Looking for residential steam installation guru in Central CT
Hello. I live in central CT in an old house with steam heat. I need a new steam boiler in the next few months and I'm hoping to find a few names of highly regarded experts in steam boiler installs. I have a two-pipe vapor system and have just over 500 steam feet of radiators. It's a natural gas system.
Can anyone out there point me to a steam guru?
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Try @Charlie from wmass — one of the best, does Connecticut…
If he's not too busy. But give him a call (click on his name up there).
Br. Jamie, osb
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Hi Blue Bishop. I have 40 years experience repairing and installing the very system you have. I installed a Steam Vapor System from scratch with Antique radiators in the early 2000s in my own 1899 Victorian Farmhouse. One of our locations is out of Yonkers, New York (not far) and Matt Jr (The Engineer) and I be happy to come out for a consultation. In 10 days I'm sitting for my State Of Connecticut P1 Master License and will be ready to work anywhere in the Nutmeg State by Summer. Mad Dog
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@Mad Dog_2 the p1 license does not cover steam heating installation. You need an S license for heating.
Cost is what you spend , value is what you get.
cell # 413-841-6726
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Why? I thought you were retiring in Long Island?
Cost is what you spend , value is what you get.
cell # 413-841-6726
https://heatinghelp.com/find-a-contractor/detail/charles-garrity-plumbing-and-heating
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Ha Ha...Who told you that? I'll never retire Bro. 3 Kids with advanced Degrees...I owe..I owe...Mad Dog
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I had an S1 and an E1 (electrical), Let them go a few years after I retired.
You can do gas with either the P1 or the S1. The S1 is great because it covers gas, oil, refrigeration, AC and sheet metal related to heating and AC.
The PITA of the P1 and E1 is they renew every single year which really sucks. And you have to do code update classes every year. The las I knew the S1 didn't require this unless it has changed.
The great State of CT. not as bad as MA……………………..maybe not
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Give my buddy a call! Northwestern CT, I believe he would do central, it’s worth an ask.
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Perfect Timing in Thomaston also has a man who claims to know steam — I've not evaluated his work, but on the whole it is a very good company. 860.222.9170
Br. Jamie, osb
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@EBEBRATT-Ed No changes yet to the required and mandatory training in CT. It's still only the "P" and the "E" licenses. The Department of Consumer Protection doesn't require any mandatory classes/"training" every two years for any other trade license under its purview. Go Whalers!!?🤕🙄
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@Intplm. I think continuing education is an important and needed thing for plumbing and electrical licenses. I would support it for the S licenses also. I see too many who even with it don't keep up with the codes.
Cost is what you spend , value is what you get.
cell # 413-841-6726
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Hi @Mad Dog_2 It's BlueBishop in Central CT. Thanks for your response. I am going to chat with resources a little nearer to me, but if that doesn't work out, I will keep you in mind. I didn't think there were many steam vapor systems left and it's good to know that you're out there. 🙂 Would you really drive up for central CT install?
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Absolutely, once I'm good to go with the licensing for The Nutmeg State! We handle installations several hours away from our main base on a regular basis. Proper planning and logistics, careful and methodical installation techniques and alotting ample time to test and retest our work takes any disadvantage of distance out of the equation. Mad Dog
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I'm a very big believer in Continuing Education requirements for licensing. While some complain its a waste of their day as business owners, I see it as a break from the grind, a chance to see what's new and up ahead, mingle with fellow licensed contractors and Talk Shop. Its all good to me. Mad Dog
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@Charlie from wmass and @Mad Dog_2
I don't have an issue with update classes I am still going to 2 of them.
My issue with CT was they used to charge $150 renewal every 2 years. Not bad. Then at some point (maybe when the update classes started) they went to a 1 year renewal which to me is ridiculous and kept the renewal price the same effectively doubling it.
I just wish they spent as much time and effort tracking down the unlicensed and sloppy contractors as they do making thing more difficult for those that are legit. Every year renewal makes no sense to me.
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I know...Us legit, licensed and insured contractors have to jump higher and higher hurdles every year to be in compliance whilst the unlicensed hacks run amok with impunity. In some of the jurisdictions in NYS, if you have an account, FW Webb hosts these (Keeps cost low) and has a fantastic instructor that has been in the Plumbing and Heating industry almost 60 years. The man is an encyclopedia of knowledge, wisdom, code, ethics....straight shooter. I look foward to every minute I get to sit in this man's class. Mad Dog
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@EBEBRATT-Ed I see how that sudden change is an issue. I am numb to these things. I used to go to Westchester County and they are more than that for a single county.
Cost is what you spend , value is what you get.
cell # 413-841-6726
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My issue is that the other trades, some 25 plus or minus trade licenses under the state of Connecticut's Department of consumer protection do not, are not required to any type of continued education. It is only required for "P" and "E" designated trade licenses, and I believe I have discovered why.
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In Chapter 393, Section 20-340, of the Connecticut General Statutes, it states in part, that in red lettering, that was originally dated from the nineteen sixties. That red lettering highlighted two ( 2 ) trade licenses. Those two trade licenses? Plumbing and Electrical.
The thought is that when lobbying started for this Ct. continued education, the lobbyists used that language in that statute and others, to push for continued education. They needed to grasp onto something that the politicians could work from. The thought is that these two mechanical trades were original trades that others evolved from. I stumbled upon this when looking into other matters about how trades are exempt from licensing when they work for the state government. Yes, they are. That part is or was in items one through ten of that statute.
I have also learned that the language in these statutes changes from year to year. I was looking into this fifteen years ago and had a few things make it to committee. But that's another story.
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That make sense, your probably right.
Don't know if this is true but I was told when the "S" license came out Plumbing was already established and there was a big fight between the two which they finally resolved by letting both the "P" & "S" licenses to do gas.
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That's what I got too. There was some sort of rift, and the settlement was both, and the division between the two trades was set.
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