Cleaning and tuning your oil burner
#1
09-26-15, 05:46 AM
Cleaning and tuning your oil burner
I live in Massachusetts. Is it against the law to clean/tune your own oil burner? I have been doing it for years. I had a friend who was a boiler technician and showed me the proper way to do it and explained to me how the burner operates in general. BTW it runs a smooth as a sewing machine. I have smoke and draft tools.
I my experiences with four 'professional' burner guys years ago, none of these 'professionals' EVER did it right or should I say completely. NONE of them ever cleaned the upper chamber even though there are clean out ports you can get to in two minutes. Three of these 'professionals came with a vacuum cleaner so small they could no do a good job on the carpets in my car. The fourth guy didn't even bring one in the house!
Came up in conversation last evening and I was told that it is against the law.
I my experiences with four 'professional' burner guys years ago, none of these 'professionals' EVER did it right or should I say completely. NONE of them ever cleaned the upper chamber even though there are clean out ports you can get to in two minutes. Three of these 'professionals came with a vacuum cleaner so small they could no do a good job on the carpets in my car. The fourth guy didn't even bring one in the house!
Came up in conversation last evening and I was told that it is against the law.
#2
09-26-15, 06:01 AM
Here in NY, I once had a #6 oil burner license. There were no licenses, for other types. Do burner service employees need a license? How could such a law be enforced?
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09-26-15, 07:50 PM
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Restrictive laws in Taxechusetts is pretty much normal. It wouldn't surprise me in the least to learn there is such a law. It is also a law that I would ignore if I lived there.
#4
09-27-15, 05:43 AM
Trust me Furd, IF there is such a law here in the land of excess legislation I have been willfully ignoring it for years. The reason is simple. It gets done properly!
The question came up in a conversation this weekend. To the best of my knowledge the mooks that they usually send to clean a boiler cannot all be licensed boilers techs. Most of them can't keep teeth in their head, can't find a razor or a bar of soap and never owned a second pair of work clothes. In addition their handwriting on the 'service tags' can only be described a 'post massive stroke' in composition.
The question came up in a conversation this weekend. To the best of my knowledge the mooks that they usually send to clean a boiler cannot all be licensed boilers techs. Most of them can't keep teeth in their head, can't find a razor or a bar of soap and never owned a second pair of work clothes. In addition their handwriting on the 'service tags' can only be described a 'post massive stroke' in composition.
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09-27-15, 09:56 AM
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Slightly off topic...We recently had a teacher's strike in Seattle. The TV news covered it and had video of several "teachers" on the picket lines. Seeing these overweight women and fuzz-faced men with facial hardware told me all I need to know about why the students and young adults of today can't read, spell, do simple arithmetic or compose a coherent sentence. I wouldn't have hired any of them to mow my lawn and yet they "think" they are worth $60,000 a year to "teach" children how to be productive members of society.
Here's a hint, take a bath, get a haircut, shave your face and stop putting hardware in your nose, eyebrow, and other parts of your face.
Here's a hint, take a bath, get a haircut, shave your face and stop putting hardware in your nose, eyebrow, and other parts of your face.
#6
09-27-15, 01:16 PM
Just $60k a year? Heck we got them here making twice that amount and most of them are the senior employees who are now nothing buy librarians!!!
Heck we got them here making twice that amount and most of them are the senior employees who are now nothing buy librarians!!!
