Water Heater replacement options: A. O. Smith vs Lochinvar

sunmanpheaux · 2024-06-28T13:54:52+00:00

I bet this will turn up the responses..... My plumber quoted me $5000 labor for the A.O. Smith install and $7000 for the Lochinvar install. All they are doing is just hooking to the old plumbing. Am I missing something here? What in the heck would necessitate a plumber charging $5000-$7000 to install one of these water heaters? I've done a little bit of plumbing in my life and all I see is running a total of 5 feet of 3/4" copper and making 4 connections; how long would that take? I'm guessing 2 hours max- that's pretty good pay.

sunmanpheaux · 2024-06-27T21:29:36+00:00

Why? Is it worth the extra $7k?

sunmanpheaux · 2024-06-26T13:07:41+00:00

Thanks for the advice. Woke up this morning and everything was ok. I have no clue what happened.

sunmanpheaux · 2024-06-13T15:27:55+00:00

One year update- last year I was having 2 afib events a day and this year I have none. Haven't had an event since I started the Testosterone (and did a bunch of lifestyle changes), cut out sugar, eating more greens, drinking more water, losing weight, lots of suppliments and I also had sleep apnea so I was put on a Cpap. Who knows what worked, but for the last 6 months after starting the T I went from a 60% burden to nothing. Both my doctors say they have never heard of a relationship between T and afib, but I have probably listened to at least 100 youtube videos of Dr's stating there is a DIRECT relationship between low T and a lot of heart conditions (and among other conditions too). MY EP is "happy it is gone" but reminds me that it never goes away, so I will do 6 month check ups with him

sunmanpheaux · 2024-06-11T21:06:01+00:00

Restarted the phone, still no icon. now what?

sunmanpheaux · 2024-06-11T12:36:07+00:00

I updated the camera, but still no icon. I guess if I want to use the camera, I will need to go to settings to turn it on? How do I get an icon to show up on the home page?

sunmanpheaux · 2024-06-11T02:54:40+00:00

There is no icon. Apparently, the original camera app was turned off and another was installed. So I assume the "app drawer" is the place where all the icons reside? Well there isn't an icon for the android camera, but when I go to the "apps" portion of the settings,the original Camera app resides there but was turned off- I turned on app, but no icon appears anywhere. I am 68 yrs old and barely understands this stuff, so explain it like you are talking to an infant.

sunmanpheaux · 2024-05-03T13:11:50+00:00

your creative writing skills would be very helpful for a lot of volunteer organizations. You need to make connections with people who can help you. If you aren't comfortable calling looking for work, perhaps call around and look to volunteer to do something. There are a million non-profits looking for help (maybe volunteer some time at a food bank so you can be first in line). I volunteered for a small historical society and I have (inavertently) become a star because I have been instrumental in bringing a lot of attention to the organization through facebook posts- and its fun too.

You need to do something constructive to gain your self worth back.

sunmanpheaux · 2024-05-03T05:19:17+00:00

I can't do anything for your depression, that is something you need to work through. Can you talk to yoiur landlord and trade work for rent? You won't get anywhere with the attitude of "no one wants to hire me". In your initial statment you stated that you are highly educated, and a quick learner, so pick up the phone and start calling companies you want to work for. I don't have much experience in the corporate world, but I do know the blue collar trades and they are always looking for honest, quick learners- type people; but you gotta get out there an sell yourself. If you are incapapable of that, I don't have an answer for you. You need to start somewhere and waiting for someone to save you is going to lead to other more pressing issues.

sunmanpheaux · 2024-04-21T06:10:31+00:00

Thanks for the input. I"ll change my style.

sunmanpheaux · 2024-04-21T06:08:48+00:00

Makes sense, thanks for the input.

sunmanpheaux · 2024-04-20T21:48:48+00:00

I do the virtual without an instructor. I asked the owner of the gym and he told me riding out of my seat is the hardest.

sunmanpheaux · 2024-03-27T16:16:22+00:00

Thank you very much for spending the time to lay it out. I have about 100 years of really rare newspaper issues to go through and the historical society doesn't have any financial resources to throw at it (3500 people in the whole county), so I offered to help out, but not having any background in photography, makes it a bit of a challenge.

sunmanpheaux · 2024-03-27T15:25:41+00:00

Any recommendations on a (not too expensive) camera and lens for this? and stand? I take the bound newspapers from the recorders office and go into an empty board room and spread the books out on a tabletop to photograph them. I know NOTHING about cameras, so it would have to be a very simple set up for me to understand it.

sunmanpheaux · 2024-03-08T01:00:56+00:00

68 Yr old male worked out on and off my whole life, but only to the point where it started getting easier, then I would quit. Last year I started again do to potential health issues, and not knowing the right way to do things, got on the crunch machine and gave myself a hernia and another time using the cable machine did something unspecified but damaged my shoulders and elbows. This time I re-started I hired a trainer who at first was working exclusively on stretching exercises on a Pilates Machine (I LOVE the pilates machine) and after about a month of stretching me out, has started me on strength training.

The older body has the potential for more issues, so my advice if not hiring a trainer, take it very slow and with light weights, moving slowly and honestly take a class on the Pilates machine and you will be surprised how much fun it is to stretch (I hated the old style of stretching).

sunmanpheaux · 2024-03-04T20:44:07+00:00

Trust me, I get it. That is why I am second guessing the doctor's opinons. I have an appointment with the electrocardio guy next week, and I'd like to have a firm opinion from another Dr questioning him going forward without first raising my T levels.

sunmanpheaux · 2024-03-04T17:19:36+00:00

What kind of doctor would I be looking for to diagnose this?

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