Just a question about you guys

mars_4

This is my 2nd profession my first calling was as a trained Chef. Had to quit that one once I got married and had kids. I started out in a medium sized plumbing shop that did hot water heat. Got my plumbing licence and started to do boiler work. I have not used my plumbing licence in quite a long time as the hot water heating side of the business has caught me up in the challenges that it can pose. Best dam move Ive ever made. On a day to day basis I am the department head of the boiler division of a large HVAC contractor here in the Denver metro area.

John_131

I actually started coming to this site about 6 or 7 years ago because i was a hydronics tech in the navy, but now i work a/c (no longer a wethead) just had to ask are most of you guys plumbers or what?

gerry gill

I'm a plumber

and was a 10 year hull tech in the navy.

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gerry gill

woops, had a case

of heavy fingers i guess.

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[Deleted User]

I'm a plumber...

but don't practice the trade any more. Strictly hydronics. But had it not been for plumbing, I wouldn't have developed an interest in hydronics.

ME

Unknown

HVAC Contractor...

Former Navy MM

ScottMP

I'm a Plumber

Went thru some tough times finding my way in business. Sometimes I wished I was'nt.

Now things are good and I am very Proud to be a Plumber.

PAH

Scott

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Steve_154

HVAC guy! Wish I could become a plumber.

mtfallsmikey

3rd gen.

Plumber, but have knocked tin, some electrical, refrigeration, hydronics was introduced at an early age. Currently a Chief Engineer for 2 office buildings.

Ted_9

What I be

I am I Hydronician(spelling). I also do air conditioning.

Keith_8

Plumber

Also 3rd generation. Great Uncle, Father, myself, will my son (13) have any interest?

Then I went into the HVAC side of the business. Been involved in the trades 28 + years.

Now I'm responcible for commercial HVAC sales and project management.

Keith

JohnNY

Plumber here.

Not a bad one either.

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Unknown

I'm not a plumber

I'm in HVAC only. I was Coast Guard.

Noel

lchmb

tech

Oil/propane tech here. I do both hydronic and tin install and service.

Paul Fredricks_3

Oil guy

And A/C. Mostly residential, but some commercial work in my past.

jackchips_2

Plumber

> I actually started coming to this site about 6 or

> 7 years ago because i was a hydronics tech in the

> navy, but now i work a/c (no longer a wethead)

> just had to ask are most of you guys plumbers or

> what?



for almost 40 years with some wet heat background. I only do "special" requests now as most of my work is at a computer doing plumbing estimates.

It's been a great run, in a good field, with a few more years to go.

Wish I had a site like this in 69 when I started.

Jack

jackchips_2

Plumber

for almost 40 years with some wet heat background. I only do "special" requests now as most of my work is at a computer doing plumbing estimates.

It's been a great run, in a good field, with a few more years to go.

Wish I had a site like this in 69 when I started.

Jack

lee_7

I am a hvac tech, with a background in carpenter, electric. Dabbled in most of the trades except dirty plumbing. Some people say sh@t smells like money, me I think it smells like sh@t.

Techman

I was

an Engineman /AuxillaryGang [ACR]on a WW2 submarine[68'-72'], now I do lots of ACR and WARMAIR heat, and by the standards of the Wall,I dabble in hydronics.

Unknown

thanks to Dan

I've done plumbing,hot water heat, basic electric, well water service, and storm drainage. Thanks to Dan, I'm a Phd.

Perry_3

US Navy

Machinist Mate - Steam Propulsion (AOR 4); 5 years. Much of my adult life in Power Plants.


Perry (Homeowner)

Bob Gagnon plumbing and heating

Jealous 3lees??

I find that most people knocking the plumbing trade are not smart enough to take part in it. Sure, we get dirty sometimes, it is part of the job. If you are not tough enough to handle it do something easier. I have been a plumber for almost 30 years and it was the best decision I ever made. I am a forth generation plumber. My great grandfather used to work from the trolleys.
I AM PLUMBER, HEAR ME ROAR!!! Bob Gagnon

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Bill W@Honeywell

Controls guy...

Ex-Coast Guard, pneumatic controls, combustion, hydronic & scorched air, indoor air quality. Steam-driven machinery & railroad equipment specialist.

Josh_10

I don't know what I am. Hydronics, Steam, and Boiler service is all I have done since the day I graduated high school ten years ago.. I have had to knock tin, and plumb houses along the way to stay busy in Hydronics though. It wasn't all that long ago that there wasn't enough work for a guy to stay busy doing Hydronics full time!

Weezbo

Mechanical Contractor*~/:)

thats a fancy word for Plumber

Basically i am whatever God wants me to be

i always seemed to like the moniker 'Factotum' myself.

tends to fill in the mutiple levels of work and job description of a human being with a wrench .

Plumdog_2

Shoulda went inna Navy

Started Plumbing and Hydronics in 1972. Worked awhile as commercial Tin Knocker and commercial Plumbing. Now working by myself as Mechanical Contractor doing both Plumbing and Hydronics. Navy seems like a good place for younger person to get a start in this field.

Steve Ebels_3

Heating and cooling only

All types of heating from radiant panels, using any surface that can be tubed, to standard baseboard and cast iron rads. Any heat source, gas, oil, solid fuel etc.
Forced air, tin knocking, ground source heat pumps, whatever it takes.

Wish we could do hydronic work only but this is mainly a forced air market.

I usually can't keep up with the heating work so I don't know why I would get into plumbing also.

EDIT: I must be getting pretty good a selling wet heat because we've only done one new F/A installation this year.

singh

I'm a

plumber , who also does hydronics.

Communications in the Army, I am color blind, so they would not let me touch any tools.

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Paul Rohrs_7

I was.....

born on the banks of the Mississippi and one time, my friend Huck and I built a raft, and the rest is history.

I was also a communications guy in the Army, I am still a work in progress as a hydronician. My previous 17 years experience was as a plumbing wholesaler that did system design. I subscribe to the Robert Bean theory of Farm Club/Pro Club. I cut my teeth on some small projects for system design and have been trying to improve on everything from then on.


Paul

Jim Bennett

I'm a ....

commercial plumbing mechanic. Get to do quite a bit of steam piping.

Sure I come home filthy most days, but it always washes of and I LOVE WHAT I DO!



Jim

Mitch_5

Plumber

Do FHW and Steam no air.

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Rich Kontny_5

Proud member

Of the mechanical contracting industry, from out houses to cooling ponds at steam power plants.Family business for twenty plus years doing plumbing and wet heating work (hands on) and pushing HVAC crews as a project foreman.

Have master plumbing license in Wisconsin, have had master plumber's licenses in Minnesota, Michigan and Georgia. Love to put things together that coduct fluids and gases especially the world's most precious resource H2O.

Left family business in 1987 to bounce around a little, have never been unemployed, never had a workmen comp claim and never get bored.

Have the utmost respect for those who have served, do serve and plan to serve and protect this great nation. Have had two apprentices who had Naval experience.Have worked with at least 15 journeymen who were in the Navy.
As you can see I am getting to be a fossil fart yet I am no where near ready to quit this great industry after only 38 years.

Networking face to face and via this electronic contraption have exposed me to some of the best plumbing,wet heating,HVAC and industry professionals in the world!

Other than that I'm just a poor white boy trying to get ahead!

Rich K.

Make peace your passion!

Wayco Wayne_2

I'm a lady's man

who does hvac on the side. (By the way. That Lady is my wife). Doing mostly hydronics lately and loving it. WW

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lee_7

Not Jealous, just never wanted to play on fecal matter. I am plenty smart enough, college educated, just like working with my hands over sitting behind a desk. I don't knock plumbers, just never wanted to be one.

Unknown

where's Larry from

Where's Larry from osha ?

laurence salvatore_2

State of Conn Licensed Master Plumber, Pipe Fitter

Larry (from OSHA)

Well I'm right here

Never been a plumber, but I have the utmost respect for anyone in these and other trades. Had I not taken the paths that I have, working with pipes is a direction I am sure that I would have enjoyed. I am not sure that my abilities would have kept me gainfully employed in the trade, but that's another story!

My life before OSHA mostly dealt with safety stuff in manufacturing mainly with punch presses and other machinery designing and supplying systems to keep people from losing body parts. Now I get to SO many more types of places that it is always interesting. Lately, my group has been spending lots of time at the 35W bridge working with loads of people trying to prevent more injuries in a fantastically dangerous worksite.

Thanks for asking.

Larry

John_131

Hydronics at heart

I did a year stint as a MM(AUX) where i was given the task of taking care of the plumbing system ( but was soon sent back to taking care of hydronic heating and cooling systems for nuclear missile systems) i would love to be able to work hydronics year round but i didnt think it was possible.

Lyle C

I'm a Plumber

Had my ticket since '81 started in hydronics and steam because it was such a mystery to my father. Also do a little HVAC . He's a Plumber ,Gasfitter and Spinkler fitter.

Lyle C

I'm a Plumber

Had my ticket since '81 started in hydronics and steam because it was such a mystery to my father. And he carries 3 tickets Plumber ,Gasfitter and Spinkler fitter.

hvacfreak

I like Paul's

I like Pauls answer the best .

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