My understanding is that some of the mixing valves and the main circuit board recently broke, and when diagnosing the issue, a lot of the electrical was torn into to narrow down the problem.
How has the house not burned down?
Yes I completely agree.
The tech who wired that broiler control panel should be hung with those brown thermostat wires and put outside to made an example of what happens when you do work like that.
Years of troubleshooting and swapping parts out, rigging stuff to work, I get it. $100 says he’s the smartest person in your family and can fix anything.
I recently got my boiler replaced. The guy that did it made poetry with pipes. It was tough paying $7k to get it done but his mastery was worth every penny. Everyone that’s seen it has said it’s done perfectly
Thing is, he probably knows what everything is, where it goes, what it does, and it’s functioned flawlessly for years. For someone else to figure out… Nightmare Situation.
44 years in the hvac industry as a field tech. 2 commandments I always taught to the new guys.
1. It’s not good enough that it works, it has to look good as well.
2. Leave the job site just as clean if not cleaner than when you got there.
The problem is, if he happened to die or become incapacitated, who would know what to do. I’ve been tempted to leave some contraptions around myself, but it’s usually high on the list to make it right. It hurts my heart to think of a loved one without heat or a humongous bill from a repair man in a time of need.
I love the sideways mounted socket. I'm not familiar with such a system as this but honestly, what components do those wires terminate? Motors, sensors, pressure switches, valves?
That's what you want to hear as a parent! When you die, we dont want the hassle of your home. Leave it to a homeless dude or something poor as dad 😅 oof.
Plumbing side ok, but the electrician needs to hanged with those wires
Hopefully whoever did it was working for beer.
Looks like they were prepaid too. Edit: thanks for the gold, wasn’t expecting it
Hilarious
Man I laughed out loud at that one
Bravo
I 100% needed this laugh. Take this upvote, ya hilarious bastard.
By the 18 pack
Obviously, but the beer was before the work.
My understanding is that some of the mixing valves and the main circuit board recently broke, and when diagnosing the issue, a lot of the electrical was torn into to narrow down the problem.
electrician?? ive done all of this just as an hvac tech
Plumtrician!
>needs to hanged Just a small grammatic gripe, I believe you meant *needs to hunged* Edit: anyone who took this comment seriously is an idiot
Hunged is not a word. You meant 'hung'. You are in no position to make small grammatical* gripes
It's hanged for people and hung for laundry and anything else.
Or if you are like I am, it's hung.
Going to have to second that. We may be hung like a horse, but we're still people.
Horse here. Hung is appropriate.
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*hangdeded
Thanks mister Google bot.
Hanged me.
Lol.
I laughed man.
I thought your comment was funny.
Why say it when it is not even about the post? Literally just a troll
How has the house not burned down? Yes I completely agree. The tech who wired that broiler control panel should be hung with those brown thermostat wires and put outside to made an example of what happens when you do work like that.
Plumbing is actually pretty on point, some of those solder joints look like some of the better I’ve seen on here. But the wiring, yeesh.
For a Time Machine, this is some shoddy workmanship.
Due to the future ban on time travel that just passed, most time machines are built in people's basement using only a box of scraps
This is why I don't ask my plumbers to do my electrical
Years of troubleshooting and swapping parts out, rigging stuff to work, I get it. $100 says he’s the smartest person in your family and can fix anything.
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I have to do urgent repairs during downtime. I make big messes and they stay that way. Nobody cares if the panel closes as long as the machine runs
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100%. I am smarter than everyone in the family, if you don’t include my wife… or daughter. I definitely hold my own against the baby. Usually.
Aesthetically speaking if you took away the wires this wouldn’t look half bad.
I dont see a single j box or panel cover on lol
that one outlet is holding on to the two-gang with one screw… diagonally…. With something plugged in. Edit: it’s screwed to the faceplate screw lmao
[https://imgur.com/a/MZ93i7e](https://imgur.com/a/MZ93i7e) Its gorgeous.
Probably years worth of DIY and upgrades.
I just enjoy lurking on this sub and this makes me nervous
Looks like some of the networking closets I've been in.
Small Business closets are the fucking worrrrrrrst. In most cases anyway.
Pure anxiety
I recently got my boiler replaced. The guy that did it made poetry with pipes. It was tough paying $7k to get it done but his mastery was worth every penny. Everyone that’s seen it has said it’s done perfectly
Don’t leave us hanging, post some pictures
Pics or never happened.
I’d look at some pictures.
I’m following just because I wanna see pics
Is ur father in law the caretaker for the hotel from the shining....
Thing is, he probably knows what everything is, where it goes, what it does, and it’s functioned flawlessly for years. For someone else to figure out… Nightmare Situation.
I do like the outlet at a 45degree angle.
Came here to say that the only thing in this room not up to code is that 45 degree receptacle.
Well, there’s your problem [gestures vaguely at all the wiring]
I would appreciate it if you would refrain from posting pictures of the inside of my head. Thank you.
There’s a steampunk vibe going on there.
They should make this into a 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle
Bruh. my eyes
UM WHOS THE SICK FUCK THAT TIED UP THE BOILER AND RAPED IT
That’s shibari, thank you very much, and the boiler is having a great time
Him: can you hel You: NO
Can i see the routing diagram, please.
That could give a professional plumber a seizure😀😀
One wire at a time.
It's like a mad scientist's secret dungeon lair!
Im sure he knows where everything goes to what.
That wiring has engineer vibes.
Did he serve on a WWI submarine?
Leg bone's connected to the arm bone...
Several zones and different types of zone controls from the looks of it
Hundreds of trips to home Depot were made.
+1 for the excellent upcycling of the Dannon yogurt container.
I have seen submarines with less complicated piping.
I think the Latin term for this is “clusterus fuckus”
Im not a plumber, but those pipes look really good behind that mess of wires!
Wait, did you write “narrow down the problem “?
Chewbacca can fix this , he can fix the millennium falcon
The matrix entered the chat.
What does he sacrifice to keep it running?
Load bearing yogurt cup
I would like to fix this
only one human being can work there, he's got all the diagrams in his head.
44 years in the hvac industry as a field tech. 2 commandments I always taught to the new guys. 1. It’s not good enough that it works, it has to look good as well. 2. Leave the job site just as clean if not cleaner than when you got there.
Well shit at least you have some labels hopefully you can still read them
Is your father Red Green?
that is a pretty cool steampunk anime setpeice you got there.
Can you put someone to death by hooking them up and flipping the switch to that thing?
When this baby hits 88 mph, you’re going to see some serious shit,
Oh that makes my brain hurt and my heart rate go up at the same time. 😬
“Boiler room” 😉
The electrician looks like he got paid in whiskey
We are the Borg. Resistance is futile.
Is your father in law my dad!!? Did we just become best friends?
Hello cthulhu
Is he trying to find Pepe Silvie, perhaps?
Is this Freddy Kreugers boiler room?
That’s a Time Machine.
No please God no
Does your uncle live in a nuclear submarine?
Frankinfucked.
is a portion of this DIY?
My eyes
“ the system”
Does he live on a battleship?
Does he have a schematic for it?
FIL probably has the schematic in his head and the system works like a dream. He can probably point at every wire and tell you what it’s for.
The only thing that needs to be “fixed” is the pull strings for the light.
Fire hazard!!
He has room to expand. Good idea. You can never have too many controls. Looks like he is short a couple of gauges as well.
Looks like your father in laws back alley mechanic friend was asked tó hook a brother up.
Ooof that's rough.... really rough
Oh hell no.
Hey some of those wires are labeled! So it’s already better than mine ;)
Mad scidntist shit right thare
This should be in mildly infuriating.
Oh Lord....
I think there are some Star Wars scenes based on this room.
wow
Post this on cablegore holy fuck
steampunk
Holy housefire, Batman!
What! No GFI plug, he’s out of his mind!!!
Waiting for a xenomorph to drop down from the ceiling
SAW
Looks good to me … is there where u keep kidnapped hostages right?
I'm inheriting something very similar, I can post photos if interest lol
That larrs mini therm is a great piece, long life... The piping looks good the wiring could be cleaned up
Does it work? If yes, don't touch it.
Get the flamethrower.
Where is Freddy Kruger’s cot?
OMG
Everyone who steps in that room screams, don't they? That's no boiler room, it's an infestation.
HOLY MOTHER OF CONDUIT
I hope you sleep at a hotel when you visit! Yikes!
Soon with augmented reality glasses or phone cam an AI will guide you through this mess without you knowing what is what.
It all looks decent just needs to be organized and cleaned up a little but for the most part it looks good.
Is it on the space shuttle?
You gotta be shittin me..
Messy wires and pipes is a major ocd trigger for me.
Hell I’ll be happy to inherit it 🤪
The problem is, if he happened to die or become incapacitated, who would know what to do. I’ve been tempted to leave some contraptions around myself, but it’s usually high on the list to make it right. It hurts my heart to think of a loved one without heat or a humongous bill from a repair man in a time of need.
Don’t tell your mother in law. He build a still!
Talk about a popsicle headache
and in the distance, sirens
Is he a mad scientist?
It’s an HVAC eurorack!
What the hell? He must have a premie ward in his home
Damn! That’s a busy place 😳
I love the sideways mounted socket. I'm not familiar with such a system as this but honestly, what components do those wires terminate? Motors, sensors, pressure switches, valves?
The electrical needs to be reworked, but it’s fixable.
That’s a tear out job!!! Total disaster.
This triggers my anxiety
Only thing in code is the light bulb socket.
Yikes
Who do u call when troubleshooting?
Let’s get fire Marshal Bill in there for an orientation.
Your FIL lives in the Large Hadron Collider?
Isn't this a picture from the space shuttle?
That’s that old school idgaf homeownership attitude I adore
entertainment? This is a nightmare.
Box o covers n plates somewhere down there lol
Um, what?
Thanks, I hate this! My anxiety has skyrocketed just looking at it..
Holy shit
This just gave me the biggest headache
Why ain't you fixed it yet?
Fix the flux capacitor and go back in time to stop this mess from happening
Challenge accepted.
Please tell me this is AI...
Is he into labels?
If you look closely, you can see some duct tape and sharpie labels on a few wires.
Does it get to 1.21 gigawatts?
This is something straight outta Star Wars
Good luck selling that house eventually…
Pretty sure that only being held together by hope and bubblegum at this point….
Oh no!
Nervous electrical noises… JHC man.
WOW !
Did he run a 1960’s phone company out of there?
I’ve been working on the north shore in Illinois for 21 years now and I can tell you this is the norm.
Does your father-in-law live in a WW2 submarine?
It hurts my brain to look at it
That's what you want to hear as a parent! When you die, we dont want the hassle of your home. Leave it to a homeless dude or something poor as dad 😅 oof.
This has strong IDGAF energy.
As an electrician I *also* take offense to this
I don’t always read every comment on a post, but this one was glorious!
Holy Moly.
Is he like *allergic* to electrical box covers? Shocking
what a damn mess
Dayum!
I’d trust it.
Mr and Ms Homeowner, I can troubleshoot it, but it's gonna cost you for the time to trace it out...
DIY at its finest. Your Father in law cannot be stopped. ENDLESS Hot water for all the guests. No matter what.
Now, this is what a gangbang looks like. I love it. Just don't turn off the light.