Thread Number: 79243
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Furnace at an estate sale this morning |
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Post# 1031694   5/3/2019 at 14:51 (1,811 days old) by Norgeway (mocksville n c )   |   | |
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1952 Lennox. Original to the house!! |
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Post# 1031697 , Reply# 1   5/3/2019 at 15:42 (1,811 days old) by Oliger (Indianapolis, Indiana)   |   | |
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My house used to have one of these dinosaur juice fired monsters. Original to the house from 1910. It was taken out a few years ago.
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Post# 1031698 , Reply# 2   5/3/2019 at 15:48 (1,811 days old) by DE409 (Maryland)   |   | |
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Hate to see their utility bills! |
Post# 1031699 , Reply# 3   5/3/2019 at 15:49 (1,811 days old) by DE409 (Maryland)   |   | |
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Why are they selling the furnace at an estate sale? LOL usually the house goes with? |
Post# 1031742 , Reply# 5   5/3/2019 at 22:36 (1,810 days old) by Diesirae7 (Central Illinois)   |   | |
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I've done a lot of clean and checks on those Lennox furnaces when I was just out of HVAC school in Quincy IL, that town was loaded with some nice classics. |
Post# 1031755 , Reply# 6   5/4/2019 at 04:11 (1,810 days old) by TheSpiritOf76 (Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, and OZ All Together. )   |   | |
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Of when I walked through the Estate Sale at my house in 2011, and was introduced to Big Bertha for the first time, but certainly not the last! Just as Hans was saying, the machine its self is a Winchester, Capital that is original to my house, built in 1903. At the time, she was coal burning, and is still located in what use to be the coal room with the cast iron coal chute door. She however was converted to gas in or around 1929. She has been heating my house for 116 winters! That is mighty impressive, and she is still here!
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Post# 1031813 , Reply# 10   5/4/2019 at 18:51 (1,809 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c )   |   | |
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A forced air furnace,It has a blower that switches on when the burner heats the heat exchanger to a pre determined temperature, then turns off both blower and burner when the thermostat is satisfied. |
Post# 1031815 , Reply# 11   5/4/2019 at 19:01 (1,809 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Post# 1031845 , Reply# 13   5/5/2019 at 02:30 (1,809 days old) by thomasortega (El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles de Porciúncula)   |   | |
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This is very interesting. Thanks for sharing this info! As you can imagine, I'm not that used to furnaces as I never had one |
Post# 1031866 , Reply# 14   5/5/2019 at 12:05 (1,809 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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It was a Hallmark installed in 1956, nearly all of the orignal 80+ homes in this neighborhood had the same Gas Forced air furnace, And as proof all thing old weren't that good we started seeing them out for trash by the early 60s.
They all seemed to develop cracked heat exchanges, I actually kept our till 1981, when I finely took it out and looked at it, it also had a huge crack in the HE.
This furnace was the type of furnace that gives hot-heat a bad name, it was way too powerful, when it kicked in you felt the blast of hot air and you were ready to start taking off clothing, the current American Standard furnace is a two stage 60,000-80,000 BTU output with variable blower and not only can you not hear it but you can't tell if is on or off, the house stays at a completely even temperature, and best of all never a problem in over 15 years.
Picture of rating tag from the Hallmark
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Post# 1031870 , Reply# 15   5/5/2019 at 13:19 (1,809 days old) by RP2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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We had one of those "octopus" gravity furnaces in the basement of the house I grew up in. Original 1927 unit. It caused a sooty residue to accumulate around all of the registers. My parents had it replaced with a Payne forced air unit that included a 6" thick heavily pleated filter after my mom developed asthma around 1980. That unit held up well and was highly efficient. If the new owners can add A/C to it, they'd be better off than buying anything new -- that is, if the BTUs and CFMs can handle the upstairs additions currently under construction.
My dad kept the large enameled badge from the original unit and tacked it up in the garage. I took it for office decor when I worked for an HVAC contractor. I received lots of positive comments on it from the construction and service personnel. It measures about 16" x 18". I still have it and at some point will incorporate it into the signage wall I'm planning for the carport in our backyard.
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Post# 1031873 , Reply# 16   5/5/2019 at 14:10 (1,809 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c )   |   | |
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I never saw a gas fired Hallmark, They are one of the best oil furnaces on the market today, My hometown is full of 60s Hallmark oil furnaces I never saw one of them crack, They are made by the Boyertown furnace co. |
Post# 1031906 , Reply# 17   5/5/2019 at 21:26 (1,808 days old) by kevin313 (Detroit, Michigan)   |   | |
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Post# 1031925 , Reply# 19   5/6/2019 at 07:04 (1,808 days old) by jamiel (Detroit, Michigan and Palm Springs, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 1032428 , Reply# 20   5/11/2019 at 23:17 (1,802 days old) by kevin313 (Detroit, Michigan)   |   | |
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Hans-
Here are the twin 1964 Thermo Pride furnaces that heat the Cavalcade building. For as big as they are they are very quiet !
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Post# 1032443 , Reply# 21   5/12/2019 at 08:45 (1,802 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c )   |   | |
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Thermo Prides look exactly the same. |