You've Come A Long Way, Baby!........heatboy

ScottMP

I mean Buderus Jeff ?

You come a long way Baby.... No Aluminum, the plywood not even painted ? No PRO-PRESS ??? how oculd those solderd joints have lasted this long lololololol

Nice job pal, it might not look as purdy as the stuff you do now but I bet Van Goghs work looked stark in the beginning.

I can see it know, in the hydronics museum, during a tour .... " Now here we see some of Heatboys early work, note the juvinile use of plywood and the unpainted steel. Such a contrast from his later work. "

Scott

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heatboy_11

You always remember.......

.........your first. This is my first completely radiant job from 1992/1993. While I like to think I have evolved over the past 16 years, I think this still holds up. Anyone else want to reveal your lost virginity?

Radiant and Wide Plank flooring? No problem. When I hear this and that about radiant not working with wood flooring, I just smile. This pine wide plank over radiant is 16 years old and still going.

This job is when I first met Wheels and it's been a torrid affair since. We've both been through the hoops a time or two!

kpc_43

what boiler?

any pictures of tubing layouts and or the maifolds?

heatboy_8

It's the best I could......

..... do with what I had. I had just started my business and all I owned was a truck, a torch and a vision ;-). I took these pictures Friday when I was doing preventative on the boiler. I have no other pictures, since this was done before the days of digital cameras.

Evolve or expire. Where's your first one?

J.C.A._3

Good LORD HB....

Quit while you're ahead!

If Mr. Milne was to post his firsts,he'd be showing etchings on a cave wall!

We've all moved on from when we first got here. Lord knows I've done it more in the last 3 years than the 22 before.

I'd be embarrassed to show a lot of my early work...but it's still working... and well, to boot. (Notice I didn't say as well as it COULD BE...but working none the less!)

BTW, Buderus has bumped everything since then, up by 10.( they wanted 11!) The 105 is now the 115, the 205 is now the 215 ect. Even they have gotten better!

Have a great Holiday Season H.B. Chris

Unknown

What no

diamond plate just an old piece of plywood. Boy you sure have come a long way.

All my early work has been replaced by now vintage the 60's.

troy_8

Firsts

I'm not sure it was my first radiant but it was my first Gyp pour in '91. I also used a 4-way tekmar off a peerless ci gas boiler. The wirsbo 5/8" manifolds were weeping a bit and needed attention. It was still chuggin away. The owners still brag about it. I purposely didn't take any pictures. I will admit though that yours looks cleaner than my 91 early work. Keep raisin the bar Jeff. I was a little shocked how much iron I used back then. Everything was nipples and threaded fittings. What men we were.

heatboy_11

First gyp also, Troy.

This was also my first gyp application. Even after all these years and all of the methods of install available, gyp is, undoubtedly, still my favorite.

tim smith

Pretty neat stuff to look back and see what you were

thinking 16+ yrs ago. I go back on jobs from the 80s and look at systems I would not do now but still working. The first Wirsbo job I did was in like 1988 when they first arrived on our shores here. It was a small portion of the job but radiant floor for the master bed in a large home on the lake here in Seattle. I have some pics of baseray etc we did at the time but no boiler rm pics I am glad to say I think!! Tim