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Put two steam boilers back together this week after State inspection. Boilers are probably my favorite piece of equipment to work on. These guys are from 1925 and were originally coal. They are the old locomotive style with fire brick. Which are the most dangerous type of boiler to work on when firing fuel oil. These boilers will run on fuel oil when there is curtailment. The fire brick will glow red. If the ignitor for fuel oil does not light, the oil will hit the fire brick, which results in taking all the doors right off the boiler. We run a switch to the low water cutoff and stand outside when testing the oil.
Anyway pretty sweet boilers. Im sure if they are taken care of the would be around in another 100 years.
Anyway pretty sweet boilers. Im sure if they are taken care of the would be around in another 100 years.
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Back when I worked as an high pressure boiler operator, if we fired with fuel oil, ours used NG as a pilot to ignite the oil. If the gas didn't light the burner would shut down and no fuel oil was injected into the firebox. Switching over was relatively easy. We'd usually get a call from the gas company telling us the pressure was getting low due to extreme cold or some other reason and would we switch to oil.
Have you ever had the opportunity to re-tube one of those boilers?
I have done a few re-tube jobs, been too many years ago to relate, and no, no pictures.
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I gave up my boiler license a couple years back, (retired), so I'll not be working around any thing larger than my outdoor wood boiler. That's enough for me these days.
Have you ever had the opportunity to re-tube one of those boilers?
I have done a few re-tube jobs, been too many years ago to relate, and no, no pictures.
Edit to add:
I gave up my boiler license a couple years back, (retired), so I'll not be working around any thing larger than my outdoor wood boiler. That's enough for me these days.
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Put two new tubes in the boiler this year. We hire that out to boilermakers. They also had to fix the rods that hold the sides together.
I currently only have my special boiler license. I will be taking the next step up hopefully next summer. High pressure license was an elective this year. I chose not to take it. I will have to go back to get it eventually. The test is the same time as our test we need to take to turn out which has a 56% pass rate nation wide, so i didn't want to have to tackle that test and the high pressure test at the same time.
I want my high pressure license, soon they will be adding Carbon dioxide refrigeration to it and then everybody in HVAC will want that license.
I currently only have my special boiler license. I will be taking the next step up hopefully next summer. High pressure license was an elective this year. I chose not to take it. I will have to go back to get it eventually. The test is the same time as our test we need to take to turn out which has a 56% pass rate nation wide, so i didn't want to have to tackle that test and the high pressure test at the same time.
I want my high pressure license, soon they will be adding Carbon dioxide refrigeration to it and then everybody in HVAC will want that license.
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I've done quit a bit of brick work, but have never done the smear techniques. It can look a little overdone if you aren't careful. Have you got a pic of the brick?
edit: have you considered repointing with a heavy mortar joint instead of a smear? I'm assuming you are looking for an old world look?
edit: have you considered repointing with a heavy mortar joint instead of a smear? I'm assuming you are looking for an old world look?
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Holy cow thats completly unacceptable.
ive had nightmares about stairways like that. One time i dreamt of working non stop on a house then i go to climb the stairs get to the top and have to lay down, shed my nail bags then wiggle my way beneath celing joist, into and through a plywood tunnel, where i discover ive built a stairway to nowhere in particular.
But that one there Mister is gonna get someone killed.
ive had nightmares about stairways like that. One time i dreamt of working non stop on a house then i go to climb the stairs get to the top and have to lay down, shed my nail bags then wiggle my way beneath celing joist, into and through a plywood tunnel, where i discover ive built a stairway to nowhere in particular.
But that one there Mister is gonna get someone killed.
A family member was in need of a way to get into her home after having a stroke. It was a privilege to be put to the task of designing and building of a deck and ramp to give her access. Was a long process given my physical liabilities and mostly made it up as I went but managed to pull it off all the same.
The husband, who has been by her side through out the 4 month nursing home process and is now the caregiver for the sweet lady, thought it would be good to have a deck to sit on, so we agreed on a 7x15 foot landing that is flush to the door way. We had a 35 inch rise from bottom of door to where the walkway was. It worked out good that the ramp started right at the original area off the drive.
Good bye to precast steps and asphalt walkway.
Rough framing. Didn't get pics of them but used helical piers. Well worth $160 a pop to not have to dig 11 holes.
The guy wanted all maintenance free materials which are readily available so I used a decking manufactured by Wolf with hidden fasteners using the Camo method.
I had a very difficult time finding handrails that would work on a 7 degree slope. I did find one product that is designed to go to at least 5 degrees and with the help of the distributors was able to modify the rails by giving them back cuts so the mounting bracket would slip over them enough to fasten to the post.
I did have a oh shit moment with the posts. been a long time since I've done one of these and wasn't aware the rules had changed for attaching 4x4's. Used to be able to notch them and screw them right to the sides of the rim joists. Not any more. When fastening to the outside, 2-1/2" carriage bolts are required with one of them to be tied back to the inside framing. Hard to do with all the doubled up framing members. So I used a top mount post system. That reduced the width of the travel lane by 8" (fecking feck feck) but still gave me enough to meet code.
So anywho, finished product.
The husband, who has been by her side through out the 4 month nursing home process and is now the caregiver for the sweet lady, thought it would be good to have a deck to sit on, so we agreed on a 7x15 foot landing that is flush to the door way. We had a 35 inch rise from bottom of door to where the walkway was. It worked out good that the ramp started right at the original area off the drive.
Good bye to precast steps and asphalt walkway.
Rough framing. Didn't get pics of them but used helical piers. Well worth $160 a pop to not have to dig 11 holes.
The guy wanted all maintenance free materials which are readily available so I used a decking manufactured by Wolf with hidden fasteners using the Camo method.
I had a very difficult time finding handrails that would work on a 7 degree slope. I did find one product that is designed to go to at least 5 degrees and with the help of the distributors was able to modify the rails by giving them back cuts so the mounting bracket would slip over them enough to fasten to the post.
I did have a oh shit moment with the posts. been a long time since I've done one of these and wasn't aware the rules had changed for attaching 4x4's. Used to be able to notch them and screw them right to the sides of the rim joists. Not any more. When fastening to the outside, 2-1/2" carriage bolts are required with one of them to be tied back to the inside framing. Hard to do with all the doubled up framing members. So I used a top mount post system. That reduced the width of the travel lane by 8" (fecking feck feck) but still gave me enough to meet code.
So anywho, finished product.
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I’ve been around lurking mostly. Been busy busy for months now. Still banging with ole pops by me side. He’s doing well, so far no complications after the heart attack other than the medicine he has to take for a year makes him a bit of butthead from time to time.
Working for an outfit that really has their stuff together and we get into all sorts of messes these days. Mostly remodel projects but about 6 months back they branched out into water remediation and that has kinda exploded.
They go in and tear out and dehumidify and most times pop and i put things back together, joist, subfloor, snap and lock flooring then trim outs.
Just finished up framing a 2600 footer in Jacksonville about a week back. Going to start one a little north of 4K this Friday if the block layers finish up. Should keep us rocking into December. Got another guy that calls me weekly trying to get me on some of his messes... it’s a good prob to have I suppose.
Lots of stuff going on down here, booming even.
Day one on the last gig here. Slinging up houses out of that old 9duce chevy
30 foot 2x6x16 inch lamb beam was a bit much for the two of us, called in the old caterpillar to set her up for us.
Couple shots of some joist action
Just like the last 50
Had to go heavy on that beam because with that cathedral set up we lacked proper places to support the main roof, so it pulls double duty there.
Will post a few moar below.
Working for an outfit that really has their stuff together and we get into all sorts of messes these days. Mostly remodel projects but about 6 months back they branched out into water remediation and that has kinda exploded.
They go in and tear out and dehumidify and most times pop and i put things back together, joist, subfloor, snap and lock flooring then trim outs.
Just finished up framing a 2600 footer in Jacksonville about a week back. Going to start one a little north of 4K this Friday if the block layers finish up. Should keep us rocking into December. Got another guy that calls me weekly trying to get me on some of his messes... it’s a good prob to have I suppose.
Lots of stuff going on down here, booming even.
Day one on the last gig here. Slinging up houses out of that old 9duce chevy
30 foot 2x6x16 inch lamb beam was a bit much for the two of us, called in the old caterpillar to set her up for us.
Couple shots of some joist action
Just like the last 50
Had to go heavy on that beam because with that cathedral set up we lacked proper places to support the main roof, so it pulls double duty there.
Will post a few moar below.
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The wind didn’t blow until it were time to start slamming sheets, as per usual
Just out of view in this shot stands a smoking hot dirty blonde milf in a bikini who had just finished asking if we were hiring.
Another look at the finished cathedral in the living/kitchen here
Is good to see you as well Sir Crackers.
Just out of view in this shot stands a smoking hot dirty blonde milf in a bikini who had just finished asking if we were hiring.
Another look at the finished cathedral in the living/kitchen here
Is good to see you as well Sir Crackers.