Most people seem to think that plumbers fix faucets, clear clogged drains, fix toilets, and install plumbing fixtures. Or maybe that was what I thought 19 years ago before sitting down for an interview as an apprentice plumber. Lucky for me I got the job, but then my eyes were opened. The first week I [...]
Most people seem to think that plumbers fix faucets, clear clogged drains, fix toilets, and install plumbing fixtures. Or maybe that was what I thought 19 years ago before sitting down for an interview as an apprentice plumber. Lucky for me I got the job, but then my eyes were opened. The first week I learned about everything from plumbers putty to steam traps. Then we installed a faucet, toilet and even an 80 gallon natural gas water heater. I worked at this job for about a year and a half before looking for something more then just service plumbing.
I then got a job working as a commercial plumber. We did all of the plumbing for new construction commercial jobs like restaurants, areanas, dental offices, and even a school. In this time I learned so much about plumbing, gas fitting, and hot water heating that it was almost overwhelming.
About five years after this, and now a fully qualified journeyman plumber and gas fitter, I went into business for myself. Again my world was expanded. Not long after starting for myself I took on a couple of houses that required the plumbing and gas fitting to be installed. Residential plumbing is very much different from commercial plumbing. At first I made next to nothing, but I eventually got the hang of this type of plumbing and everything worked out fine.
Next was when high effiecient boilers came onto the market and I took on a couple of projects. I had worked with boilers before, but this was different. Not just because of the boiler, but because the installation was not normal. In fact as far as my heating wholesaler knew I was the first plumber in my city to do an installation like this one. Then another project came on and we did the same sort of installation, except now we removed the furnace and hooked up fan coil in its place. This became a very high energy effiecient system.
Then came along tankless water heaters. The type of tankless water heater that I installed required you to have a certification prior to buying and installing any of these. I got this new ticket and installed one system. I found these worked great for infloor heat but not so great for domestic water. Unless you have a smaller family or for use in a cabin. Otherwise you should install two or more of these units in series.
Still to this day I find I that the world of plumbing keeps expanding. I hope this article has helped you to see what plumbers do.
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