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    30 Reasons Why Cast Iron Boilers are a Better Value Than Stainless Steel or Cast Aluminum

    Posted on January 12, 2011 by JohnRocheleau

    Between Cast Aluminum, Stainless Steel and Cast Iron as a material for forced hot water boilers, this list of 30 is why I recommend cast iron boilers, like the Buderus “Scotch Marine” designs. Pictures of Buderus and others, and not … Continue reading

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    1890 Sunbeam Coal Furnace Meets its Untimely End

    Posted on November 10, 2010 by JohnRocheleau

    Yesterday, I reluctantly, though methodically, brought down a relic Sunbeam Gravity Hot Air furnace, installed in 1890 when the house it was installed in was built. After speaking with its owner, who bought the house in 1959, I discovered that … Continue reading

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