this post was submitted on 12 May 2025
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ASJ paper finish with no jacketing. Pvc elbows and endcaps have barely been kicked by the maintenance guys.
The insulation was redone within the last 20 years but done cheaply so they probably also repiped it.
My professional opinion: boilers fucked might want to turn it off.
(For the record boilers run on gas so it's gonna be near the gas line no matter what)
Hey, how come you want me to pay for this fire and smoke rated canvas jacketing? I'm going to leave the dry paper finish in my room where all my fire lives
Hey, at least it's the good kind of boiler failure and not the steam explosion kind.
Hi, not a boiler expert here but I'm pretty sure they're not supposed to be incandescent.
Yeah boilers only do that when they're in distress
Someone get the ASPCB on the case, stat
That's not a boiler that's a melter
I just wanna praise the sun in the basement, I have to make do!
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I'm not a scientist or whatever the fuck, but that doesn't look safe.
there's gotta be a way to shut this down that isn't shaking hands with danger, no?
shut off the gas at the meter maybe?
let us also pile a bunch of boxes full of keyboards and printers right up against it too to make things extra spicy
just masterful trolling, legendary
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I don't think its boiling anymore