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Re: Plastic gas venting
Good thing that I don't do work in Ma.
Come to think of it... I don't work anywhere anymore.
Retirement will do that to you.
Come to think of it... I don't work anywhere anymore.
Retirement will do that to you.
Re: Bad customer behavior
Some guys buy me lunch to pick my brain.
Then they ignore my words of wisdom.
Then they buy me another lunch to say that they wish that they had taken my advice.
Am I supposed to be happy that they made a mistake?
Then they ignore my words of wisdom.
Then they buy me another lunch to say that they wish that they had taken my advice.
Am I supposed to be happy that they made a mistake?
jumper
2
Re: Bad customer behavior
@Mad Dog_2 I can relate to #5. I just had to ask a customer to leave me alone for a few minutes so I could troubleshoot her poor performing radiant system that someone else installed. Myself and a tech were in the basement trying to get some temps and look at the piping for over a half hour before she stopped interrupting us so we could think and start to figure out what was wrong. Every time we went to talk to each other, she would interrupt and make an unneeded comment or ask a question.
Re: CycleGard LWCO
By no means are they all 10 minutes Mine I think is 20 minutes. It’s really not a big deal.
ChrisJ
1
Re: This weeks case, Replacing a steam boiler at my kids school What would you do?
Thank you all sirs! Here is the link to the new video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty6UfzToebc
Lots of great ideas and some wise points. Here was my solution. Since the school was worried about backup, I used two smaller steam boilers for the steam side and two smaller hydronic boilers for the hydronic side. We left the heat exchanger in place because they weren't sure we would need it. We never did. The school dropped their fuel costs dramatically because we were able to operate the new steam boilers at 2 psi and reset the hydronic loop. I did learn a valuable lesson on this project. Once you touch it, you own it. Every heating issue in the school from then on was blamed on my boilers. It could be a defective pneumatic thermostat or a defective blower on a unit ventilator, I was blamed. I can't even count the times I heard, "We never had this problem before you changed the boilers."
I wish I had listened to @DanHolohan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty6UfzToebcLots of great ideas and some wise points. Here was my solution. Since the school was worried about backup, I used two smaller steam boilers for the steam side and two smaller hydronic boilers for the hydronic side. We left the heat exchanger in place because they weren't sure we would need it. We never did. The school dropped their fuel costs dramatically because we were able to operate the new steam boilers at 2 psi and reset the hydronic loop. I did learn a valuable lesson on this project. Once you touch it, you own it. Every heating issue in the school from then on was blamed on my boilers. It could be a defective pneumatic thermostat or a defective blower on a unit ventilator, I was blamed. I can't even count the times I heard, "We never had this problem before you changed the boilers."
I wish I had listened to @DanHolohan
Re: Two tanks two oil burners
How in hell did oil burners even run before Tiger Loops were invented. It must have been impossible to keep burners running.
Re: Purple primer mess
Could use Un-Purple primer (dries clear, but purple under UV light)
Just have the blacklight ready if there's an inspection
Just have the blacklight ready if there's an inspection
dko
5
Re: Broken pipe, air in system
Well, that's a nightmareThink of how much money you could make in October selling tours thru that old basement. A few skeletons and some eerie Halloween music will make it just right for the customers. HOO HOO HOO HAA HAA HAA HAAAAAA