Blueray in a closet

Constantin

Ron, ignore the troll

Like you, I have also been the recipient of Troll attacks. There is no point to get upset about them, some people simply like to create a internet persona for themselves and then start throwing flame-bait.

Clearly, you did the best you could given a very tight closet install. Proverbially, there's 10 lb of stuff inside that 5lb closet. So my hat goes off to you and people like you that manage to get all the things in place that they do given the very difficult working conditions they have to contend with.

To this day, I still laugh at myself for thinking that a 8x20' room would surely be big enough to accomodate 2 oil tanks, the gas meter, the sprinkler tank, the booster system, the boiler, the IDWH, and the basement air handler. Well, we got most of them in there, though the AC is installed in the adjacent storage room.

I guess I should have gone for a single 400 gallon Roth tank, then the sprinkler tank may have just squeezed in next to it. Still no room for the AC though.

So, my hat's off to you and your install. As best as I could tell, the Blueray was not really servicable while your current Burnham install is. Take pride in your work, you did a great job. I hope to see more pictures of your installs in the future and welcome a comment on my progress pics (seeing that you wanted to have a look at them)

ohmyhead-ken

my boiler

Hey ron, i'll be holding the camcorder!

Bruce M.

I Need to Comment on Ron Jr's Installs

I am rather familiar with the large oil company that Ron Jr works for. Their boiler, hot water heater and furnace installations are done for the 98% of the people here on Long Island that cannot afford the high-priced exotic sytems that we frequently see on The Wall. Most of Ron's installs are done because the home owner must have a replacement. In almost all cases Ron has not been to see the present installation. It is a simple thing to find fault because something may not be piped in the absolutely best way. That is easy to do when you have the luxury of weeks of planning and weeks to get materials. What is amazing is that Ron Jr and Ken do better work than many people that have the luxury of precise planning and who have obtained blueprints and isometric drawings. Keep showing us your excellent work that is often done under impossible conditions.

ScottMP

well

said.

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Constantin

Hear Hear!

Ron is doing a fantastic job given the variables he's dealing with. I know that it would take me years to come up to his levels if I were ever silly enough to enter the heating trades. Furthermore, I really appreciate his posts not only because of the quantitiy (keep it coming Ron!) but because of the quality also.

His manifolds may not be mounted on Diamond-plate, fiberglass or whatever, the brands may not be the kind that buy small houses in the Pampa, his customers may not be the movers and shakers of the world. But you know what, who cares?

I love a good, thoughtful install when I see one and Ron has provided plenty of them. Given the chance, I'm sure he'd shine just as brightly in a home with 100 heating zones as within a home that only has one. (However, I may allow him an extra day or two to wire and zone 100 zones)

Meanwhile the sourpuss naysayers have provided nothing to a) establish credentials or b) to actually justify their criticism. So Ron, please keep the pictures and the stories coming and ignore the sniping from the peanut gallery. There are plenty of us who appreciate what you do, how you do it, and why you do it the way you do. Peace.

m dewolfe

high quality installs

Why does it seem that so many old boiler jobs were done poorly? Where there more hack installers or just less pride in the work product. I see more joints sweated with globs of solder,cocked, tilted, valves, what gives? I remember my grandfathers old coal fired two pipe steam system, a 100 year old work of art,brass valve tags firing instructions, the works. Hats off to Ron and his crew for a job well done

todd s

Great Job Ron

I know what kind of schedule you are under. Your ability to get the job done professionaly, properly and on time is superior to most. In this day of chop n swap boiler replacements your work speaks for itself. These customers don't know how lucky they are to get you for their install. Don't let this guys pot shots stop your posts, C'mon its been 5 days since we've seen a photo!

EJW

Valves

Still not using a valve between the feed and the boiler? Just jokin, nice job buddy. EJW

EJW

Unknown

Some day

you'll convince me to put one in . Thanks EJW

Unknown

I get the feeling

we aint gonna want anyone to see the outcome of that job .

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Bruce

You are dead on about the reason why we change boilers in this shape . Living out here is extremely expensive - taxes , electric , Cost of housing , cost of living - rank among the highest in the nation . And we work for people who are getting on in age , on a fixed income most of the time . A boiler is a BIG hit in their finances .

Thank you very much Bruce for the kind words .

Unknown

Todd , I'll be sure

to post some pics tomorrow . Someone special might just drop in and visit our jobsite , if he has the time .

Thank you very much Todd .

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Clammy

It's always a pleasure hearing from you . And high praise , with the quality of work you post .

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Constantin

Are you sure you're just a " mere homeowner " ? I really aprreciate your comments , you can write it just like I feel it , and more eloquent .

Unknown

I wonder that also

I always wonder what they were thinking while they installed a boiler with not one straight pipe , flowvalves so high you can't spin the top open , circulators pinned behind a boiler , expansion tanks screwed in with no Teflon so you have to cut it out , wires so short you can't strip any to put a new wire nut on , etc. ...

But I do love changing them , it makes our work shine just a little more . Thank you Mark .

clammy

#1

That's you buddy i used to in my younger days be open to all those beautiful tight jobs and know what it takes especially to do it in a day it's tough but when you've got a good partner it's all the diiference it cuts your work load in half and it's great to have some one with you that works not watches i get alot of that every body grat at watching then they wonder why i get pisswed and send them home .Ron your lucky to have a good mech to work with when you do it all alone you miss the guyss that you used to call a slacker who really wheren,t may be by ken a coffee or better yet a brew have a great and safe holiday peace clammy