Submitted by Nerf_er_nothin t3_zq7yl6 in washingtondc
Were historic DC rowhouses heated with coal fired boilers? Or some other energy source?
Does anyone have any links about rowhouse construction design by era? I have a 1920s era house.
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Nerf_er_nothin OP t1_j0xj0d2 wrote
Mostly the heating but also curious about other stuff if you have any good info.
DrewinSWDC t1_j0zgzhv wrote
Everybody on the block is gonna hate you if you start up burning coal again
Nerf_er_nothin OP t1_j0zhac2 wrote
lol
gator_fl t1_j1010fr wrote
Been in a rowhome with a coal boiler still intact but not been in use for decades.
Even coal chute to the street.
skunkytuna t1_j0yvq62 wrote
Mine was built in 1908ish, and used coal originally.
SandBoxJohn t1_j0zav2t wrote
If your home has one of these on it or a bricked up patch of the same size, It had a coal fired boiler in the basement when it was built.
Nerf_er_nothin OP t1_j0zbmj4 wrote
There was a wood door that looks like that in the rear brick wall. It was eventually covered by the rear room/sleeping porch. Hmm 🤔
DCTom t1_j0ztsmk wrote
My house was built in 1908 and when i bought it in 2000 it had an oil furnace (and huge oil tank) that looked like it might have been original. If not original, it was very, very old.
solidrecommendations t1_j0x0p90 wrote
1920s is when oil burning furnaces took off … are you just interested in the heat source or other info as well?