OLD OIL BOILER FROM BACK IN THE DAY CAN I KEEP IT RUNNING
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- OLD OIL BOILER FROM BACK IN THE DAY CAN I KEEP IT RUNNING
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I have been a home inspector for over 35 years, these American Standards are tanks, they don't fail. Problem is the efficencey is about 60% all the heat goes up the chimney unless you load up the chamber with fire brick to absorb some heat
Forget about efficiency, that guy saved $10s of thousands of dollars not replacing yet. Good stuff
and another 100,000 dollars not updating anything in his house probably a millionaire
I don’t understand you always say if it isn’t broken don’t fix it, that boiler there’s nothing wrong with it, it’s actually a good one easy to maintain,just throw a new burner on it. What’s wrong with the tank? Looks like it could use some legs but other than that I mean I’m not there so I really don’t know, it looks fine, new one won’t even last a quarter of the time.
@@met8886 Did you see the bottom of the tank? We couldn't because it sat on the ground. There's something called risk with that.
@@WeatherNut27 exactly nobody saw it. But you could put some legs on it and then determine if it's bad couldn't you? That's a thought.
@met8886 lmao. So you'll wait until you see a leak? I know a neighbor that had to spend $300,000 to dig up and clean a leak. Why touch it and put legs on?? Common sense better than risks.
That house should be a museum. Good stuff!
Iwas just going to say the same thing until I saw your post! hahaha That sink is incredible, and that boiler is quite the beast.
Howdy Steve and Molly. That thing came over on the mayflower but still runs great 👍
😂Mayflower
I imagine you could keep about any boiler running that isn't cracked. You have a lot of experience with the old stuff.
Those old radiators are worth a ton of $$$!!! A lot of times I see them all busted up in the scrap yard, what a shame! It may be a big old system, but cleaning those type boilers is usually a breeze with the big old heavy duty doors on the front and the large flue passages, they don't get all choked up like the newer modern day sectionals. One downside to them old stack relay boilers is once the stack relay kicks the bucket, they are hard to find and cost a bundle if you do find. Alternative, which i have done, would be to just rewire the boiler to accept a R8185 primary cad cell relay.
A family member moved into a big old farm house with a coal steam boiler converted to oil. Ripped it out and put in an outdoor wood boiler. Lots of wooded acreage to feed that thing every year. The old radiators sold for nearly enough to cover the cost of the new system. 18 highly ornate radiators of various sizes in that house. With all the drafts, no insulation, and a boiler that was 50% efficient on a good day 50 years ago it cost a bloody fortune to heat that place with oil.
@@jblyon2If it was me I would've kept the radiators, forced air heat just isn't the same but to each his own I guess.
@@Progrocker70 It's a boiler, not a furnace. Standard hydronic baseboards with a circulator to run the water through the boiler and baseboards.
Steve , look at those radiators beautiful, then says old farm house from hell , yeeeeee, always know where you stand with steve
I’ve witnessed a few conversion boilers (coal&ash to oil) that are still puffing along. Awesome stuff mama.
Shut off switch is probably on the first floor hallway. That was code in the 1950’s.
there should be a shutoff at boiler .called a service switch ... the shutoff in hallway is an emergency switch .. there should be both .thats the proper code were i am from
Love those old radiators.
Nothing but quality there....
Damn right
My last house in Western Mass had an old one pipe steam system for heat. Victorian farmhouse built around 1913. The radiators were beautiful and put out lots of nice heat, worked best when outside temp was 30 deg or less, that way they had time to get hot. Never got a dry heat nose bleed in that place during the winter. I really miss that house but the price of heating oil was killing me. When I bought the place the price of oil was about 79 cents a gallon, 10 years later it was three to four bucks.
Between the basement and the old boiler, that is a fire waiting to happen! Scary!
Absolutely beautiful radiators. I have large cast iron radiators in my house but they don't have the ornate design these have. Mine is large volume but not as large as this one. Also fire my boiler with a 1.00 80 nozzle.
I grew up in a 3-story house in Connecticut that had the same kind of radiators and steam system. There was a HUGE boiler in the basement under the dining room floor. When you switched the round mercury thermostat to call for heat the furnace would ROAR and the china cabinet would rumble and rattle slightly. That was in 1996 when we moved out of it. As a teenager I was always kind of nervous that one day the thing would explode or there would be a big fireball in the basement. It made that much noise and burned so much oil.
It takes Gumption to take something like that on. You are so helpful. From the customa's
perspective they need you!
long gone, back in the day it was a standard to have things last...
My neighbour lives in a Tiny little home 100+ year old!She has a "Gravity Furnace" aka Octopus Furnace pipes wrapped with Asbestos tape!! 1 small burner!!
The old ways are still the best.
Nothing better that hot water radiator heat in a cold climate, even though everyone things forced air heat is better or "modern". I have same radiators, I wouldn't trade it for forced air heat. I also have that sink, but in white with two drainboards.
Hey Steve and Miss Molly! Workin’ again ya’ll. 👍👍. Had not seen an oil tank without legs before! What a flippin’ mess!
That's one old boiler from the 50s or 60s. Good American Standard boiler BUT that Oil Tank (same age) is scary. Should have been replaced 20 years ago.
A throwback to the 50's.
I had the same boiler. American standard acroliner. We replaced it this week. I’m eager to see what are heating bill look like next winter.
Old American Standard guzzles fuel. In the summer it heats the basement so much that the AC needs to work overtime. So an electricity guzzler too. . .
I've posted before to mention my mom's 1972 Metromatic furnace with Beckett SR burner. Newer than this boiler, but the burner is an order model. The SR was 1725 RPM, but flame retention. An excellent burner if I say so myself, whisper quiet. Old cast iron J pump and old style Emerson motor with bearings that can be oiled. She has a spare Carlin 1725 PSC motor but so far the old one hasn't died.
I don’t understand you always say if it isn’t broken don’t fix it, that boiler there’s nothing wrong with it, it’s actually a good one easy to maintain,just throw a new burner on it. What’s wrong with the tank? Looks like it could use some legs but other than that I mean I’m not there so I really don’t know, it looks fine, new one won’t even last a quarter of the time. Beautiful place though.
Good enough for that neighborhood
That is quality product the furnace cement is low end but fact it’s made it that’s a beautiful testament to American made
This is dope! All the boiler guys are coming out I love this. I watch the Boiler Heroes video and I love him so to see other boiler machines is amazing. keep up the good work guys 😊
Thats the neatest furnace.
Another great video Steve, remain safe and keep the videos coming 👍
Steve, i would run and not have to deal with that old piece of a museum piece. lol
Can u do a video of annual service on your heating equipment?
Real museum piece Steve!! Nothing but quality right??
That’s how a heating system should look like
What do you mean if the oil line is in the ground? I know in NJ they have to be removed, I didn't watch the entire video. Is there a stipulation that the unit won't be serviced if the lines are buried now?
All the oil burner manufacturers should make them like that oil burner again minus the stack switches instead of the crap & junk today with all the boards and crazy electronics that dont last .Castiron was thick & made so much better also to last for decades instead of a decade .Its a real joke today with all the low quality crap heating syatems that cost thousands of dollars......
There are still some quality boilers. Not many for hot water, but for steam, there is the Burnham Megasteam and the Peerless EC-T. Both made of thick cast iron and simple. There may be a hot water version of the EC-T but the hot water version of the Megasteam (the MPO) is junk with junk electronics.
Was that a steam system converted to hot water?
Good luck finding an old style stack switch with the bi-metal element.
Hello Steve!
Back when that stuff was made they said let's make it last for life. Today they are like can we squeeze 5 years out of this pot metal.
“old flippin farm house from hell” lol
pull the stack relay and let it go off on saftey
Hey Steve. Great video. Just wondering what the hell was that bulb like object attached to the oil line down at the tank was?
weight to shut off valve fire matic
@@matkremzar5474
Thanks for the info. Does that give you a clue when it was installed? That looks like some old stuff!
That's good enough for that neighborhood She's A Leaka yall. Never A Dull moment
Impressive house, that guy probably has millions in the bank.
"Heating Oil Bill Fund" lol
you put in a b spray pattern .... how do you know if it dont take the"a" nozzle type?
Nothing should take an A or a hollow. No burner in the world has a hollow air pattern to match a hollow nozzle. Manufacturers spec them because they run quieter, but you're always giving up some efficiency and flame stability. A B (solid) will almost always run better. If not, a W or SS (semi solid) will. Never seen a boiler that runs better with an A nozzle than a B or SS. They always get better combustion numbers on either the solid or semi solid nozzle.
why not switch to gas or new boiler save money on the heat bill
The basement that time forgot!😐
Looks like a shoe maker installed that boiler or furnace, I have know idea what that is, usually the oil fired are boilers that you work on, that just looks like a patch job.
For what they are charging for a tank replacement, run her out of oil in the next month or two. Rip it all out and put a high efficiency LP boiler in, and they supply the tanks, or you can purchase them if you prefer. LP is much cheaper. Fuel oil has 144 K BTU, Propane has 97K per gallon
I got a boiler just like that one and only have 3 more payments and it's paid off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Aren't some of those old stock controls 182 seconds that I recall maybe you can convert it over to gas if he has gas in the house
Gas would not have the BTU's to run that system.
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Looks like an old coal-fired boiler converted to oil
If he has a gas line to the water heater why not get rid of the oil and just install a gas boiler?
That looks like it was a stalker and I changed it to oil time for a new oil burner and tank walk away
Was that converted to oil from coal?😂
like an old flippin farmhouse from hell
Umm. That boiler will outlive us all. Premium American asbestos there. 👍🏻
250k in insurance claim that would suck. Holy shii. Meanwhile if I had 10 k it would change my life 😂
If they have gas I would get a new gas-fired boiler and scrap the tank!
Boiler needs to go, it came on the Mayflower
Red Tag!
Calls are slowing down?
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I'm sure you won't be the first one to tell him it's time to buy new equipment
old AF burner
80 year old tank momma
If it ain't broke. Don't fix it
who the hell tightens a nozel that tight?!??!? Makes sense they would throw a big one in there...willd..natural gas ftw
Pre-World War II basement frozen in time .....
old and crusty, but runs, so much for high tech,moma...
Shut off at the top of the stairs.
That's 1 that You will probably sing, She's a Crusty one Mr. GRINCH on.
Crusty old mama
Farmhouse from hell….
Steven, she is very crusty.
Hey Steve.. What a shit show, Momma. 😂
What a shit show.