pressure in them, and the reducer is supposed to maintain the heating system at its proper pressure level. The excessive pressure may be causing the air release valve to fail, and reducing the pressure may stop it from spurting.
As a temporary solution to get heat or to trouble-shoot, you might try closing the inlet water valve (between incoming city line and pressure regulator) to get the pressure down to the correct level. After shutting off the supply from the city open up the drain seen at 19:24 to let water out and get the pressure lowered to the correct level. You can then run it for awhile with the the city inlet valve closed, and as long as air bleeder valve doesn't spurt water and the pressure doesn't drop, then you are in good shape until the system is repaired. No water will enter the boiler system and drive the pressure up as long as the city inlet valve is closed. The risk is that water leaks from the system from the spurting air valve (possible) or some other hidden location (unlikely) and water pressure gets too low. Just keep an eye on the pressure off and on for a few hours to ensure that it is stable.
Loved the video! Hopefully you can get the broiler fixed soon!
I hope so too!
Kaleb.. do you realize how blessed you are to have all these people in your life.
I love the photos!!
The lights are beautiful. So much better for you to do the work at the house. So excited for you.
Yes I do!
That quail spigot is totally adorable!
Love the LIGHT!!!!! Is that a door on the arch thats been closed off? WOW LOVE THE LIGHTS YOU CAN SEEEEEE!
Neither. A hall tree typically would go in this space. Just decorative.
A niche?
Can you leave the glass on the light your uncle gave you green?? It looks very pretty!
The music is fantastic. Feel like I'm watching an 80s montage with fun restoration content!
Loved the 80s synth music 🎼
The passion for your home, it's contents, and it's previous owners is absolutely amazing. The 1/2 gas and 1/2 electric chandelier is sometimes referred to as a gas-o-lier. I'm hooked 👍
I understand dumpster diving. I got a solid oak 4 poster bed out of the trash many years ago and restored it. 2 minor problems that were fixed by a master carpenter who was astounded that it had been tossed. I appreciate good finds. Love all your lamps.
Those photos are awesome
I think so too!
Love the way you have those lights hanging. I can see sitting down there with a drawing or 3D computer floor plan and just dropping different fixtures in different rooms and playing with it.
Lots to cover in this video! Great that you have light now and that the light fixtures are safe and organized👍. The photos from the 1904 World's Fair will be an awesome addition to your home and sorry to hear about the boiler troubles. Onwards and upwards👍
Onward & Upward = Love it
Such a joy to work along side a papa. Enjoy!
The best!
Loved the Chandler tour sorry you're having problems with boiler
Well done on the electrics & lighting🤗🤗🎄🤗🤗
Love Sue ❤❤❤🇬🇧❤❤❤
Thanks so much Sue! 😊
Here's to electricity. Congratulations! Things are shaping up nicely and that quail faucet is sweet. I'm sure you know this but, you are very fortunate to have a living grandparent or grandparents. That, in ifself, is a true treasure. Bless.
17:17 This glass fitting looks like a strawberry. I can't wait to see it on a chandelier with lights on.
I always look forward to Second Empire Mondays!
Oh wow! You can see the wood on the your beautiful staircase so much more! Yeah for light!!!!!
I can't wait for you to finish that
Gorgeous Home.. I love the Older Homes. The details are impeccable. It's so nice that you have wonderful grandparents to
add a helping hand. Thanks Grandpa..♥
I'm over here watching you while in my basement with my 5th interior door stripping once again 13 layers of paint off another door! Taking our home back to original as much as we can!🥰
The first song at the beginning of the time lapse is giving me major Captain EO attraction at Disneyland vibes. I love it! Brought me back to my childhood.
Everything was done with such craftsmanship in the past. Really nice lighting.
We ran soft water through our boiler in our 1937 theater. The boiler was always very clean and never had scale problems or any gauge or other problems. Just an idea. You just fill the barrel with salt every few weeks.
Thank you grandpa. Love to hear you got to see some photos of the world fair and how they are related to the builder of your home.
I grow up In a victorian great memories my Mom and Dad Work very hard to keep it looking like A Museum
Your true love gave to you, 🎵a partridge on a spig-et! 🎵
Hope the boiler gets fixed ASAP! I think I'm almost as excited as you are about finally getting some LIGHT in the house!!
OMG
Been with you from the beginning I love you so much because you are one of the real good guys😍🙋🏼💓 God bless you🙏😇
Excited to see lights in the staircase/hallway! Things like that are always a milestone in a restoration. That large double fixture that you said runs on kerosene looks like it might have hung over a billiard table, possibly?
One day Caleb will have to paint a mural for that niche by the staircase, once again, so lucky the fancy plaster work survives. Do you think there was a window in that space by the staircase or just a niche. I am amazed how in tact it survived.
like a trompe loile (sp)
I think that niche would have been where the hall tree sat so that people could hang their hats and coats plus store the parasols and canes. Not to say Kaleb couldn't paint in that space but if they do opt for a hall tree, to wait until they find the right one and ppla any decorative painting around it.
Love your lights. Lots of nice pieces. The double hurricane lamps would be a cool over the bar or over a pool table light if your talking speakeasy style. It could work but I know it’s a super personal thing to pick just throwing it out there. Each light is a piece of art and that is what this beautiful house is about. What a special gift of a house
Love the lamps, especially that glass chandelier 💕 💡
the basement looks like an antique Menards with all of the lights hanging! so pretty 😍
Beautiful lights and to flick a switch and have light must be great.
Hope the boiler is an easy fix. Have a great week 😊
Thanks, you too!
The red and white glass shades may be Fenton cranberry light shades. Beautiful!
Iam passionate about refurbishing project, i just love it sooo much when a good skilled craftsmanship makes the house comes back to life slowly but its emerging into its former glory, what you are doing is like reversing back time,,.. which is not easy job but its certainly very gratifying.
Family and friends, they make our lives happier. Love the hanging chandeliers.
Kaleb, if you HAVE TO use the boiler before it's repaired (weather takes a nosedive), could you afix a cheap plastic bowl upside down to the ceiling above where the water comes out? it would direct the water back down to the floor or bucket, and keep the wood above dry. Dollar store has cheap dinnerware you could use.
I am late returning to your channel but I love marathon viewings anyway. Great idea to have a lighting showroom in your home.
As always, you're killing it. Hope you guys all have a great week!
Hope the boiler fix isn't too bad. I love keeping old systems working. I've got an old 1920s gravity furnace that's been converted to natural gas and takes up half the basement. I love it, though.
I love the old gravity furnaces, they get a bad rap for being "inefficent" but in these older homes with high ceilings they are still the best way to heat them...
Disco J, is your home also from the 1920s?
@@twistoffate4791 Yes it is!
@@timnewman1172 My home is pretty small, so the gas bill isn't too bad. I'll probably add a heat pump at some point, but still keep the furnace for emergency backup and extreme cold. It may not be the most efficient, but boy does it heat the house well and it gives the basement a nice spooky vibe.
So many gorgeous lights & sconces! They will look stunning in your house. I hope you can get your boiler sorted out before it blows.
Most likely it’s the PRV (pressure relief valve). Look for markings that will tell you the set pressure. Should be no greater then 15 psig. Newer type will discharge out the side. You’ll need to pipe that to a floor drain.
Thanks for the info
I Luv your "Chandelier Museum" set-up. It surely beats what I was thinking (a metal clothes rack)! It makes them easy to see, easy to work on! WHAT??? With all your spare time u haven't gotten around to it? U both r doing a Great Job prioritizing time with importance & weather & availability of resources! Maybe at some point a retired chandelier restorer will get bored with whatever he\she has decided to do to fill their time & come to help out! Just for Something to do with their expertise 🌹💕
Thanks so much!
In France we do have painting ceiling but not wallpapers. I don't know about our neighbour England but I know that Italy,and Germany(Austria)did it too. 😊
I LOVE that your grandpa is helping you!! What a awesome, inspiring young man!! Tell him we'd love to see him more in your video's as you are going!! He's just as hard of a worker as you are. I guess I should rephrase that, you're as hard of a worker as your grandpa! What a awesome role model he is!! Hi Grandpa!!! =) Those pictures of the heavy equipment was too cool!! I used to work in the Photography studio in town, and I have seen a few glass negatives, and to me, they cannot make a picture as crisp and clear as those glass negatives can print!! The lighting is awesome! You have some really nice pieces there Kaleb!! And the spicket for the hose with the bird on it, is very cool!! I've never seen anything like that before!! OMG, I'm so sorry about your furnace.... I pray you got it fixed. Thanks for sharing your journey with us!! Peace, Kim ~
Quail is perfect for someone who is handicapped to get a good grip! 👍
On Boy!! Great news!! The lights are fantastic! Great photos!!
hope it all turns out well!
I will never get tired of these videos, it's so exciting seeing it all come together! Great job so far! And the light fixtures are breathtaking 😍
Glad you enjoy it!
Got to love wiring three way switches. Took 2 electricians to get mine straight.
Somehow I managed to delete my previous comment, as well as your reply!
I still believe you have a leaking main vent.
2-pipe steam is indeed a fancy system, and one that would have been a very expensive installation in its day. With no individual vents on the radiators, ALL of the air in the pipes and radiators exhausts from the main vent as the system fills with steam. Definitely makes for a quieter house without the hissing radiators, as well as providing the ability to throttle them individually for temperature control.
It’s fascinating technology that seems sadly forgotten in this era of furnaces and forced air. If you haven’t done so, pick up a copy of “The Lost Art of Steam Heating”, by Dan Hollohan. It’s a great resource for understanding the nuances of a system like yours. Good luck, and please give some follow-up on the repair!
Love the fancy fillagree lights.
Sorry about the leaks, not good that it happened but at least it's not 20 below outside.
Watching your home progress is exciting. Can't wait for you to move in and enjoy it.
Super excited to be seeing the results! Have been watching this channel since your fourth upload:)
Cheers from Winnipeg MB!
Awesome! Thank you!
Have been enjoying your videos. Wish I had the talent!
You can do it!
Loved the light display !!!!
Uncle J's former frathouse fixture with the super-duper-awesome green & yellow glass shades is amazing. I totally love that.
I really like your lighting display. They are all so beautiful. Sorry about the furnace 😫
Wow! The light is fantastic. You are doing a great job! Way to go Justin! Those photos are incredible finds. Amazing. Love the collection of chandeliers. So cool! Things are coming together so nicely.
Thanks again!
Thanks
Your favorite shades are called cranberry opalescent (referring to the whitish color). It was very popular back then and very collectible today.