What is pissing you off this time? - Page 72

Griff · 01-11-2015, 04:07 PM

awful

lumberjim · 01-11-2015, 07:48 PM

Sorry nowhere man. That's harsh.

nowhereman · 01-12-2015, 06:26 AM

Don't know why it failed to start. Called the HVAC guy right away (the one who cleaned the furnace). We drained the system and I have a couple of heaters going. I could see his gears turning trying to figure out why it stopped. Simple matter of hitting the reset, but I didn't realize it was out. The radiators are set into the wall, and the back side is just the outside wall of the house, no insulation there. I'm supremely pissed, but it's done and I have to deal with it. They didn't leak much - we drained the system before they had a chance to thaw. Oh, and today I'm having a chimney liner installed at our main house. (Can I do a Kickstarter for life expenses...)

xoxoxoBruce · 01-12-2015, 10:31 AM

It's easy to understand why you're supremely, I think I'd add violently, viciously, Lannister pissed, myself. Good luck with your repairs.

nowhereman · 01-21-2015, 08:43 AM

Better than it could have been. Only 3 radiators are bad, trying to source replacements, these are the cast iron ones that set into the wall.Heat is back on, fingers crossed. The one good thing is that when they froze, they didn't leak water on the hardwood floors.
Sigh... just one more thing ...

glatt · 01-21-2015, 09:11 AM

Sorry you have to deal with this. I know they froze, but how did the radiators fail? Every one I've seen has threaded rod holding multiple cast iron segments tightly together. I'd imagine that when the water in one freezes and the ice expands, the damage might just be confined to one or two segments, and then the pressure would be relieved in the rest. But that's just a guess. Can they be repaired by just removing broken segments and making them a little shorter?

Sundae · 01-22-2015, 05:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

violently, viciously, Lannister pissed

nowhereman · 01-21-2015, 12:54 PM

I would be afraid that by disassembling and reassembling these old radiators, it might cause even more problems. Still not sure why the furnace stopped.
The back side is just the uninsulated outside wall of the house, so the cold just came right through.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-21-2015, 02:55 PM

You're right, disassembling then trying to reassemble the corroded old sections, especially if they are threaded nipples, but even with the threaded rod and push nipples, is daunting.

orthodoc · 01-21-2015, 08:20 PM

After that discussion, what was pissing me off doesn't seem as dire. That's a good thing.

Figuring out how to live with a crazy man is alternately pissing me off and exhausting me. But hey, that's marriage. To those of you who eschew it, power to ye.

DanaC · 01-22-2015, 06:03 AM

Yeah that was an awesome description of pissedoffedness.

busterb · 01-22-2015, 12:00 PM

My left knee went out again last night. And I spent a good while on the fucking floor. Later I crawled to my bed and finally got up. Then sometime later went to take a leak and the sob went out again. Nothing like laying in the damn floor and pissing on yourself

lumberjim · 01-22-2015, 12:16 PM

especially if you're not into that kind of thing. That sucks man. Do you have one of those life alert things? maybe you oughta?

BigV · 01-22-2015, 05:59 PM

Or a brace, or a cane?

that sounds awful buster.

Sundae · 01-23-2015, 06:40 AM

So sorry, Buster.
I fell badly twice in my last drinking period. I was anaesthetised by the alcohol and I suppose I'd chosen to incapacitate myself... Also, no pee involved.
But I remember the sheer helplessness, the indignity of lying there. The inability to move in a way that wouldn't cause more hurt or damage.
I managed to right myself fairly quickly the one time, as I'd fallen in a fairly clear area. The second time I fell on a pile of cans and other rubbish and ended up passing out. That was pretty much at The End.

I respect your strength.

01-11-2015, 04:07 PM	#1
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	awful __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-11-2015, 07:48 PM	#2
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Sorry nowhere man. That's harsh. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

01-12-2015, 10:31 AM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	It's easy to understand why you're supremely, I think I'd add violently, viciously, Lannister pissed, myself. Good luck with your repairs. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-21-2015, 12:54 PM	#8
nowhereman sliding down the razor blade of life Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: just over the edge Posts: 228	I would be afraid that by disassembling and reassembling these old radiators, it might cause even more problems. Still not sure why the furnace stopped. The back side is just the uninsulated outside wall of the house, so the cold just came right through. Last edited by nowhereman; 01-21-2015 at 01:01 PM.

01-21-2015, 02:55 PM	#9
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	You're right, disassembling then trying to reassemble the corroded old sections, especially if they are threaded nipples, but even with the threaded rod and push nipples, is daunting. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-12-2015, 06:26 AM	#3
nowhereman sliding down the razor blade of life Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: just over the edge Posts: 228	Don't know why it failed to start. Called the HVAC guy right away (the one who cleaned the furnace). We drained the system and I have a couple of heaters going. I could see his gears turning trying to figure out why it stopped. Simple matter of hitting the reset, but I didn't realize it was out. The radiators are set into the wall, and the back side is just the outside wall of the house, no insulation there. I'm supremely pissed, but it's done and I have to deal with it. They didn't leak much - we drained the system before they had a chance to thaw. Oh, and today I'm having a chimney liner installed at our main house. (Can I do a Kickstarter for life expenses...)

01-21-2015, 08:43 AM	#5
nowhereman sliding down the razor blade of life Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: just over the edge Posts: 228	Better than it could have been. Only 3 radiators are bad, trying to source replacements, these are the cast iron ones that set into the wall.Heat is back on, fingers crossed. The one good thing is that when they froze, they didn't leak water on the hardwood floors. Sigh... just one more thing ...

01-21-2015, 09:11 AM	#6
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Sorry you have to deal with this. I know they froze, but how did the radiators fail? Every one I've seen has threaded rod holding multiple cast iron segments tightly together. I'd imagine that when the water in one freezes and the ice expands, the damage might just be confined to one or two segments, and then the pressure would be relieved in the rest. But that's just a guess. Can they be repaired by just removing broken segments and making them a little shorter?

01-21-2015, 08:20 PM	#10
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	After that discussion, what was pissing me off doesn't seem as dire. That's a good thing. Figuring out how to live with a crazy man is alternately pissing me off and exhausting me. But hey, that's marriage. To those of you who eschew it, power to ye. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

01-22-2015, 12:00 PM	#12
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	My left knee went out again last night. And I spent a good while on the fucking floor. Later I crawled to my bed and finally got up. Then sometime later went to take a leak and the sob went out again. Nothing like laying in the damn floor and pissing on yourself __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

01-22-2015, 12:16 PM	#13
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	especially if you're not into that kind of thing. That sucks man. Do you have one of those life alert things? maybe you oughta? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

01-22-2015, 05:59 PM	#14
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Or a brace, or a cane? that sounds awful buster. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

01-23-2015, 06:40 AM	#15
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	So sorry, Buster. I fell badly twice in my last drinking period. I was anaesthetised by the alcohol and I suppose I'd chosen to incapacitate myself... Also, no pee involved. But I remember the sheer helplessness, the indignity of lying there. The inability to move in a way that wouldn't cause more hurt or damage. I managed to right myself fairly quickly the one time, as I'd fallen in a fairly clear area. The second time I fell on a pile of cans and other rubbish and ended up passing out. That was pretty much at The End. I respect your strength. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

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