Rainy Day, Late July

Canaan, Connecticut

When we moved into our not-brand-new house, built in 1744,  the steam boiler looked as though it had been installed during update number three or four, maybe in the 50s. Amazingly, it has continued to run, until now. Earlier in the week, when the technicians tried to do the yearly service to get it through another season, it became obvious that wasn't going to happen.

We had been hoping to do extensive restoration on the place next year, and wanted a new heating system to be part of that. The last thing in the world we want is to spend thousands of dollars on a replacement boiler to continue to have lousy, inefficient, and parts-of-the-house-cold steam heat. So we have to replace the entire heating system on a semi-emergency basis. Just when I'm buried in work to complete the orders from the TOP Platinum sale.