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HeatingHelp Survey - Let's have fun

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Uni R_2
Uni R_2 Member Posts: 589
in THE MAIN WALL
Here's an early look at pumps and indirects with 104 respondents.

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  • Uni R_2
    Uni R_2 Member Posts: 589
    Survey says!

    I'll be leaving this Survey open until Saturday night. Your input is anonymous and confidential. The individual survey responses will be erased once the aggregated results are known.

    Have fun and I'll post the results Sunday or Monday. More results will make it more interesting.

    This survey is aimed at everyone who visits here.


    Thanks



    *EDITED*
    Please answer all of the questions and please don't put in more than one answer in a box. That makes it very hard to tally. You should be able to go back in and fix if you have put in multiple nominations, otherwise those cannot be tallied easily - and yes sometimes it is hard to pick just one. 30 minutes in and we're at 24 - Penn state is catching up to New York.
  • Bob Sweet
    Bob Sweet Member Posts: 540
    Hey Uni

    the survey wont open up.

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  • Uni R_2
    Uni R_2 Member Posts: 589
    Bob...

    It's open. Try it.

    9 responses already! Excellent... New York and Mass have all the early birds!
  • Bob Sweet
    Bob Sweet Member Posts: 540
    Very cool Uni R



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  • jackchips_2
    jackchips_2 Member Posts: 1,337
    Uni

    you say the survey is for everyone but isn't it really for contractors?

    There were so many I couldn't answer in the beginning I stopped.

    Looking forward to seeing the results.

    Jack
  • Uni R_2
    Uni R_2 Member Posts: 589
    Yes Jack

    But they get their own section, and I'll also be comparing the answers in the general section between the pros, industry people and civilians.


    So far 70 people:

    ·49 Pros

    · 5 Industry/Supplier/Designer

    ·16 Of us mortals


    I wish I wouldn't have copied the boiler mfr's from an online list. W-M wasn't spelled right on it, but I evened the score by mispelling Wilo. I am kicking myself for not saying Upinor/Wirsbo though.

    Oh well... this place is all about knowledge tranfer.

    Thanks Jack
  • Uni R_2
    Uni R_2 Member Posts: 589
    150 responses so far

    36 hours to go
  • Al Corelli
    Al Corelli Member Posts: 454


    Wasn't able to get into it from home, So I came in to the office just to see it/ fill it out.

    Very nice idea.
  • Uni R_2
    Uni R_2 Member Posts: 589
    195 So far...

    Essentially so fat it's:

    65% Pros

    10% Manufacturers/Suppliers

    25% Homeowners & others



    The survey will close Saturday at 11pm EDT.
  • Ted_9
    Ted_9 Member Posts: 1,718
    Viega

    When I took the survey, there was no choice for viega either.

    You should do some more surveys.


    Massachusetts

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  • Uni R_2
    Uni R_2 Member Posts: 589
    Ted

    Sorry... I didn't have a list of all the PEX products out there and I wasn't aware the Viega is a big name brand.

    The survey tool does allow you to add it and many others have had to add Viega - Kitec/IPEX was also omitted unfortunately.

    We have over 210 responses now.
  • Brad White_150
    Brad White_150 Member Posts: 29
    I put in Viega

    under "other". Fun survey! Is this something you do for a living?
  • Ted_9
    Ted_9 Member Posts: 1,718
    wow

    Is Viega that regional?

    Basically in my area, there are a few main ones that are used, Viega, Wirsbo, Watts and Rehau.

    Massachusetts

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  • Brad White_150
    Brad White_150 Member Posts: 29
    Being based in Bedford, MA

    when it was Stadler, I would think so. Joe Fiedrich made quite an impact, a pioneer of the technology we use so often these days.
  • Timco
    Timco Member Posts: 3,040


    I used the "Survey Says!!!" quote when I had a survey done of my property. I had 400 sq' of land in the neighbor's yard and wanted it back. The survey guy came in and I said Survey Says!! but I guess no one watched the family fued as no one laughed...especially my neighbor who lost his parking spot and side yard...

    Tim
    Just a guy running some pipes.
  • Uni R_2
    Uni R_2 Member Posts: 589
    Brad...

    I work in that gray area that systems people think is finance and the finance people thinks is systems. Since, the finance people need to do a major survey, I got roped in because I can actually read manuals now and then so they figured I could be the technical manager on this project. I'm going to set it up, document how it was done, then hopefully walk away from it. ;-)

    Not being in the industry puts me at a major disadvantage when it comes to naming all the various PEX manufacturers. Some day I might even get to touch the stuff for once.

    This I did for fun to learn the advanced features of Survey Monkey that aren't on the free version. You may already be familiar with it.

    The tool works pretty nice, but I'll have a lot of cleaning up to do on the back end - mostly my fault for leaving all the open ended questions. I can't believe how many pros couldn't decide if they primarily install or service. That was the gist of it. Another loose end was not skipping the other industry people forward - live and learn.
  • Brad White_150
    Brad White_150 Member Posts: 29
    Funny thing....

    I always took you as a savvy homeowner and hands-on person... Never used Survey Monkey, but I like the compilation. I would not find fault with your work, far from it- That is why "other" is always a good fallback choice!

    I can appreciate the bridge position you are in, for my Susan has a similar job, liaison between software engineers and finance people who are the clients/users of the software her company produces. She is a CPA by training so falls in between hence without a label as if it matters. However, she did help handle the PEX yet refuses to gloat about the experience.

    :)
  • Bob Sweet
    Bob Sweet Member Posts: 540
    Yea that is funny

    For never touching the stuff, you seem to have a very good understanding of the stuff.

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  • brucewo1b
    brucewo1b Member Posts: 638
    I can't believe how many pros couldn't decide if they primarily

    install or service, well I spend the base of my time Sept Oct Nov Dec Feb Mar doing service work and the remainer of the year basically doing installs so you tell me how I should vote?? ;-) Overalll great survey
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 99
    Shoulda coulda woulda

    Uni, maybe a BOTH button would also have been appropriate. I only know of one company that DOESN'T do service.

    ME
  • Uni R_2
    Uni R_2 Member Posts: 589
    Bruce, Brad

    Bruce... that's what I would want you to decide. I thought people might want to see the split of most of the pros here but it's hard to count when has different explanations why they want to stay on the fence. Lesson... Make the proper fence next time.

    Brad, I like both plumbing and heating and if I had to go back and do it all over again I think I would have started taping drywall at 17 and then at 20 or 21 started apprenticing with the right plumber.

    Programming and plumbing are way too similar. Input and output, no dead-ends or loops. But the reality is that plumbing lasts far longer than programs.
  • Uni R_2
    Uni R_2 Member Posts: 589
    244 - 5 hours left

  • Uni R_2
    Uni R_2 Member Posts: 589
    Mark

    Unfortunately Mark, I didn't word that question properly. That error was obvious within the first 10 minutes. Maybe you'll be on the test list next time?

    I wish I were a wordsmith - oh well, I married instead.
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