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converted coal to nat gas gravity furnace. don't know the brand or model number but it's been there for a long time. the house was there when the city 1st surveyed in early 1800s. and the house is a dump. the owner is a very old and fragile lady who drive 1960 mercury with full on bondo and what look like original tire to me...

Originally Posted by Glenn Harrison

I have a customer whose house was built in 1910, and he still has the original International Economy steam boiler installed. It has been converted from coal burning to oil fired and for many years now gas fired with a power gas burner.

The coolest thing about this guy is the painstaking measures he took to make not only the boiler room look immaculate, but the boiler itself as well. This boiler is honestly a showroom piece. You can also see in the pics he has a sense of humor.

That is truely amazing, I've never seen anyone maintain something that nice.

Thank You Glenn. That thing is gorgeous. Kudo's to your homeowner. I have an older gentleman that also takes care of his equipment in a similar way, but not quite to that extent. It makes me nervous everytime I go to service it, that I might get a drop of oil on the floor.

Great job keeping the old girl in service.

Originally Posted by Glenn Harrison

I have a customer whose house was built in 1910, and he still has the original International Economy steam boiler installed. It has been converted from coal burning to oil fired and for many years now gas fired with a power gas burner.

The coolest thing about this guy is the painstaking measures he took to make not only the boiler room look immaculate, but the boiler itself as well. This boiler is honestly a showroom piece. You can also see in the pics he has a sense of humor.

That thing is awesome! I've seen alot of old ones in the seattle area, 02' was probably the oldest. Here's the coal door of one that I removed a while ago, I think he said the house was built somewhere in the 20's

Originally Posted by Glenn Harrison

I have a customer whose house was built in 1910, and he still has the original International Economy steam boiler installed. It has been converted from coal burning to oil fired and for many years now gas fired with a power gas burner.

The coolest thing about this guy is the painstaking measures he took to make not only the boiler room look immaculate, but the boiler itself as well. This boiler is honestly a showroom piece. You can also see in the pics he has a sense of humor.

I am glad you got pics of this boiler. Love to see it again

101 years old this year

I have a customer whose house was built in 1910, and he still has the original International Economy steam boiler installed. It has been converted from coal burning to oil fired and for many years now gas fired with a power gas burner.

The coolest thing about this guy is the painstaking measures he took to make not only the boiler room look immaculate, but the boiler itself as well. This boiler is honestly a showroom piece. You can also see in the pics he has a sense of humor.

Kate you have mail, Lennox Torrid zone coal furnace converted to gas, still in operaton in Howell Michigan, I sent you a pic. From the 1940's is my guess.

When I first got into the trade I worked for a company that the owner was one of the designers of the Holly brand furnace. Whenever one was replaced we had to bring it back to the shop where we would clean them up so he could store it...

Oil fired furance i believe it was a thermal pride with sling burner

Don't you mean Adam and Eve got Reamed?

I sold Adam and Eve the first Rheem!

That's funny jmac00.

I replaced the rocks around a campfire built by cavemen..............

what did I win

I've apparently got rather young ones. A pair of 1954 Pacific Steel 500 horsepower firetube boilers, lost the model number years ago.
When we inherited them, one had had a cracked fire tube in the heatex since 4 years ago and the owners didn't want to do anything with them until the operating one had a catastrophic failure. Right before we lost the bid for the service contract, the operating one got a cracked firetube so, shutdown and tagged out.
Owners tried to argue us into repairing it but, since Pacific Steel went out of business long before now and parts were no longer available, we managed to avoid that mess.
Still, that became the concern of the contractor that won the bid for the service contract and, knowing them, they probably tried to repair the boiler.

This is a great question !!!!!!! I love to hear about all the old stuff, and even some still running...Hot water heat is still the most reliable out there.....i my opinion at least.......as for me it would be an old 50's boiler in a school...coal convert to nat. gas..1.2 million BTU..no clue as to the #'s. i am keeping this thread

Old Williams oil furnace.
Model number was 2 digits IIRC and serial number was 3 digits, and the first one was 0.
It actually worked, but owner wanted HP installed so it had to go.

Several years ago I had the "pleasure" to change the sock on a 1956 Carrier oil burner...

I replaced a gravity flow made of BRICKS. The heat exchanger looked like a pot bellied stove inside a 6' X 6' X 6' brick room. (roof was tin) The unit had been converted from coal to nat. gas.
NO brand/model tag...
It took 10-12 hr using a 5 gal bucket to hall all the brick out of the basement.
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Thacker gas furnace, had Tandem belt drive squirrel cage blower ( one in front of the other)

haven't seen another since

It hasn't been replaced yet and don't remember the brand off hand, but a couple of years ago. I had serviced a converted coal fired boiler that was built and installed in 1929. It was converted to oil fired in the 1940's, and converted again to gas in the 1960's.

Now I did find this poster in a house a few weeks ago.