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Re: T C Joy radiators
I found some pictures from a job we did last year in the same town (Alameda). There must have been a heating contractor here that liked installing T C Joy radiators.
Re: T C Joy radiators
Thanks for getting back to us and bringing T C Joy back to life. What a great guy! And yes, you have the owner’s and my permission to use the images.
Re: T C Joy radiators
@Alan (California Radiant) Forbes
No problem! I have an internship with a historical society and this was the project I was assigned. It is only centered around T C Joy, but there are other exhibits centered around the town's history that others have worked on.
Because he's such a local figure, there isn't much known about him other than his business ventures. Most of our information is from his obituary and old newspaper articles. My favorite tidbit is that when his friend passed away, he took his daughters in and raised him as his own.
No problem! I have an internship with a historical society and this was the project I was assigned. It is only centered around T C Joy, but there are other exhibits centered around the town's history that others have worked on.
Because he's such a local figure, there isn't much known about him other than his business ventures. Most of our information is from his obituary and old newspaper articles. My favorite tidbit is that when his friend passed away, he took his daughters in and raised him as his own.
Re: T C Joy radiators
Never a dull moment with you, Steamhead. : )We have more trouble with designers...... I can't count the number of cold kitchens and bathrooms I've seen because some designer took radiators out. On a few occasions I've gotten calls for no heat in those rooms, and then I get there to find the room was just remodeled and the radiator is gone!We removed the radiators and installed radiant.Even though they were museum pieces, some people just don’t like the floor space that radiators take up; especially designers.
Well, lady, you paid for this problem. No, I'm not fixing it for free. Yes, I realize you spent all your money on the remodeling, and now the remodeling contractor won't return your calls. Have a nice life...............
Re: T C Joy radiators
That house will never be comfortable again. Can't fix stupid.....................
Re: T C Joy radiators
Thank you so much @Alan (California Radiant) Forbes!
T C Joy began as an oil businessman in Pennsylvania, but he fiddled with heating and radiators on the side. Later in life, he decided to do what he loved and started producing radiators in Titusville, PA. The company was very successful and was sold to a local Ironworks company after his death. I can't believe those are from California!
T C Joy began as an oil businessman in Pennsylvania, but he fiddled with heating and radiators on the side. Later in life, he decided to do what he loved and started producing radiators in Titusville, PA. The company was very successful and was sold to a local Ironworks company after his death. I can't believe those are from California!
Re: Combustion air for a boiler...finishing a basement
I have to complement your contractor for his recommendation. I have personally experienced a job completed by a so-called "Professional Contractor'' that put a 6-12 pitch roof over a flat roof for my father. We needed to call the paramedics for the insulation crew after working in the newly made "ATTIC" because the oil burner chimney vented into the newly made "ATTIC". When asked why the chimney was not extended thru the new roof, the contractor said that he was planning on doing it next week after the insulators were finished.
There are also many “finished basements” that were causing oil burners and gas burners to create soot for several years without the rookie HVAC tech realizing that the old unfinished basement was recently finished, causing the boiler room to become a “confined space”. Once the combustion air was provided for, the sooting problem vanished.
Good call!
There are also many “finished basements” that were causing oil burners and gas burners to create soot for several years without the rookie HVAC tech realizing that the old unfinished basement was recently finished, causing the boiler room to become a “confined space”. Once the combustion air was provided for, the sooting problem vanished.
Good call!
Re: Cheap Pipe Threader???
Ha ha..Isn't that John L Sullivan? Irish Bareknuckle Champ? I believe he once fought close to 100 rounds. Admiral Yoda is getting them soon...gonna dig them outta the Barn this weekend. Threading 2" by hand is not that hard...just a good work out...you gotta get a rhythm going and throw your whole body in to it, not just your arms..ya gotta heave ho....up...down...lots of cutting oil...thats your 10secs of rest....Mad Dog 🐕
Re: High efficiency Or Cast iron boiler
The sizing seems too big. I'm not real familiar with the Crown but if this is your model, I don't see a 150.Ainu said:I am not a heating expert. Is it over dimensioned or under dimensioned just for heating-only? I have the plan for indirect hot water tank when my electric one dies. Thanks.HVACNUT said:Considering a 125K net on either boiler, that's 29.76 BTU per sq ft. Are you sizing based on DHW?
Obviously you get the turndown on the Viessmann, but it doesn't seem like a heat loss calculation was done.
A heat loss calculation must be done. And as mentioned, if using a 90%+ boiler, there need to be enough emmiters to help ensure low temperature return water so the boiler can condense, and be in that 90% range. Otherwise all you have is a fancy 85% boiler.
HVACNUT
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Re: Cheap Pipe Threader???
Mad Dog_2 said:I always switch up arms from my Powerlifting/Bodybuilding days..Symmetry...Thats why the Old Timers had Popeye Arms and Bull Necks...Large, meaty hands..even the smaller men..Mad Dog
Just so there's no confusion.... Those memes are several years old.
ChrisJ
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