Heating and air conditioning - Another HO ignores advice

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Another HO ignores advice

Murdentech

2006-02-21, 10:21 pm

> Burnham oil fired boiler. 450,000 btu. I diagnosed it the early part
> of winter. Busted section, water on floor, big mess, etc. I told em to
> either get the sections fixed or put a new boiler in. Followed up and
> no decision made . I get a call today.
> Bubba, can you come look at this same boiler. I turned it on this
> winter and its been running ok???. Today when she turned it on (they
> like to turn it on and off a lot from the power switch) she said it
> shot fire back out the burner. Smoke rolled out, black stuff went
> flying and she turned it off and called me. Its in a wharehouse.
> Well guess what. I got there, took the inspection plates off and
> looked at the diverter. They have cram packed this large oil boiler
> from bottom to top with soot. Huge amounts of calcium deposits
> dripping down the sides of the boiler from the section
> leaks..........just like before.
> I told her, my original bid of converting to a high efficiency natural
> gas boiler (96%) of $25,000 still stands. HOWEVER, they now have to
> get rid of this ridiculous 450,000 btu pile of soot. I aint touchin
> it.
> Bubba

Gotta love it when they follow your advice like that !!!

Do you get to add a frustration fee to the job now ??

Bubba

2006-02-21, 11:21 pm

On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 01:38:05 GMT, "Murdentech" <j. murden @ insight
bb.com> wrote:

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>Gotta love it when they follow your advice like that !!!
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>Do you get to add a frustration fee to the job now ??
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Well, funny thing is, we have a service contract with them. Not just
that piece. That have several other pieces of equipment. They've known
about the boiler for a long time. Its a money matter to them.
If the freaking weather around here would turn cold and stay cold,
their decision would be made a whole lot sooner. However, with the
warm winters and cool summers we've had, this industry in our area has
turned to chit. Not just me either, most of the compaines in this area
are singing the same song. So anyways, we'll see if the decide on
something now or not.
Bubba

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