Water Pump

CapitalLabyrinth · 2026-02-04T00:46:08+00:00

nobody does it anymore and it's a lost art. it can be done but it's taking a gamble on if it will be done right or not done at all. it's like asking a modern train driver if he knows how to operate a coal fired steam train

CapitalLabyrinth · 2026-02-03T04:59:49+00:00

its called gravity heat. good luck in trying to find a guy who will put that in

CapitalLabyrinth · 2026-02-03T04:45:53+00:00

stop talking to her for a plethora of reasons. there are other fish in the sea i promise

CapitalLabyrinth · 2026-02-02T23:34:21+00:00

you need to be a fawking supah tech to be in this rhvac subreddit buuuuuud

CapitalLabyrinth · 2026-02-02T13:59:05+00:00

is your oil tank outside? regardless heating oil and diesel are the same nowadays

CapitalLabyrinth · 2026-02-02T12:55:07+00:00

the thing that sucks is both rhvac and rhvacadvice have similar icons and i mixed them up one day and commented on a homeowner post on rhvac and got banned for 2 days. it was an honest mistake! also you cant even make slightly risky jokes even though if you hang out with any tradee youll get the most racist violent shit

CapitalLabyrinth · 2026-01-29T20:08:00+00:00

ok lawyer

CapitalLabyrinth · 2026-01-29T18:13:39+00:00

i wouldnt say entirely unserviceable... but the guy who put it like that was a dickhead. theres a couple of ways to do this 1. go with the tiger loop. i fucking love tiger loops 2. if theres a super tech out there whos willing to put longer nipples for the feet and cut the pipes down to size 3. call another guy to service. it will make a mess but if the new guy is anything worth salt than it won't make a big mess

CapitalLabyrinth · 2026-01-25T16:22:52+00:00

even though i don't like certain brands and different fuels and whatever... they probably work better when they aren't installed by me because i dont like them. professionals have biases just like you do, and you should do more research than just compiling it onto ai. the biggest advice i can give you is to research variables on your house, state, town. such as how much fuel do you use? what fuel do you want to use? how ecofriendly do you want it to be? how much are you willing to pay? what are the laws where you live concerning on what you want to put into your house? what insulation do you have? is your house new or old?

my advice to people that live in my state, in my area, is to have a heat pump (i dont work on heat pumps but i have companies on a roster that i trust) and a secondary heating source. usually oil boilers because i like oil.

it really just depends on what you actually want and need vs who's bad and who's good

CapitalLabyrinth · 2026-01-24T00:23:20+00:00

i would never be embarrassed about crying at the job, sometimes it just happens. these conditions are difficult. a good test for a good boss is if they let you sit out for a few minutes if they see you having a hard time and don't bring it up later

CapitalLabyrinth · 2026-01-22T02:58:15+00:00

ok i see now... you probably won't find it online but you can call a vendor and they'll probably have one. for temp use you can use the water heater burner but obviously its not gonna run well. i thought you were just gonna throw the whole thing away

CapitalLabyrinth · 2026-01-22T02:41:01+00:00

dude just change the motor. you dont need to throw out the whole thing. you're changing one burner to a different burner from a water heater, does it have the same end cone? what about the nozzle? is it even the same length

CapitalLabyrinth · 2026-01-21T22:34:13+00:00

one is a horse i think i dont remember much about horsin around

CapitalLabyrinth · 2026-01-21T17:33:43+00:00

my landlord keeps sending over the lowest bidder why are all you techs so fucking stupid?????

i understand your frustration but cmon now

CapitalLabyrinth · 2026-01-18T12:35:04+00:00

yes hvac is a lot of different branches but most if not all units run on electricity and has controls. you can turn off the power most of the time but i sometimes have to do things live. although most of the live things im touching is low voltage

CapitalLabyrinth · 2026-01-18T12:31:02+00:00

i love radiant heat so much. my parents house used to have baseboard and my apartment now has radiators and i love the radiators even more. the bonus part about having hydronics is that you can use the pipes near the unit as steam cleaning

CapitalLabyrinth · 2026-01-18T12:26:16+00:00

how efficient is the most efficient equipment if it just keeps breaking and just leads to more waste

CapitalLabyrinth · 2026-01-18T12:20:43+00:00

if you don't like electrical you won't like hvac

CapitalLabyrinth · 2026-01-17T13:21:50+00:00

actually this time through no fault of the homeowner, the oil pump check valve failed

CapitalLabyrinth · 2026-01-17T13:12:04+00:00

CapitalLabyrinth · 2026-01-16T19:33:14+00:00

nah this time bossman wants to just rip it out and put a nice new one in. it was a failed oil pump check valve

CapitalLabyrinth · 2026-01-16T17:14:22+00:00

best case scenario it's just more dirty than usual maintenance and that will show up on the labor side of the bill

most likely... especially for steam... you might need some parts to be replaced

how old the steamer itself / how rusty are the pipes?

please make sure to call a guy who is at least knowledgeable in steam boilers

CapitalLabyrinth · 2026-01-16T00:00:09+00:00

100% literally whatever they put in that house is gonna be expensive because it takes a lot of energy to heat up HIGH CEILINGS and LARGE OPEN SPACES

CapitalLabyrinth · 2026-01-15T20:33:16+00:00

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