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What to expect in the Boilerhouse

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  • #92
    LegacyUser
    Registered Users Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭LegacyUser


    Thinking of going to the boiler house just wondering do I need to bring anything with me


  • #93
    Gael23
    Registered Users Posts: 12,086 ✭✭✭✭Gael23


    Jimmy1002 wrote: »
    Thinking of going to the boiler house just wondering do I need to bring anything with me

    If you want you could bring a toy but other than that no you need nothing


  • #94
    Heebie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,302 ✭✭✭Heebie


    Jimmy1002 wrote:
    Thinking of going to the boiler house just wondering do I need to bring anything with me


    If you have particular brands of lube or poppers that you like, bring them along.
    If you have your own nozzle for douching, bring it as well.


  • #95
    cgcsb
    Registered Users Posts: 9,262 ✭✭✭cgcsb


    Anyone have any info on when it'll be back open? Same time as the bars?


  • #96
    Mattdhg
    Closed Accounts Posts: 70 ✭✭Mattdhg


    cgcsb wrote: »
    Anyone have any info on when it'll be back open? Same time as the bars?

    Dunno, but I reckon half the clientele will be cocooning for the foreseeable :P


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  • #97
    imme
    Registered Users Posts: 3,200 ✭✭✭imme


    Mattdhg wrote: »
    Dunno, but I reckon half the clientele will be cocooning for the foreseeable :P

    :)


  • #98
    Gael23
    Registered Users Posts: 12,086 ✭✭✭✭Gael23


    Don’t see it surviving coronavirus to be honest.
    It’s a breeding ground for all sorts of germs at the best of times


  • #99
    cgcsb
    Registered Users Posts: 9,262 ✭✭✭cgcsb


    Mattdhg wrote: »
    Dunno, but I reckon half the clientele will be cocooning for the foreseeable :P

    Lots of young fellas of a Saturday night to be fair.


  • #100
    cgcsb
    Registered Users Posts: 9,262 ✭✭✭cgcsb


    Gael23 wrote: »
    Don’t see it surviving coronavirus to be honest.
    It’s a breeding ground for all sorts of germs at the best of times

    a shame. One of Europe's best in my opinion.


  • #101
    Ash.J.Williams
    Registered Users Posts: 20,929 ✭✭✭✭Ash.J.Williams


    Hi sorry for jumping in but the boilerhouse is a name I haven’t heard in a while! In the late 90s I worked in the tech side of the hospitality industry and as I was the youngest staff member and the last in I was given all the gay jobs , the job would be phoned in and automatically “ash, job in for you “ it didn’t matter if I was trained or not , I’d be trained before I went:) . I remember thinking it was a pub and standing outside calling the office to say I’m here but can’t see it :)

    Anyway I thought I’d share as a measure of how far the country had moved on in 20 years OR NOT?


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  • #102
    cgcsb
    Registered Users Posts: 9,262 ✭✭✭cgcsb


    Ash.J.Williams wrote: »
    Hi sorry for jumping in but the boilerhouse is a name I haven’t heard in a while! In the late 90s I worked in the tech side of the hospitality industry and as I was the youngest staff member and the last in I was given all the gay jobs , the job would be phoned in and automatically “ash, job in for you “ it didn’t matter if I was trained or not , I’d be trained before I went:) . I remember thinking it was a pub and standing outside calling the office to say I’m here but can’t see it :)

    Anyway I thought I’d share as a measure of how far the country had moved on in 20 years OR NOT?

    Like what tech jobs did the boiler house need? what are all the gay jobs? was it because you were young or because you were gay? lol


  • #103
    Mr.Frame
    Registered Users Posts: 766 ✭✭✭Mr.Frame


    Ash.J.Williams wrote: »
    Hi sorry for jumping in but the boilerhouse is a name I haven’t heard in a while! In the late 90s I worked in the tech side of the hospitality industry and as I was the youngest staff member and the last in I was given all the gay jobs , the job would be phoned in and automatically “ash, job in for you “ it didn’t matter if I was trained or not , I’d be trained before I went:) . I remember thinking it was a pub and standing outside calling the office to say I’m here but can’t see it :)

    Anyway I thought I’d share as a measure of how far the country had moved on in 20 years OR NOT?

    You were given all the "gay jobs"?

    Whats that now ?


  • #104
    Ash.J.Williams
    Registered Users Posts: 20,929 ✭✭✭✭Ash.J.Williams


    Mr.Frame wrote: »
    You were given all the "gay jobs"?

    Whats that now ?

    I should have used “” for that bit


  • #105
    Ash.J.Williams
    Registered Users Posts: 20,929 ✭✭✭✭Ash.J.Williams


    cgcsb wrote: »
    Like what tech jobs did the boiler house need? what are all the gay jobs? was it because you were young or because you were gay? lol

    The boiler house has tech that needs installation and maintenance

    I was referring to homophobia of the time the fact that the older engineers would bypass such calls.


  • #106
    cgcsb
    Registered Users Posts: 9,262 ✭✭✭cgcsb


    Ash.J.Williams wrote: »
    I was referring to homophobia of the time the fact that the older engineers would bypass such calls.

    That's mad. Like obviously there are homophobes, but imagine going through such effort to avoid even seeing a gay person. Some serious psychology at play there.

    What were the other 'gay jobs' though? I'm fascinated.


  • #107
    Ash.J.Williams
    Registered Users Posts: 20,929 ✭✭✭✭Ash.J.Williams


    cgcsb wrote: »
    That's mad. Like obviously there are homophobes, but imagine going through such effort to avoid even seeing a gay person. Some serious psychology at play there.

    What were the other 'gay jobs' though? I'm fascinated.
    Apologies I used the term as it was used to me, a number of bars and the boiler house would have been given to me as the newest and youngest technician, I am straight by the way, however... joke was on them as they were great craic


  • #108
    imme
    Registered Users Posts: 3,200 ✭✭✭imme


    cgcsb wrote: »
    That's mad. Like obviously there are homophobes, but imagine going through such effort to avoid even seeing a gay person. Some serious psychology at play there.

    What were the other 'gay jobs' though? I'm fascinated.

    I don't think the poster was setting out to offend or hurt anyone.

    The thread is about the boiler house, "gay jobs" to me sounds like gay bars etc etc
    Whats the problem.


  • #109
    cgcsb
    Registered Users Posts: 9,262 ✭✭✭cgcsb


    imme wrote: »
    I don't think the poster was setting out to offend or hurt anyone.

    The thread is about the boiler house, "gay jobs" to me sounds like gay bars etc etc
    Whats the problem.

    Perhaps it's the medium of online posts, I never meant it to sound like I was offended. I just thought it was funny. Also curious for an example and something that I never considered before.

    I wasn't getting shirty or anything, didn't mean it to sound that way :D


  • #110
    cgcsb
    Registered Users Posts: 9,262 ✭✭✭cgcsb


    I see the gay saunas of Spain reopened last night under strict conditions. 50% capacity and sterilized surfaces. I wonder what the HSE advice here is? Given the boiler house is the only such establishment in the state, I doubt there'll be specific guidelines like in Spain.


  • #111
    Heebie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,302 ✭✭✭Heebie


    cgcsb wrote:
    the boiler house is the only such establishment in the state

    The Dock/The Inn on the Liffey isn't in Ireland?


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  • #112
    cgcsb
    Registered Users Posts: 9,262 ✭✭✭cgcsb


    Heebie wrote: »
    The Dock/The Inn on the Liffey isn't in Ireland?

    It was but is no longer in existence.


  • #113
    Heebie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,302 ✭✭✭Heebie


    cgcsb wrote:
    It was but is no longer in existence.


    Recent development?


  • #114
    imme
    Registered Users Posts: 3,200 ✭✭✭imme


    Heebie wrote: »
    Recent development?

    Seems to be,

    There was a piece in the Irish Times at the time of this GCN article about saunas being moribund.

    https://gcn.ie/internet-probably-killed-irish-gay-sauna-scene/


  • #115
    L1011
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 67,523 Mod ✭✭✭✭L1011


    The building is up for sale.

    Note:

    1: No internal pictures
    2: The interesting euphemism of "health studio"

    The layout is visible (sauna, booths etc) on the floorplan but the brochure still has zero internal pictures

    http://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/mediamaster-s3eu/d/b/db0c7552fefc3c504e315d785cc6c5a9.pdf


  • #116
    Beechwoodspark
    Registered Users Posts: 15,279 ✭✭✭✭Beechwoodspark


    Often wondered, is the BH Lesbian/trans etc friendly ?


  • #117
    Gael23
    Registered Users Posts: 12,086 ✭✭✭✭Gael23


    Beechwoodspark wrote: »
    Often wondered, is the BH Lesbian/trans etc friendly ?

    It’s men only but trans could get in I guess


  • #118
    Mr rebel
    Registered Users Posts: 532 ✭✭✭Mr rebel


    L1011 wrote: »
    The building is up for sale.

    Note:

    1: No internal pictures
    2: The interesting euphemism of "health studio"

    The layout is visible (sauna, booths etc) on the floorplan but the brochure still has zero internal pictures

    http://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/mediamaster-s3eu/d/b/db0c7552fefc3c504e315d785cc6c5a9.pdf

    I thought you meant the Boilerhouse was up for sale first before I clicked on the link:eek:

    Anyway, I’m not a fan of saunas but felt it was a sort of “rites of passage” to visit the Boilerhouse at least once as I’ve been to all the other gay establishments in Dublin, so myself and a more experienced friend went there at the start of the year. It is fairly expensive to enter (think I paid €25) but I suppose it’s up to you then if you want to get your money's worth so to speak. I had a look around and left my friend there to enjoy himself once my curiosity was sated.


  • #119
    imme
    Registered Users Posts: 3,200 ✭✭✭imme


    Mr rebel wrote: »
    I thought you meant the Boilerhouse was up for sale first before I clicked on the link:eek:

    Anyway, I’m not a fan of saunas but felt it was a sort of “rites of passage” to visit the Boilerhouse at least once as I’ve been to all the other gay establishments in Dublin, so myself and a more experienced friend went there at the start of the year. It is fairly expensive to enter (think I paid €25) but I suppose it’s up to you then if you want to get your money's worth so to speak. I had a look around and left my friend there to enjoy himself once my curiosity was sated.

    What were you expecting
    What did you find


  • #120
    Mr rebel
    Registered Users Posts: 532 ✭✭✭Mr rebel


    imme wrote: »
    What were you expecting
    What did you find

    I was expecting it to be a huge place altogether but it was much more intimate. It was also very quiet with only around 12 guys or so there, and half of them were in the little bar area having a chat.
    It was pretty late on a Sunday night too though so I assume the place is much busier on a Friday and Saturday.


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  • #121
    Gael23
    Registered Users Posts: 12,086 ✭✭✭✭Gael23


    It’s good when you need a quick release but I always regret going in there


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