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Paul S_3
Paul S_3 Member Posts: 1,280
edited August 2016 in THE MAIN WALL
a few jobs that i lost.....this is one customer with a few properties that i maintain and provide service too....i replaced one steam boiler for this customer a few years back....really nice install but the customer said my prices are too high....this is what he gets and i have to maintain this......on the hot water job i dont what this guy was trying to do....and the weil mclain steam boiler job has water hammer like crazy since the install the tenants tell me.


ASM Mechanical Company
Located in Staten Island NY
Servicing all 5 boroughs of NYC.
347-692-4777
ASMMECHANICALCORP@GMAIL.COM
ASMHVACNYC.COM
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  • Steamhead
    Steamhead Member Posts: 17,371
    You don't HAVE to maintain those disasters......................
    All Steamed Up, Inc.
    Towson, MD, USA
    Steam, Vapor & Hot-Water Heating Specialists
    Oil & Gas Burner Service
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    Paul S_3kcopp
  • ratio
    ratio Member Posts: 3,787
    Boy, those installs look like they were nice and cheap!

    Too bad you got stuck maintaining them, but as least you've got steady income. :wink:

    Paul S_3
  • Paul S_3
    Paul S_3 Member Posts: 1,280
    i dont mind maintaining them ill charge accordingly....i performed a combustion analysis on all of them....one had high CO around 500PPm....gas pressure was off....and the williamson steamer when i started it up the horizontal unions were leaking....i tightened them but itll happen again
    ASM Mechanical Company
    Located in Staten Island NY
    Servicing all 5 boroughs of NYC.
    347-692-4777
    ASMMECHANICALCORP@GMAIL.COM
    ASMHVACNYC.COM
    https://heatinghelp.com/find-a-contractor/detail/asm-mechanical-company
  • BobC
    BobC Member Posts: 5,501
    Is he is too stupid to realize he will pay you more to maintain those than he would have if you had done the install correctly?

    Penny wise and pound foolish,

    Bob
    Smith G8-3 with EZ Gas @ 90,000 BTU, Single pipe steam
    Vaporstat with a 12oz cut-out and 4oz cut-in
    3PSI gauge
    KC_JonesPaul S_3delta TCanucker
  • ratio
    ratio Member Posts: 3,787
    I'd hazard a guess and say yes. I don't understand it myself. If you can't afford something, it means that you...can't...afford...it...

    Don't know why people think that what they can afford will be exactly what they can't afford.

    Paul S_3
  • Fred
    Fred Member Posts: 8,542
    The odd thing is, judging from these pictures, paying for what they "can afford" probably cost them about as much as it would have cost them to pay for what they "can't afford" ???
    Paul S_3RomanGK_26986764589delta T
  • ratio
    ratio Member Posts: 3,787
    They want to get a Cadillac, spend for a Yugo, & expect it to perform like a lamborghini.
    Paul S_3
  • Abracadabra
    Abracadabra Member Posts: 1,948
    You aren't charging him enough to maintain them. That's why you are maintaining them and not the cheap guy who installed them. ;)
  • bruce_21
    bruce_21 Member Posts: 241
    Raise your maintenance rate 10% every time the guy calls you and don't forget to include the travel time. You need to get back the money you lost estimating those jobs.
    Paul S_3kcoppCanucker