Old heating stuff

[gusherb]

Brent

That is one of my favorite video's to watch. Just love watching that burner flashover! Reminds me of the 1960 Carrier Weathermaker furnace my grandmother used to have heating the room addition in her home, it was so oversized and ran so hot you could probably literally have roasted marshmallows over the registers. It sadly met it's fate after 48 years due to a flood that engulfed the basement from floor to ceiling. Even sadder yet is the heat exchanger was in perfect condition and the furnace would still be in service if it weren't for that flood. I don't think the new Trane will last even 1/3rd as long as that Carrier did.

 

[tolivac]

EE Gads--from my childhood-one of the houses we lived in had a heater-furnace like that Bryant!Was in the basement-would look thru the grates on the side cover and see the burners start.and hear the fan start after the heat exchanger warmed up.Of course the blower was muffled from the cover.As I type this trying to remember what house it was in-was rather little at the times.Yes,that Bryant is a quality peice of equipment.Too bad they don't build them like this one anymore!

 

[NYCWriter]

My apartment building ...

... was built in 1920.

Still using the original boiler, which looks like a steam ship impossibly buried in an underground cavern!

 

[davey7]

Old Boilers

Old boilers last a long time if they are well maintained. It's usually the new controls and etc that fail.

 

[a440]

Janitrol Dura-Tube

Janitrol made A fantastic Furnace.  Sadly so many of these furnaces were replaced because they were deemed "inefficient".  The Janitrol Dura-Tube Furnaces were built to last 100 years when installed properly with enough cold / fresh air return.  

Here are a few examples.  One is a standard upflow furnace.   Another is a "garage hanging" type furnace so you can see what a "Dura-Tube" manifold / heat exchanger looked like. And the last is a horizontal Janitrol that was installed in a crawlspace.  

Look at the metal on the cases of these furnaces!  It is incredible.  

 

 

 

[appliancedude16]

Old Heating

I'm Pretty sure that I still have the original furnace for my old house in San Diego, CA, It's a mid to late 50's or early 60's Day and Night gas furnace, it has 2 burners, 1 standing pilot and 1 belt or direct driven blower fan. It blows out a lot of heat throughout my old house.

 

[twintubdexter]

<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #008000;">As I suspected, you obviously live within the cusp of San Jose's old "millionaire acres". As a kid, I remember Emory St. and adjacent University Avenue as home to San Jose's community of doctors, lawyers and business tycoons. At $3,000,000+ that home fits in perfectly with the many stately houses in the area. I'm sure I couldn't resist the opportunity to do a look/see of that property. Maybe you should consider putting in an offer. That balcony above the front door, decorative or not, is ideal for greeting your endless line of callers and suitors. </span>