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You might be a Steam Man...

JStar
JStar Member Posts: 2,752
Thought of another one this week and sought to dig this list up as the heating season draws nearer. Original list compiled by Rod, I believe.

You might be a Steam Man:

1. If an antique radiator turns you on more than the latest Play Boy centerfold!
2. If you use the term "condensate" for the liquid most people call water!
3. If your nose wrinkles up when you see copper pipe!
4. If the first thing you do when entering another person's home is look for radiators!
5. If when looking for a house to buy, you ask the realtor if they have any with a vapor system!
6. If, when visiting a home with steam radiators, you ask your host if you can see his basement!
7. If your Christmas wish list includes a 60 “ Rigid pipe wrench!
8. If you hate summer and can’t wait for cold weather!
9. If you have a 32" plasma installed in the boiler room!
10. If you have spare 4 inch pipe fittings in your basement!
11. If when driving on a major highway, the next exit is an-inch-and-a-quarter miles away!
12. If you use polished antique radiator vents as Christmas ornaments!
13. If when you boil water for pasta on the stove, you grab a chair, a stop watch, and a notebook!

14. If C and D can be letters and numbers!
ChrisJEzzyTSWEIRomanGK_26986764589Neild5WayneMech
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  • ChrisJ
    ChrisJ Member Posts: 15,587
    Our Realtor thought I was nuts when I specifically told her we wanted a house with steam.

    The heating season is finally back!

    Single pipe quasi-vapor system. Typical operating pressure 0.14 - 0.43 oz. EcoSteam ES-20 Advanced Control for Residential Steam boilers. Rectorseal Steamaster water treatment
    LionA29Dave in QCA
  • SlamDunk
    SlamDunk Member Posts: 1,570
    ....if you explain The burns on your arms as steam hickies
    .....if your wife catches you on heatinghelp.com and accuses you of looking at boiler porn.
    gerry gillDave in QCAHillydelta T
  • nicholas bonham-carter
    nicholas bonham-carter Member Posts: 8,576
    My wife seemed to find it odd that I spent so much time looking "at rusty pipes"!--NBC
  • KC_Jones
    KC_Jones Member Posts: 5,722
    I am just a homeowner, but my friend is painting custom flames on my front boiler cover...does that count for anything?
    2014 Weil Mclain EG-40
    EcoSteam ES-20 Advanced Boiler Control
    Boiler pictures updated 2/21/15
    Don_197Dave in QCAKoan
  • gerry gill
    gerry gill Member Posts: 3,078
    KC_Jones said:

    I am just a homeowner, but my friend is painting custom flames on my front boiler cover...does that count for anything?

    yes, it counts..you might be a steam man if you paint your boiler but not your house ;)
    gwgillplumbingandheating.com
    Serving Cleveland's eastern suburbs from Cleveland Heights down to Cuyahoga Falls.

    RomanGK_26986764589
  • KC_Jones
    KC_Jones Member Posts: 5,722

    KC_Jones said:

    I am just a homeowner, but my friend is painting custom flames on my front boiler cover...does that count for anything?

    yes, it counts..you might be a steam man if you paint your boiler but not your house ;)
    Hey the boiler is inside the house! My wife wanted to paint the kitchen cabinets, but I said no. Then she found out I was having the flames done...yeah that conversation didn't go the greatest. lol We still aren't painting the kitchen though.
    2014 Weil Mclain EG-40
    EcoSteam ES-20 Advanced Boiler Control
    Boiler pictures updated 2/21/15
    LionA29
  • Steamhead
    Steamhead Member Posts: 16,796
    If you frequently post steam job pics on The Wall!
    All Steamed Up, Inc.
    Towson, MD, USA
    Steam, Vapor & Hot-Water Heating Specialists
    Oil & Gas Burner Service
    Consulting
    vaporvacDave in QCAdelta T
  • KC_Jones
    KC_Jones Member Posts: 5,722
    If you wake up in the morning and think...."I wonder if there are any new posts on Strictly Steam".
    2014 Weil Mclain EG-40
    EcoSteam ES-20 Advanced Boiler Control
    Boiler pictures updated 2/21/15
    vaporvacRomanGK_26986764589LionA29Dave in QCA
  • Fred
    Fred Member Posts: 8,542
    The "Chest" that REALLY Steams you is in the boiler
  • Fred
    Fred Member Posts: 8,542
    Oh Wait, Maybe that's a Dead Man?
    vaporvac
  • ChrisJ
    ChrisJ Member Posts: 15,587
    MarkS said:

    If you think "crank it down" and "stable water line" are competitive sports.

    Do I get bonus points for thinking about how I could cheat at the stable waterline contest?
    Single pipe quasi-vapor system. Typical operating pressure 0.14 - 0.43 oz. EcoSteam ES-20 Advanced Control for Residential Steam boilers. Rectorseal Steamaster water treatment
    vaporvac
  • Bio
    Bio Member Posts: 278
    If you have a rocking chair next to your boiler
    RomanGK_26986764589
  • vaporvac
    vaporvac Member Posts: 1,520
    edited October 2014
    Or GIRL!!!! if even your Dad gets that glassy look in his eye when you wax poetic about your new install and how exciting you find using the wand!
    Two-pipe Trane vaporvacuum system; 1466 edr
    Twinned, staged Slantfin TR50s piped into 4" header with Riello G400 burners; 240K lead, 200K lag Btus. Controlled by Taco Relay and Honeywell RTH6580WF
  • KC_Jones
    KC_Jones Member Posts: 5,722
    Your wife says. "And then I get my husband back" after you tell her the boiler install is almost done.
    2014 Weil Mclain EG-40
    EcoSteam ES-20 Advanced Boiler Control
    Boiler pictures updated 2/21/15
  • Don_197
    Don_197 Member Posts: 184
    If every time you hear someone say "forced air" you mutter under your breath "scorched air" B)
    vaporvac
  • KC_Jones
    KC_Jones Member Posts: 5,722
    MarkS said:

    KC_Jones said:

    Your wife says. "And then I get my husband back" after you tell her the boiler install is almost done.

    Until she realizes.... the controls. The controls will always be "almost done".
    I am starting the wiring tonight....
    2014 Weil Mclain EG-40
    EcoSteam ES-20 Advanced Boiler Control
    Boiler pictures updated 2/21/15
  • Don_197
    Don_197 Member Posts: 184
    yes......me too.......I finally figured out how to meter the condensate based on btuh per sq ft per degree day.............and control it via my iPhone...............oh crap.......my phones dead......
  • Bio
    Bio Member Posts: 278
    If you move the low pressure gauge up to your bedroom's radiator..
    Don_197vaporvacgerry gillRomanGK_26986764589
  • Don_197
    Don_197 Member Posts: 184
    "If you have a few customers systems rigged up to call you on your cell phone should a low water alarm occur"
  • KC_Jones
    KC_Jones Member Posts: 5,722
    And the flames are done! I just had to share. Not my handy work, but it is a dear friend of mines. He has some skills.
    2014 Weil Mclain EG-40
    EcoSteam ES-20 Advanced Boiler Control
    Boiler pictures updated 2/21/15
    Canuckerlchmb
  • vaporvac
    vaporvac Member Posts: 1,520
    You win the prize!
    Two-pipe Trane vaporvacuum system; 1466 edr
    Twinned, staged Slantfin TR50s piped into 4" header with Riello G400 burners; 240K lead, 200K lag Btus. Controlled by Taco Relay and Honeywell RTH6580WF
    Double D
  • RobG
    RobG Member Posts: 1,850
    KC_Jones said:

    And the flames are done! I just had to share. Not my handy work, but it is a dear friend of mines. He has some skills.

    Sweet!!!!
  • I know this is an old thread but I couldn't resist. I wipe off the dust from the top of the boiler jacket. dunno if it counts. :blush:
  • gerry gill
    gerry gill Member Posts: 3,078
    well, yesterday was thanksgiving and my 11 year old niece was over and asked when i was gonna teach her some plumbing, so i said come along...and we washed out the steam boiler :smiley: (bad uncle) hehe
    gwgillplumbingandheating.com
    Serving Cleveland's eastern suburbs from Cleveland Heights down to Cuyahoga Falls.

    LionA29RomanGK_26986764589
  • ChrisJ
    ChrisJ Member Posts: 15,587

    well, yesterday was thanksgiving and my 11 year old niece was over and asked when i was gonna teach her some plumbing, so i said come along...and we washed out the steam boiler :smiley: (bad uncle) hehe

    I still need to do mine.
    Problem is the water is still clear and purple so I haven't really seen the need.
    Single pipe quasi-vapor system. Typical operating pressure 0.14 - 0.43 oz. EcoSteam ES-20 Advanced Control for Residential Steam boilers. Rectorseal Steamaster water treatment
  • RayWohlfarth
    RayWohlfarth Member Posts: 1,459
    kc_jones You brought a tear to my eye Thanks for sharing
    Ray Wohlfarth
    Boiler Lessons
    KC_Jones
  • BillW
    BillW Member Posts: 198
    You might be a steam man if you spend your entire winter doing heavy manual labor on a boiler, firebox,valve gear, connecting rods, bearings, injectors/feedwater pumps, air pumps, turbogenerators and other impedimentia, so you can spend the summer shoveling coal into it to make it go, or doing much the same thing to that which it pulls!
  • EBEBRATT-Ed
    EBEBRATT-Ed Member Posts: 15,453
    you like smashing cast iron fittings and picking broken nipples out of a fitting
    Peteys
  • Mad Dog_2
    Mad Dog_2 Member Posts: 6,831
    If the best part of the installation is painting up the header and NBP in black magic asphalt paint whilst The Steam comes up. Mad Dog
  • Mad Dog_2
    Mad Dog_2 Member Posts: 6,831
    And gold-leafing the bossing on Steam fittings for special installs. Mad Dog
  • Mad Dog_2
    Mad Dog_2 Member Posts: 6,831
    And it REALLY bothers you to use malleable fittings! Ha ha. Mad Dog
  • Mad Dog_2
    Mad Dog_2 Member Posts: 6,831
    ...when you shake your head in DISGUST seeing previous installers used elbows instead of tees with boiler drains on wet returns.....Mad Dog
  • Danny Scully
    Danny Scully Member Posts: 1,416
    edited November 2016
    You might be a steam man if: your wife thinks you're on the phone with another woman late at night, but it's really just @EzzyT...

    :lol:
    LionA29RomanGK_26986764589Paul S_3
  • Mad Dog_2
    Mad Dog_2 Member Posts: 6,831
    Or Steamhead...haha. Mad Dog
  • Steamhead
    Steamhead Member Posts: 16,796
    Mad Dog said:

    Or Steamhead...haha. Mad Dog

    Or @Mad Dog ..........

    Or maybe if you have customers who like to give guests tours of their boiler rooms..............
    All Steamed Up, Inc.
    Towson, MD, USA
    Steam, Vapor & Hot-Water Heating Specialists
    Oil & Gas Burner Service
    Consulting
    LionA29RomanGK_26986764589
  • gerry gill
    gerry gill Member Posts: 3,078
    or if you stare at water in a gauge glass like its an aqarium
    gwgillplumbingandheating.com
    Serving Cleveland's eastern suburbs from Cleveland Heights down to Cuyahoga Falls.

    EzzyTRomanGK_26986764589Abracadabradelta T
  • ChrisJ said:

    well, yesterday was thanksgiving and my 11 year old niece was over and asked when i was gonna teach her some plumbing, so i said come along...and we washed out the steam boiler :smiley: (bad uncle) hehe

    I still need to do mine.
    Problem is the water is still clear and purple so I haven't really seen the need.
    @ChrisJ Then you don't have a problem. :)
  • ChrisJ
    ChrisJ Member Posts: 15,587

    ChrisJ said:

    well, yesterday was thanksgiving and my 11 year old niece was over and asked when i was gonna teach her some plumbing, so i said come along...and we washed out the steam boiler :smiley: (bad uncle) hehe

    I still need to do mine.
    Problem is the water is still clear and purple so I haven't really seen the need.
    @ChrisJ Then you don't have a problem. :)
    Maybe, maybe not.
    I like a fresh 2 pill dose of Steamaster once a year. :)
    Single pipe quasi-vapor system. Typical operating pressure 0.14 - 0.43 oz. EcoSteam ES-20 Advanced Control for Residential Steam boilers. Rectorseal Steamaster water treatment