A Question; Professional?

lmm600

Ok, I'm the new guy. Been lurking and reading for quite some time. One thing that bothers me though, I guess i am not a professional in anything. In regards to plumbing posts (most noticeably), many items don't get answered. Just get ahold of your plumber. I am a licensed water and wastewater operator and in my line of current work in maintenance I deal with just about everything, but still I guess I'm not professional enough to ask the pro's. Am I correct?

MinConst

Welcome aboard imm,
I'm sure you are qualified to join in here. You're a licensed water guy. Have at it and hopefully you will be the one answering some of OUR questions.

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smellslike$tome

I hate it when I have to reveal my ignorance but what exactly is a "licensed water and wastewater operator"?

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OCRS

City treatment?

Ron The Plumber

What's your question?

mdshunk

I worked for a manufacturing company at one time where a licensed wastewater plant operator was employed. Our sewage had to be treated to make it good enough to put in the sewer. I would call these guys more chemists than plumbers, but they often had to troubleshoot and repair their own process equipment.

lmm600

When it comes to water distribution, it takes in well head to basically meter. Wastewater collection is basically from the treatment plant to the service line from the house. In our small town anyway. You apprentice under a licensed operator for a year then can upgrade to regular after that if you qualify and then you have to take classes for a certain amount of credits every year. I have done this for years and recently changed a little by going to work in maintenance for a school district. My question is, no I am not a licensed plumber, so are you folks going to just say "get a plumber?"

Ron The Plumber

Whats the question?

threaderman

Are you in the Oklahoma area?I chatted with a guy maybe a year back with your credentials who is in my area,but it was a different forum [before en-lightenment].If you are the same guy,pm me.

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22rifle

You here to pick a fight and show some attitude or you got a plumbing question?

If you have a question spit it out.

Three kinds of people get told "get a plumber" here.

1. A DIYer who does not belong on this board. You may or may not. Ain't for me to say. But some plainly don't.

2. Anyone messing with plumbing stuff that is over their head. If by their questions, it is apparent the project is over their head they will be told to get a plumber.

3. Hacks who are illegally doing plumbing. No mercy there.

But none of that matters. Most of us are so sick of this forum being flooded with DIY posts, whether they come from other tradesmen or not, we are doing most of our discussion elsewhere. See, I don't go on a discussion forum for doctors and pick their brain about how to sew up a wound so I can do it out of my garage.

So if you are here to ask a bunch of DIY questions, well, expect most of your answers to come from non-plumbers. And they won't necessarily have good advice in them.

But go over on the DIY forum and real professionals will be happy to answer your questions.

So once again, do you have a plumbing question or not?

Oh, and welcome to this forum. Even though I said all I did above, there is absolutely no reason we cannot have a mutually beneficial relationship on here. All I am saying is, please don't use your status as a professional in a similar field to justify trying to get free DIY advice without contributing yourself.

BTW, how would you like to operate a plant with water so good that it passed all the tests with flying colors but the regulators still made you add chlorine just because you have to add chlorine? I lived in an area like that once. Without any treatment, samples drawn anywhere in the system tested better than anywhere else in the state after the other places were treated. But they had to add chlorine because the regulators said you have to add chlorine no matter what. Made a lot of people mad.

You scope of work sounds interesting. Do you work for a private water company or for a government entity?

Grumpyplumber

I'd mentioned a certain indignation with many who go online looking for plumbing advice and are met with "get a plumber".
Seems like folks somehow feel plumbers are just anxiously waiting to enthusiastically answer all DIY questions, we're not paid to, we're not obligated.

As for the o/p's mention of being certified to operate equipment for the water company, I'm not sure where that would be relative to anything regarding this topic.

There are plenty of DIY forums online...many are engineers role playing as plumbers online, I guess it's fun to play plumber or something...dunno.

Bottom line, this forum is NOT a diy forum, period.
Regardless of whether you have a license to operate a soda fountain at the local water company, or a hair dressers license, this forum is a place for us to come and talk shop amongst eachother in a world thats inundated with homeowners, handymen and hacks that want free advice, this is our escape.

threaderman

Man,you really are Grumpy.....

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lmm600

basically the above posts did the trick; I won't bother you on here.

Ron The Plumber

Glad we answered your question.

22rifle

Most people aren't as honest about their nefarious intentions as you are. Thanks for admitting you were not after anything more than stirring up some ****.

But hey, hang around. No one told you to leave. On the other hand, like you basically admitted, you wanted to know if you could stir up some ****. Glad your question was answered.

davy crockett

Down here we shoot folk for lurking around,guess he got off pretty easy.

Grumpyplumber

Gotta keep the reputation ya know...keep the internet "cred" up to par n' all.

lmm600

I have no nefarious intentions. All I wanted to know is if I did ask a question would I get an answer or not. Because some of the other questions on here get the hire a plumber number when they could be an honest to goodness innocent question. Sorry for trying to head off my own embarressment before I asked a question about sloan water closets. I'll give it a try; does the hole in the diaphram have to be in a certain position?

Ron The Plumber

No it don't

See that was easy