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Re: Foamy / Dirty Water in sight glass, Loud Panting Radiators Again
Thanks everyone. I will try to skim it this weekend and see what type of difference it makes. I've lived here less than a year so I don't know the whole history of this boiler but the tag on it says it hasn't been skimmed in 5 years. Not sure if this needs to be done more often.
Re: Foamy / Dirty Water in sight glass, Loud Panting Radiators Again
All of my vents breath like this. In my system I believe it's the steam "inch worming" down the mains as the warm up. Steam pushes forward into the cool piping and condenses, sucking more steam into the space, over and over.
For now I'd concentrate on skimming your boiler and getting the water nice and clean. After that we'll see how it goes.
Do you have an accessible skim port, and do you know how to skim?
ChrisJ
Re: Burner technicians -what’s going on in this industry?
Kids Gotta bang around in menial jobs sometimes before they see things clearly..I did..Mad Dog
Re: Burner technicians -what’s going on in this industry?
I'm very happy today and so is the young lad I just connected with my old plumbing shop. 23, Associates degree in Business. VG suburban family, not an office guy. He starts at the bottom in the warehouse Monday. Mad Dog
Re: Burner technicians -what’s going on in this industry?
I had a different experience. During HS, my father got me a job working for him, cleaning all the bathrooms at night in a 16 story building, taking out the trash, painting, re-lamping light fixtures, unclog toilets, cleaning the old Federal boilers. I loved it.
But the old man insisted I go to college. He said, do you think I like working for "the man"? I am wholly dependent on him, his ability to run his business, his moods…If he says jump, we jump. We have to lick his boots. We have no education and we are limited. We can't go wherever we want. But, if you graduate from college and decide to come back to this, it is YOUR decision. At least you have a choice in the matter and a degree that let's you walk if the situation is't right. Unlike us-we're stuck here.
It's the American dream , really. To have your kids do better than you. So, I don't slam a college education. I am better for it in so many ways and I still clean boilers and unclog toilets. 'Tis my choice.
SlamDunk
Re: ? actual difference between hot water heaters from supplyhouses and big box stores
For commercial, as long as you installed it correctly, per manufacturers instructions, and the issue lies with the product itself and not the install, I would politely direct those calls to the engineer or the individual who specified the equipment. Most jobs like that have all kinds of stipulations stating what the installer is responsible for and equipment selection is generally not one of them. They would call that "design build" or something similar. You may need to have a sit down with them to explain what your responsibilities are in the matter, and that if a service call falls out of line with that they may need to pay your hourly rate. If you signed something stating a 1 year warranty for your workmanship, politely point out to them that equipment selection does not fall in as part of your "workmanship" you did not specify the unit. The Specifying engineer has generally worked into their price some buffer for dealing with this kind of call, the same way you work in some extra to cover your mistakes (if made) there is no reason you should have to provide free labor for a problem that someone else should be dealing with.
GGross
Re: Estimated life expectancy?
nother Burnham bites the dust!!
@AdmiralYoda 10 days-10 years?? Its a Burnham I will give it 9 days.
Re: Burner technicians -what’s going on in this industry?
Out here in the West the FFA is still very common in public schools, teaching welding, mechanics, animal husbandry etc. My 16 year old, daughter, is welding already.
Re: Experience I had with a boiler tech and what I learned along the way.
Not many people like you seem to be left. It's a shame that so few technicians who make a living doing this share your qualities.
