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Re: heating oil tank manufacturer's warranty voided by transfer of oil from the old tank?
Yup. The infamous TL.
Everyone insists you can run single pipe overhead
But the you end up with a TL more times than not.
Re: Snow Melt Mavens, I need your advice
what type of boiler? What was the SwT with the valve closed, and delta?
Was the system under load ? Melting snow during the adjustment?
With the bypass closed the boiler must have been seeing cool return? 30 degrees or lower?
hot_rod
Re: Remodeled House. Now Radiators Are Way Too Large
If somebody decides to install an air to water unit in the future, they will thank you!
Kaos
Re: Remodeled House. Now Radiators Are Way Too Large
Not over sized… sized for max efficiency.
Did this w/ my own home. Cast iron rads. love it.
kcopp
Re: ADVICE/IDEAS NEEDED! 3 Commercial Hot Water Heaters
Hi, Before doing any boiler room work, I'd be measuring shower flow rates and water pressures over at least a 24 hour period. If pressures fluctuate, I'd be looking at pressure compensating showerheads. Neoperl makes the innards for showerheads. I'd be installing 1.5 gpm heads if what you have now is larger. Once that work is done, I'd be metering hot water usage so yo know just what the demand really is. With that info, you can work in the boiler room and size the equipment to the measured need. You might find a lot of savings in equipment costs once the hot water demand is controlled. I know I'm not answering your questions directly, but this sequence of doing the work gives you the best chance of success.
Yours, Larry
Re: Question about swing joints
The riser coming out of the vise needs to go up to just short of the hole in the wall for the pipe going outside. You need a little pitch from outside to the tank but not that much. By exagerating the pitch your losing some of the swing.
The pipe (both fill and vent) only need enough pitch so they will not hold oil
Re: Question about swing joints
Re: leaky sink trap connection
Me? Depends. If it's new work — like a new sink — I have pretty well gotten to the point of changing what's leaking. Between warped sink outlets and oddly oval pipes and defective seal rings… aargh. Trade off between time to trouble shoot and price of the parts. On old work, however, I'll take things apart and see how it was meant to work in the first place and then fiddle and fix…
Re: "Yelp"/ angi list for contractors.
Unfortunately, most people will try you on for size....very few straight shooters these days...Mad Dog
Re: "Yelp"/ angi list for contractors.
Got myself into a situation once. Bid a job in Connecticut to install 3 emergency generators in 3 fire stations.
Got quotes on the generators and after I was awarded the job by the town the generator company sprung there terms on me that they wanted all the money when the gens were delivered.
Having just started my business I didn't have much cash laying around and I was in a pickle being locked into my bid.
The gen company had an office in CT and there main office was in NJ. Isent back the proposal with 1/3 of the $$ and stated my terms: 1/3 down, 1/3 on delivery, 1/3 after start up (by the gen people) and acceptance by the town.
They cashed my check.
4 weeks later the Gens were ready and they called me form CT office and wanted all the money
I called the main office in NJ and we got in a scuffle. I told him you cashed the check (you could have returned it) thereby you accepted my terms. Things were ok after that.
Its all about leverage in business. You have to keep some bullets in your gun.