Showerthought: The old boiler at the paper mill on River Road

Last month I had to fix a beat-up Cleaver-Brooks boiler from the 70s at the old mill on River Road, and it ran smooth as silk once I cleaned the burner tips. Three years ago I would've just swapped the whole thing out without thinking, but now I wonder if we're too quick to replace stuff instead of fixing it. Any of you guys see old boilers still chugging along better than new ones?

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jessicajohnson28d ago

Used to think newer was always better, but that Cleaver-Brooks changed my mind, lol.

olivia_murphy28d agoMost Upvoted

Haha yeah my definition of "new and improved" is basically just "newly broken in my garage.