1920's Richardson And Boynton Coal Furnace

[@gregorylagerstam2488]

I'm glad I found this again. I watched it some years ago. My grandparent's furnace was very much like that one. Installed the year they got married in 1929. I remember going down with grandma to fire it up. We would sit and talk while watching the fire. She needed time to recover from the climb down the steps. She wouldn't let grandpa fire it up because "he would make it burn too hot and cause a chimney fire". I do remember the sand on top. Thought that was cool. I'm now about to turn 60 years old. Just don't see these anywhere anymore!!!

[@TheLionAndTheLamb777]

My Grandparents used one of these until the early 1990's when they finally got a oil furnace. They had two loops of copper piping inside connected to a large tank with a blow off valve for hot water.

[@smartestmanonnet]

I'm a heating guy. I see these old bombs a lot here in jersey. Neat to see the connection to the past. Thanks for posting

[@raydreamer7566]

Are you calling it a bomb because it will blow up ??

[@normandoughty8737]

I love those older stoves, they really do last a lifetime.

[@TheRetroNobody]

thank you for the step by step assembly. it really helps to see how it works.

[@etjones3496]

Beautiful classic furnace. I remember my aunt having one of these in her house when I was a kid in the 60s. It kept the house as hot as an oven! Used to love going into the basement with my cousins to watch them stoke the furnace. I finally got a Sunbeam a few years ago. I hope to restore it one day.

[@kaybreece8701]

I have a sunbeam. First I've heard of anyone knowing about them.

[@Thermionman]

That is gorgeous!!....really gorgeous...I love the sunburst/sun ray art deco face...Interesting about the sunken top with the sand.Nice looking doors and damper too..Cool assembly video at the end!

[@raydreamer7566]

What a great piece of functional art .

[@earlnut]

I have the 1892 catalog from this company. They made a lot of different furnaces that year. This catalog is a little older than your furnace, but they were basically the same in 1892. In the catalog it says they were founded in 1829 and incorporated in 1884. Over 70,000 in use. The factory was in Jersey City, NJ. On Pacific Ave. With offices in New York and Chicago. They sure had a lot of furnace styles in this old catalog. Good luck with the old girl. They sure put out a lot of heat!

[@steveashcraft718]

We had one back in the 60's. Excellent heat source. A slow speed fan would greatly improve the heat out put.

[@Hambone_777]

very, very cool man.......one of your greatest finds yet!

[@stevematda976]

My grandparents had one of these. I used to fill the tank with milk jugs of water every Sunday when we would visit.

[@oldsteamguy]

awesome. i like the humidifier

[@nicholaskaminski615]

Nice. I would like to have one somewhere on my property. My wife wouldn't go for that though.

[@briansimpson6884]

When these furnaces were in use they put that sand on the top since the floor was so close to the top of the furnace so it wouldn't overheat the wood above it

[@GatheringSticks]

that thing is pretty awesome looking. not quite as scary as the one from "home alone".

[@debbie2845]

I have a Boynton Furnace that we still use to heat our house with wood - gravity only, no blower. Can't find a date on it. Ours is surrounded by bricks. Anyone have an idea how I could find out when it was made or what it is worth?

[@dalmatiangirl61]

I know where 2 of these are, one is still in use, thanks for the step by step construction vid.

[@Lovemypirates11211]

I saw one when house hunting, it reminded me of Sweeney Todd and scared me a bit! LOL!

[@cornspace]

Oh man, Jeff will get excited about this!

[@zack9912000]

I would love to get one of those restored

[@PineLinedFarms]

Thanks for the advice! The pictures don't show any asbestos, but the pics only show the outer surround. I am going to bring an angle grinder in case I need to cut through any stubborn bolts on the sheet metal that can later be replaced. So, my hope is that with two people we can lift each cast section straight up to come apart from the section below, including the top donut. I'm looking forward to having nice heat all next winter without the cost of oil! I can only keep my house at 58 now.

[@youtoobsux1]

Very cool.. Thanks for posting this.

[@tedlahm5740]

The air in front entrance is to DAMPEN the fire at night. Water bucket is self explanatory. Add humidity to the dry heat. I shoveled the coal and ashes to age 22. Air draft a bottom to BRING UP the fire in morning.

[@soneil7745]

So they basically had old-style stoves encased in those things?

[@samuelfellows6923]

I assume the top window is that the top of the firebox glows red when lit? And said window is for confirming it

[@gregorymalchuk272]

This would work so much better and be so much more efficient if you put some fans in the ducts to force the air through. The sand on top was probably to shield the wooden beams from the heat.

[@bannol1]

How large an area or how many rooms did one of those furnaces heat? Was there a limit to how many ducts one could run off the two or three primary ducts that jut out from the heat cap? Were these effective in two storey homes?

[@PineLinedFarms]

I will be dismantling and moving a furnace like this in a few months for reuse in my 1850 farmhouse. Do you have any advice on how to dismantle this without damaging any of the parts? I am mostly concerned about how the cast sections connect to each other. Are they connected my simple weighted force with sealant between the sections? What tools do you recommend i bring with me to dismantle this type of furnace (cast & surround parts)? Any advice is greatly appreciated!

[@JohnAK72]

it's like a monster. so far I remember Tom and Jerry had one in their basement.

[@schomminater]

These used to be in old houses here in Northeast Wisconsin. Then came oil furnaces and now natural gas. I saw a furnace once like this in an old house.It wasnt in used because I think it backfired. It is likely gone now.

[@RADIUMGLASS]

Were any of the sections bolted in place?

[@inkey2]

@MrJohnnyrace I think I remember seeing furnaces like this when I was alittle kid....they horrified me, I thought they looked like a monster.....but anyway....was carbon monoxide a problem with these old furnaces?. I really don't remember hearing any stories about people dieing from them

[@gtb81.]

could you burn wood in one of these instead of coal?

[@mnfirefighter813]

Do you have anymore videos of this furnace?

[@Patrick-tf1ri]

Fun fact: most Western European and American furnaces built between 1860 and 1930 were designed by women-house wive-and patented by their husbands. Why were they designed by women? Because they worked from home!

[@adielawson7179]

The sand probably after as insulation to keep the heat in.

[@keystonecountryboy]

or maybe weight to keep metal from "popping" when it warmed up, or sand to throw into it to calm down a runaway fire

[@tomromanski8692]

I have the same exact stove, but without all the outer parts. the bottom part is cracked and i would like to replace it. Any chance you know where i can find one or are willing to sell yours? please reply either way. thanks!

[@stclairstclair]

Do you still own it, Ive been welding for 30 years, I cant imagine not being able to repair/rebuild it, welding is not very expensive.

[@shnobi24]

Nice!

[@margbuller6004]

i just had one removed from my basement my house was heated with hot water rads

[@asbestosfibers1325]

now put its blanket of happy white dont breath me in please over it!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@stclairstclair]

I would love to own that monster, I'm secretly hoping for a nationwide permanent power outage, It would be refreshing!

[@stclairstclair]

@Ekim Nonot, thats the name, You don't see too many of us.

[@MustangSam]

What a great video! Loved how you showed the assembly process! Back in the 70's my parents still had the coal furnace working but I don't remember what kind it was. I have a converted coal furnace which is still heating my house. Check it out on my channel. Its ancient. I really enjoyed your video!

[@davidisabella6750]

So, that's not a Steam-boiler furnace, it's a forced air furnace... Not the kind used in conjunction with cast-iron fin radiators.

[@RADIUMGLASS]

There is no blower, no mechanical parts to make it forced air. Heat rises from the flame at the pilot and that's it.

[@tedlahm5740]

Gravity draft.

[@vbellasmoreno5931]

I can give that to someone just take it out of my house 🤦‍♀️