Cool pic I thought you guys might like.

[brian in mass]

This is from a house that was being renovated last year. I work a real lot with a particular plumber and I have to say, he is the best I have ever seen. Every sub should be as profesional and knowledgable as him. And his work is mind blowing. This one isn't finished, but I happened to have a camera with me. You guys might have seen this stuff on TV.
That, and I have never posted a pic before and wanted to try it out !!


http://ww2.imagewiz.net/images/hvac/156307_Neptun.jpg

I hope the pic showed up !!

Hey, what do ya know...it worked !!!

[Edited by brian in mass on 11-14-2004 at 09:07 PM]

[mayguy]

Wow.. NIce job he did.. Did he do the walls like that or the home owner?

[brian in mass]

He builds that wall on every job he does. He paints every wall to match the boiler too. I wish I had some other pics of his work, I know you guys would appreciate them.

[mayguy]

I must say, that guy sure did a good job!

Does he charge extra to paint the walls for the home owner, or is that part of the "package"?

Must be a good sized home with two boilers, and a pretty good size tank there.

[BaldLoonie]

I just can't get used to seeing these beautiful mansions just built and seeing O I L burners in them!!!!! Around here, oil is only used in dumps out in the boonies :D

[brian in mass]

ha ha ha ha It must be funny to see then. We have a good mix of all kinds of fuels out here.

He has that wall on every job. He uses all Rigid pro-press and pex tubbing. Every one of his jobs looks beautiful. It's amazing to see it all when it's done. I've had home owners say that they can't wait till the house is finished so they can bring their friends down to the mechanical room !!!

I'll see if I can remmember to grab a camera and snap some more photos.

[ricm]

So Brain... to start with... this installer is a craftperson in his own trade. Do you know much about the paint he uses on the walls? Is it just over drywall? (sheet rock, it think you refer it to) can you ask him?

I'd like to look into that.

[brian in mass]

He is that. I can't say enough about his work.

It is actually a normal wall..studs and plywood. I see him paint them all the time. It isn't any fancy paint...just matches real nice.

I work with them on almost every job I do....except for the small filler jobs. Not only is his heating work nice in the mech room, but you should see the nice job he does on his plumbing.

When it's all said and done, it is a work of art that keeps you warm !

His dad was involved with the first Viessman that came over, and they have been installing them ever since. I just missed meeting his dad, he passed away just before I started working here. From what I hear, he was a heating genius. He used to get flown over to Germany to teach the reps about their own products ! Once in a while, on the really nice houses, a couple of big wigs will fly over from Germany to take pictures of his work. It's kinda funny, they come in all goofy and shaking everyones hands, can't understand a word they say. But from what I understand, I think they use the pics for their catalogs and broshures. Maybe just in Germany though....I'm not sure.

I guess in Germany, Veismann is sort of a status symbol. People install them right in their living room as a center piece !!

[ricm]

Veissmann is quality equipment. I'm not surprised they (the people that flew over from Germany to take pictures of his work) tag with this installer. Same quality as coolH20... check out his posts... international acclaim comes from being top dog in your industry... rattle the cages of the big money so well that they take notice. But still maintain the 'awwww shucks... t'weren't nuthin' kind of approach. :D

[brian in mass]

I love looking at pictures of work. I wish this part of the site was bigger ! How would I go about looking at someone's post like that ? Is that some kind of search or something ? I am computer literate, but I really don't know alot about that stuff on sites....I usually just go and talk and post.

[Freezeking2000]

I love to make mt work picture perfest too........but that is extreme!

It is great that the man gets his price for the high quality work he performs.

[amickracing]

Originally posted by brian in mass
How would I go about looking at someone's post like that ? Is that some kind of search or something ?

At the top of the page (in the blue stripe) there's a search button. On that search page there's a box where you can fill in a usersname, then click search.

[ricm]

http://hvac-talk.com/vbb/showthread.php?threadid=56912

Click on THIS link Brian...

[brian in mass]

I have actually seen those before. Looks like great work to me. But that stuff is way over my head.

I don't get into too much comercial stuff, and if I do, it's light.

[ricm]

:D Over my head too... but I see what's happening, and would do the same if I was in that world.

[dan perrotta]

That Plumber has great pride!

[RBean]

http://www.healthyheating.com/blog/images/Best Boiler Room.JPG

http://www.healthyheating.com/blog/images/db_Vitola_1.jpg

[brian in mass]

THat looks like some pretty good work.

[simpleman]

That looks like Jeff work..aka Heatboy.I'm allways inspired
by Jeff work.

[RBean]

be Jeff's work!

...and yes it's inspirational!

rb

[dp563]

How come the picture isn't showing up? Could the original member please re-post it? I remember seeing this picture a couple years ago and just searched back through the forums to try and find it -- I want to show it to my contractor to show him what I want my new mechanical room to look like! :) Thanks!