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Lunch

Alan (California Radiant) Forbes
Alan (California Radiant) Forbes Member Posts: 4,389
in THE MAIN WALL

It's seldom that we stop work and take the time to go have lunch off the jobsite. Today, we're way up in the Berkeley Hills and lunch will be a 15 minute break. We also don't take rest breaks which would surely get us into trouble with OSHA if we had employees.

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8.33 lbs./gal. x 60 min./hr. x 20°ΔT = 10,000 BTU's/hour

Two btu per sq ft for degree difference for a slab
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  • delcrossv
    delcrossv Member Posts: 2,120

    Good looking sandwiches.

    Trying to squeeze the best out of a Weil-McLain JB-5 running a 1912 1 pipe system.
  • EBEBRATT-Ed
    EBEBRATT-Ed Member Posts: 17,629
    edited April 9

    When I was younger I would work all day without a break except for a 10 min coffee in the morning, especially if I was working alone. This worked until I got to 40-45 or so.

    Then it got so when I got older if I didn't eat I would run out of gas by 3:00

    Older than that I was in the union so you basically had to stop at break time & lunch time. 15min for break and 1/2hour for lunch. LOL

    The first 25 years or so was Burger King or McDonalds or Wendy's. probably why I and so screwed up LOL

    As I got older I started bringing my lunch especially on larger construction jobs.

    delcrossvLRCCBJ
  • delcrossv
    delcrossv Member Posts: 2,120

    Always 15 min or so lunch. Wife or I would make sandwiches. Couldn't handle Mickey Dee's. Maybe the King.

    Trying to squeeze the best out of a Weil-McLain JB-5 running a 1912 1 pipe system.
  • hot_rod
    hot_rod Member Posts: 24,923

    Chez Forbes? I don't see any wine??

    Bob "hot rod" Rohr
    trainer for Caleffi NA
    Living the hydronic dream
    delcrossvAlan (California Radiant) ForbesEdTheHeaterMan
  • delcrossv
    delcrossv Member Posts: 2,120
    https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1851753#Comment_1851753

    Slow afternoon installs. Lol.

    Trying to squeeze the best out of a Weil-McLain JB-5 running a 1912 1 pipe system.
  • mattmia2
    mattmia2 Member Posts: 12,491
    https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1851754#Comment_1851754

    that's like sara moulton talking about working for julia child. we had wine with lunch. the afternoons moved very slowly.

    delcrossv
  • Alan (California Radiant) Forbes
    Alan (California Radiant) Forbes Member Posts: 4,389
    https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1851753#Comment_1851753

    We pour at four. Not before.

    8.33 lbs./gal. x 60 min./hr. x 20°ΔT = 10,000 BTU's/hour

    Two btu per sq ft for degree difference for a slab
    EdTheHeaterMandelcrossv
  • GroundUp
    GroundUp Member Posts: 2,337

    In my union days, if there were any other guys on site I was forced to start at 7, take 15 minutes at 9:30, 30 minutes at 12:00, then 15 more at 2:30 even though we were leaving at 3:30. It was such a silly rule but the pine riders were very adamant that we had to follow it. If I was by myself or had a decent guy with me, we'd try to start at 6 and take a 10 minute break around 10:00 and then split about 1:45 to make up for the breaks we didn't take and beat traffic on both ends. Now that I'm on my own and only eat meat, I usually bring a couple hamburgers or pork chops or something along and pull them out when I get hungry, and take a bite every time I walk past. Actual "break" time is about 30 seconds unless I feel like I want it warmed up, in which case I use my feeler bit as a spit and rotisserize my food in front of the MAP torch

    Alan (California Radiant) ForbesPC7060GGross
  • EBEBRATT-Ed
    EBEBRATT-Ed Member Posts: 17,629

    @GroundUp

    "Pine Riders" LOL😀

    I came from a non union backround (first 28 years) union for my last 18 years so I had to get used to the "rules"

    GroundUp
  • GroundUp
    GroundUp Member Posts: 2,337

    @EBEBRATT-Ed you know exactly the type I'm talking about… God's gift to pipefitting, but have seventeen W2s at tax time.

  • EBEBRATT-Ed
    EBEBRATT-Ed Member Posts: 17,629

    @GroundUp

    I ran one job out of town where we had to hire from another local. The first 6 I hired were not without "issues" but all in all were pretty good workers day in and day out. When I needed more help I called the local and they sent me another "man". When I mentioned to the others that we had a new guy starting the following week they asked his name and there eyes bugged out of there heads.

    They mentioned his name and stated "he hasn't worked in 2 or 3 years".

    This guy showed up late the first day although he called me his wife got lost driving him because he lost his license DWI. Not a good start.

    He didn't last long. He ate lunch one day when it was 90 degrees out and fell asleep after lunch laying on the grass in 90 degree heat.

    I gave him a chance but fired him after two weeks. We were piping steam unit ventilator replacements and all he did was complain about having to do threaded pipe. He wanted to use copper.

    I gave him the easiest job running the pipe machine to cut and thread for the others and he couldn't do that. Cutting and threading the wrong lengths, broke our nipple chuck and jammed up the pipe machine. I gave him way to many chances

    PC7060GroundUp
  • retiredguy
    retiredguy Member Posts: 1,025
    edited April 11

    I rarely took a lunch unless it was going to be a very long day and when starting a new job on a burner above about 5.000,000 btu's only after the unit was firing. I did not want to break my concentration.since too many things can go wrong. Geeze Alan, what a feast. You could have come to my job anytime if you wanted to share one of those sandwiches. If you wanted to keep the union fitters off your back, bring a couple dozen donuts and coffee to the job site and get to know them by name.

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