One of my favorite customer's crew had recently replaced a leaking steam boiler with an exact replacement. He told me that the new boiler seemed to be working fine, but now the homeowner was complaining about a few radiators not working. This happens sometimes. A homeowner has a new boiler installed and then starts telling the installing contractor about problems that just started after the installation. Now, sometimes that is true, and sometimes it isn't. We decided that a site visit was needed. Once he told me the address, I recognized it was in a neighborhood that has a lot of interesting hot water and steam boiler systems. The houses were built from the very early 1900's to 1930 or so by some of the wealthiest people in town. I could tell when I pulled up that this house was built in a grand manner.
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