We have just come through our second major investment since purchasing this house. The first was redoing our 2nd floor living room around 5 years ago. This week, we had both hot water boilers replaced by Keyspan. It was a 3-day event, with mud being tracked in and out of the house, and all manner of banging, clanging and freezing temperatures that you can imagine. But in the end, we were able to move away from this:
You can see where the firewall was being burned through in the forefront. This grey unit was installed in the 60's apparently, so I figure it served everyone pretty well.
It took alot of courage to put out the amount of money it took to get these boilers replaced. Knowing that our tenants were using space heaters for heat really sat poorly with us, not to mention the hundreds we spend monthly on our own heat. So out with the old and in with the new. It has made an immediate difference. Or perhaps I just think it has - I compare to how long it took to get the house warm in the recent past. Just yesterday, I actually had to turn the heat off and open a window, it was so warm. We feel blessed that we were able to do such a good thing for our home. Let's hope the inspiration to take care of other issues will remain for a while.
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