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Re: What Gas Boilers Are Manufactured In The U.S.A.?
he did 2 years ago when this thread was new…
mattmia2
Re: Is it OK to use old Uponor PEX?
I've never had the rings with the lip on them move.
I don't think rotating the tool is an issue anymore for 90% of people because they're all using auto-rotating ones. It's just us DIY guys left that have to manually rotate.
The last one I did was jammed between two radiator runouts and a steam main in a crawl space and the heat was on. It look me a lot longer to do than it should've and it really wasn't fun. I can't promise the tool was rotated the right amount either, and there was a whole lot of "OUCH, OW, OW, OUCH" going on…….. and maybe some colorful metaphors. If I had 3 hands it wouldn't have been too bad, but trying to get that thing in a position where the pipe wouldn't move, and I could use the tool etc…….. yeah, good times.
ChrisJ
Re: oil boiler seems clogged, no flow
Age of tank? over 40 years old can have a substantial amount of tank bottom deposits. If the underground tank is truly a bottom feed tank (unlikely) then the tank bottom deposits have reached the side discharge that is located near the bottom of the tank.
It is more likely that there is a top feed with a dip tube that comes within 4" from the bottom of the tank. like this.
Re: new work truck
I've owned a fleet of different work trucks over the years and worked out of all of them; station wagon, utility truck, minivan, full size van, box truck, sprinters. The best to work out of, that covers all bases is the SPRINTERS.Mad Dog
Re: Do I need a chimney liner?
How many days does a water heater operate the furnace or boiler aren't running? Is it easier for the water the water heater to vent after they are removed? If you don't know it is because you don't measure
If the chimney is bad then you do.
Re: Radiator edr and equivalent output
Go back further. Ornate rads went out of production around 1920.
Re: Lunch
In my union days, if there were any other guys on site I was forced to start at 7, take 15 minutes at 9:30, 30 minutes at 12:00, then 15 more at 2:30 even though we were leaving at 3:30. It was such a silly rule but the pine riders were very adamant that we had to follow it. If I was by myself or had a decent guy with me, we'd try to start at 6 and take a 10 minute break around 10:00 and then split about 1:45 to make up for the breaks we didn't take and beat traffic on both ends. Now that I'm on my own and only eat meat, I usually bring a couple hamburgers or pork chops or something along and pull them out when I get hungry, and take a bite every time I walk past. Actual "break" time is about 30 seconds unless I feel like I want it warmed up, in which case I use my feeler bit as a spit and rotisserize my food in front of the MAP torch
GroundUp
