Favorite hydronic quotes

GroundUp

"**** it, we're not building a liquor store here!" - rowdy old plumber I used to work with

Steamhead

Looks OK from my house!

JUGHNE

From Steve Lav....Utube...
"This ain't no Taj Mahall you know"

RickBlackford

When all is said and done, more will have been said than done.

Roohollah

Thank you friend , one more time the legacy of great Carlson has taken attention of us to consider his thoughts and the way he stated Hydronics phenomenons . I wish that God keep all of the passing guys of this industry as His own .

Hope that this new year is filled with much more joy , happiness , health , prosperity and peace for you all .

your loyal friend,

Roohollah,

JohnNY

"Once the nail is driven, the hammer just makes noise."
-John Cataneo

Used repeatedly to let my guys know they can stop complaining, making it tighter, oversizing boilers and water heaters, adding air vents, etc.

Jellis

two that always bug me...

"it is what it is"

"cant see it from my house"

Big Ed_4

Position is everything in Life.....
Mr Harty

Big Ed_4

What ever could go wrong ,will go wrong ...
Murphy Law

Big Ed_4

I can supply you with three things , Quality , Time and Price . Pick two !
Tark machinist

DanHolohan

The two best tools for troubleshooting are a bright flashlight and an open mind.

Dollr

"Make it nice or make it twice"

Larry Weingarten

When you’re going through ****, keep on going.

Yours, Larry

hot_rod

Larry Weingarten said:

Well, There is the old saying from the corrosion engineers, “Rust never sleeps.” They also named him... Demon Rust!

Yours, Larry

Larry, have you read this book? Great stories about rust and corrosion, from beer cans to the Alaskan pipeline, well researched.

DanHolohan

RUST. Yes, that is one mighty fine book. Thanks, HR.

Dan Foley

“Hurry it up, Picasso”

My old boss to me, many years ago, as I was very carefully applying the pipe dope to the threads.

Dan Foley

“You are not judged by your effort, only by the results”

Same boss

Larry Weingarten

Hi @hot_rod and @DanHolohan , I've got the book coming It seems the iron age began around 1200BC, so this "Longest War" has been going on around 3200 years! Wonder who's winning?

"And the rest is rust and stardust", Vladimir Nabokov (a hydronicist in his own way)

Yours, Larry

DanHolohan

Ahh, Vladimir.

mndieck

-"Don't assume it ever worked right"
-"Gravity don't go uphill"
-"TLC= Total Lack of Concern"
-"Don't worry, they will call when they are hot (or cold)"- facility technician
-"Gotta remember, its been this way for 25 years!" (when its obviously poorly installed)- plant manager

rick in Alaska

"Always get them to pay you when they can still remember how urgent it was to get you there."
My late father-in-law. He was a great guy.
Murphy was an optimist!
Rick

lchmb

"if it aint broke, ya cant fix it...but you sure can screw it up"

STEVEusaPA

lchmb said:

"if it aint broke, ya cant fix it...but you sure can screw it up"

I recognize that one...

Steve Thompson (Taco)

Show me a person that doesn't make any mistakes and I'll show you a person that doesn't do any work. Just make em small and don't make the same one twice.

Alan (California Radiant) Forbes

"Anybody who has any doubt about the ingenuity or the resourcefulness of a plumber never got a bill from one."
George Meany 1954

EdTheHeaterMan

I Hate to Heat and Run, But I have other cold customers. can you write a check for $ X00.00?

and the oil fire "boiler" where you spilled a little oil during the service call... If the odor powder is not enough and you still smell oil tomorrow, Vinegar will cut an oil odor. "Wait for it..."

....and if you add a clove of garlic and some anchovies, your home will smell like a Cesar Salad.

"ouch!"

for those non-Italians that need an explanation

vinegar, oil anchovies & garlic are ingredents in a Cesar Salad

nibs

The problem with being stupid, is you don't know you are stupid.

billtheplmbr3845

From Floyd Tinkham, one of the old timers I apprenticed under "PLAN YOUR WORK AND WORK YOUR PLAN"

BillyO

How does one person fit all that stupid into one head

MikeL_2

" I can't explain to you in 5 minutes what I've learned and know from 40 years of experience ."

RayWohlfarth

"The other guy said it was ok to run the boiler at 120 degrees. He said it would save money," This was while I was looking at a leaking cast iron boiler

Intplm.

"There's no tellin, not knowin."

Intplm.

Or this one from the tool crib attendant.
"We can't lend that out, we might need it !"

mikeg2015

Steamhead said:

Looks OK from my house!

An old timer coworker says that all the time. “I can’t see it from my house”. When something is good enough but not perfect and not worth tearing it all apart and starting over. It happens most on PVC condensate drains or when the sheet metal guy is just a little off on their dimensions.

... or anything in a crawl space or attic. Our install crews including myself are pretty green, so we make a fair share of minior mistakes, but we at least keep to bar high. We know what a perfect install looked like. The local competition keeps the bar fairly low.

nibs

A happy wife is a happy life.

mikeg2015

Big Ed_4 said:

I can supply you with three things , Quality , Time and Price . Pick two !
Tark machinist

When I was a facilities engineer, it was “Budget, Timeline, and Quality”. Pick 2.

Worse, you usually only get 1 or none, because you tried too hard ot minimize #1 and #2 so #3 suffered and you fail at all 3.

ratio

Cheap, fast, or good. Pick any one.

Actually heard this once, IIRC.

We do our best work concealed.

My old old boss.

flat_twin

During my high school summers I learned to sweat copper and assemble cast iron soil pipe from an old timer who started my education with him with this bit of wisdom ..."**** runs downhill and Friday is payday".

DanHolohan

And don't bite your fingernails.

Larry Weingarten

Ben Franklin said “When the well is dry, we know the worth of water.” His brother Vladimir said "When the house is cold, we know the worth of a good hydronics technician."

Yours, Larry