Gas and Oil Home Heating Furnaces - This-old-house heating question

New to the forum-just wanted to introduce myself, my name is
Jim and I located in the Cleveland OH area. hello all!

I and my wife are looking at houses in the Cleveland area, and I have
a question concerning a house i just looked at today.

The house is a bungalow, two stories, built on a slab w/radiant heat.
the house was built in 1949, since then the radiant heat boiler has been removed, and forced heat has been added.

Question #1.Anything that I need to look for to make sure that the plumbing system for the radiant heat has been properly sealed, or is this not and issue.

Question #2.The forced heat furnace is located on the second floor
(unfinished attic) per the homeowner this was the only place they could
put it. I know that a furnace company would probably never put a furnace
on the upper floor if this raised any potential fire or other hazard,
but is this something that I should be concerned with, or is this just a stupid worry?

Thanks
Jim :confused:

Just a guess here But Ill bet the pipes went out and they had a lot of leaks in the hot water in the cement floor. Just let them alone is all

#2 We put a lot of furnaces up there. If it was a new 90%afue gas furnace you would have to box it in so the water didnt freeze in it is all.

ED ;)

Question #1.Anything that I need to look for to make sure that the plumbing system for the radiant heat has been properly sealed, or is this not and issue.

Question #2.The forced heat furnace is located on the second floor
(unfinished attic) per the homeowner this was the only place they could
put it. I know that a furnace company would probably never put a furnace
on the upper floor if this raised any potential fire or other hazard,
but is this something that I should be concerned with, or is this just a stupid worry?

Thanks
Jim :confused:

1.On question 1, what type of fuel fired the boiler? Gas or Oil?
2.On question 2, call the residential building inspector for Cleveland, explain the situation as you described, and ask if there are any concerns or code issues. If he says this is OK, ask that he confirm to you in writing. Or better yet, ask that he visit home for onsite inspection.

:)

Thanks for both replies...
Ed-if the pipes in the floor were leaking, does this raise any
issues(water damage to the floor, water pockets?, mold?...)

Thanks again