[TheForge] Old Boilers...

[Roger Degner]

All the radiators I ever saw were cast iron or copper with al fins
Easy to tell hit it with a hammer and if it breaks it is cast.
As for the boiler the ones I did were always steel sheet of some sort.
I have been told wrought doesn't torch cut very well but neither does years
of scale built up steel.  The way to tell is with a grinder and look at the
sparks or saw part of the way through the piece then bend over to break off.
Steel has small grain and wrought has fibers

Roger R Degner



--: [TheForge] Old Boilers...


Figured I'd throw this one out for ideas.

 

Does anyone here know about old early 20th cent. Boilers?

 

My son has a friend down in Milwaukee who is getting ready to tear out an
old boiler based heating system from a property he is renovating.

 

Any Ideas on the probability of the boiler and radiators being cast vs
wrought-iron?

 

Thanks in advance!

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