I stand corrected

So, my dad read my blog. “Sal, you got it wrong” he said.

Oh well, let’s try this again. My grandfather and his brother Frank where not mostly contractors. They were mostly plumbers. In fact grandpa Mike was also a dock boss, owned a bar on Fourth Avenue and seemed to do pretty much whatever it took to squeak out a living. One should remember Brooklyn was a different place back then. They had to work quite hard to get by. At least that’s what my father says but he also claims to have had to walk up hill to and from school as a kid.

The contracting thing was really something that happened after they bought the business from Mr. Curry. Let’s get back to Mr. Curry for a moment. He was a plumber but he was also a roofer and a tinsmith (Oh the days when men were men). Apparently Mr. Curry was the kind of person that was always on time for work. I mean you could set your watch by this guy. One day Mr. Curry was late for work. My Grandfather turned to my father and said he must have died. Mr. Curry had passed. He wasn’t on time for work that day but I bet he was the first guy on line at the pearly gates.

Its all new to me.

Hi, I’m Sal Vigilante this is my first post to my first blog. I am hoping to make this as interesting as possible. Ok maybe today won’t be so interesting because, I haven’t even figured out what to write about yet. Going forward we will talk about jobs that go good and even bad. Maybe help a few of my “readers” learn a thing or two about the industry that may be helpful. If you’re a home owner, a plumber or want to be a plumber or a home owner I’m happy to field any questions, observations or general rambling.
Some quick information about us we were established in 1927 by my grandfather Mike and his brother Frank. They were mostly general contractors at the time. In the 1950's my dad Tony his brother in-law Mike Mazzeo and my grandfather Mike bought a plumbing company from a man named Mr. Curry. He was a German man with an accent so thick you could barely understand him. After he sold the business he stayed on to answer the phones (that must have been interesting). He lived to the ripe old age of 96.
Eventually the company stopped doing contract work and focused on plumbing and heating. We added air conditioning in the early 90's. Today the company is owned by my brother Anthony and myself.
Here at Vigilante Plumbing Heating & Air conditioning we deal with peoples comfort, safety and health. Some jobs go from strange to weird back to strange. Other jobs we get to be the heroes and save the day, restore the heat or stop the flood. Either way it’s a pretty interesting job and it’s actually quite satisfying. I mean a lot of what we install today will outlive all of us how many companies can say that.