Alabama farm house

Lisa Tune

Dan Holohan wrote:

I think the best bet would be to post your needs on the Wall, our bulletin
board. We'll find you someone.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lisa Tune" <lisatune@pacbell.net>
To: <mailroom@heatinghelp.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 4:09 PM
Subject: steam heat in Alabama

> Dear Dan,
>
> My family and I were in touch with you some time ago when we were
> researching if/how it might be possible to get our "one pipe steam
> system" up and running in our 2 story Craftsman farm house in Alabama.
> We're revisiting this issue to determine its feasibility, and again
> we're faced with the dilemma of finding no one in our area who can
> inspect/repair our system.
>
> Your find a contractor site does offer us one candidate (with whom my
> sister spoke prior to Christmas), who was very helpful, and kind
> enough to offer to visit our farm. He said that steam heat was not
> his forte, though he had experts he could consult. While this might be
> our best bet, I thought we might look beyond the 100 mile radius, but
> your site doesn't offer us this possibility. Do you have a master list
> of contractors you could draw from to offer us others in "our area". We
> are feeling so discouraged about the prospect of getting our lovely old
> steam system going. We could possibly fly someone in to review our
> system.
>
> Please help us - we're losing faith....
>
> Lisa Tune
>

Lisa Tune

Steam heat in Alabama

Dan Holohan wrote:

I think the best bet would be to post your needs on the Wall, our bulletin
board. We'll find you someone.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lisa Tune"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 4:09 PM
Subject: steam heat in Alabama

> Dear Dan,
>
> My family and I were in touch with you some time ago when we were
> researching if/how it might be possible to get our "one pipe steam
> system" up and running in our 2 story Craftsman farm house in Alabama.
> We're revisiting this issue to determine its feasibility, and again
> we're faced with the dilemma of finding no one in our area who can
> inspect/repair our system.
>
> Your find a contractor site does offer us one candidate (with whom my
> sister spoke prior to Christmas), who was very helpful, and kind
> enough to offer to visit our farm. He said that steam heat was not
> his forte, though he had experts he could consult. While this might be
> our best bet, I thought we might look beyond the 100 mile radius, but
> your site doesn't offer us this possibility. Do you have a master list
> of contractors you could draw from to offer us others in "our area". We
> are feeling so discouraged about the prospect of getting our lovely old
> steam system going. We could possibly fly someone in to review our
> system.
>
> Please help us - we're losing faith....
>
> Lisa Tune
>

Steamhead

The \"experts he could consult\"

are right here, Lisa. If you were near Baltimore I'd be right over!

How about taking some pictures of the boiler, radiators, ends of steam mains and the boiler room piping and posting them here?

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Brian (Tankless) Wood

Just had a

mini brain-burp.

Plumbers (down here) don't ordinarily service steam equipment.

I do some work for a buddy who owns a very big, full service laundry/dry cleaners. He has a HUGE gas fired boiler which supply's steam for his vast array of pressing equipment.

Try checking your yellow pages under "boilers", "steam boilers", "steam equipment" or call some of the larger laundries and ask them if they use steam, and if so, who services their stuff.

Best of luck, Lisa.

Brian in almost steamless Louisiana.

Lisa Tune

thank you

Hello up there,

What a lovely thought - I wish you could come right over!

Thank you so much for your reply - and your suggestion to post photos. I will head home to Alabama (with digital camera) in a few weeks.

Lisa

Lisa Tune

thank you too!

Dear Brian....

in almost steamless Lousiana - more's the pity that most southerners have forgotten the beauty of steam heat. Alas, what can be done?

Thank you for the brain-burp (I confess to having never heard that expression) - all such brain-burps (present and future) are most welcome! I will certainly follow up on your fine suggestions.

Thanks again,

Lisa