Plumbing & Air by Tom, LLC Mikey Pipes Winter Garden, Florida 02/06/2024 @aosmith #heatpump #waterheater #orlandoplumber
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@jerihillken2 ай бұрын
Glad to see the boss coaching the helper instead of taking over or ridiculing him.
@MikeyPipesOrlando2 ай бұрын
👍
@jamesrecknor67526 ай бұрын
Excellent teaching
@MikeyPipesOrlando6 ай бұрын
Glad you think so!
@bkoz3196 ай бұрын
Thanks for showing the mistakes, everybody makes them, leadership right here showing how to prevail
@MikeyPipesOrlando6 ай бұрын
Win win 🏅
@paulyanega23736 ай бұрын
hey Mike, its amazing how much sharper you are than these other guys.. nice pro install
@MikeyPipesOrlando6 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching
@INUMINIUM6 ай бұрын
Tom seems like very nice guy! I hope they know it will pay off amazing job everyone involved! Excited to see the future
@MikeyPipesOrlando6 ай бұрын
Thanks so much!
@kaiserhead6 ай бұрын
Heat pump water heater makes so much sense in Florida garages, never understood why you would burn electricity or gas to create heat....in Florida! I'm not convinced that heat pump water heaters make sense in the north as they steal heat from the inside of the house in the winter. Maybe monoblock air to water heat pumps make more sense in the north. Great job on the install.
@MikeyPipesOrlando6 ай бұрын
Heat pump water heaters in Florida garages are perfect in the summers.
@MegaBait16166 ай бұрын
nice work Mike.........
@MikeyPipesOrlando6 ай бұрын
Thanks. The homeowner was especially impressed with the use of copper.
@GoldenPlumbingNaples6 ай бұрын
Nice install 🤙 I gave up draining water heaters the traditional way. Usually there’s too much sediment. Ain’t nobody got time for that. The M18 pump is 1/2” fip if you unscrew the factory hose fittings. I use a 1/2” mip x f1960 adapter to make a “dip tube” for the hot side, just have to bust out the heat trap. Drains a WH in 4 minutes flat
@MikeyPipesOrlando6 ай бұрын
Usually do but didn’t have any nipples on the truck
@GoldenPlumbingNaples6 ай бұрын
@@MikeyPipesOrlando No nipples needed my way, just a piece of 1/2” pex on the inlet side of the pump. It’ll slide inside the HW outlet
@jamesrecknor67526 ай бұрын
Way to go! @@GoldenPlumbingNaples
@1966spyderco6 ай бұрын
My son lives in Winter Garden. Great channel man. Im down there all next week. great area
@MikeyPipesOrlando6 ай бұрын
Great. Winter Garden is a great area - especially Horizon West
@TheRAMBO91916 ай бұрын
Goood shiii💪🏼💯 22 years old daammnn yea time to go. Mine is currently 13 years old, also everyone will learn deh wey of pipe doctor💪🏼 guna make the business boom even more professionally! 💯💵💵
@MikeyPipesOrlando6 ай бұрын
That’s the plan Rambo
@DrainMedic6 ай бұрын
I knew you would use copper. ☀needs a propress . Nice job once again.
@MikeyPipesOrlando6 ай бұрын
Thanks 👍
@MikeyPipesOrlando6 ай бұрын
Haha, you called it! Copper is my jam. Thanks for the shoutout, my friend!
@robertmartinez12286 ай бұрын
I'm diggin' it Mikey pipes.i'm diggin' it dawg.
@MikeyPipesOrlando6 ай бұрын
Loving the love.
@robertmartinez12286 ай бұрын
@@MikeyPipesOrlandoyour very good bro. you know your stuff.i like watching you for some knowledge on plumbing.
@Ozzie4Para5 ай бұрын
I had a Rheem hybrid water heater in my previous house. I bought it in 2018 and it worked great for the time I lived in the house. I sold the house three years later which was in 2021. The person who bought the house from me called me for any advice I could give them on who to repair the water heater because the heat pump stopped working. I didn't have a clue. They finally got someone out to look at it but they wouldn't touch it because it was in fact a hybrid water heater. The repair man told them those water heaters aren't worth his time to repair because there are too many things that could possibly go wrong and he didn't want to have any liability. That being that, I would never buy another hybrid water heater again. They save a lot of money on your electric bill but chances are it won't last long enough to pay for itself.
@MikeyPipesOrlando5 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing
@blazetownsend87855 ай бұрын
That is normally a problem of training. At first, when hybrid systems were first coming out, many plumbers said that, now it is more about if they got the training. I had a issue with mine shortly after install, turned out that someone hooked up the capacitor wrong at factory and it took them about 30 minutes to fix. Under warranty, if the something happens to the sealed heatpump system the whole tank from Rheem is replaced based on the manual. And in my case, that is within the 10 years warranty. Outside of that, the system is simple. Single phase heatpump (just on or off), fan, computer, heating elements, and capacitor for starting and running the system. No one needs to mess with the sealed system so the heatpump isn't even touched in repairs.
@Chris_In_Texas6 ай бұрын
5:09 Its the Florida heat in February! Little winded there sir! 👍🤠
@MikeyPipesOrlando6 ай бұрын
You got that right!
@walnutcontractors56616 ай бұрын
The rheem proterra hybrid has scheduling so you can have a time period where the tank gets up to 140. You only need to run at 140 periodically to take care of legionaries and can run lower the rest of the time.
@MikeyPipesOrlando6 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing
@kens.37296 ай бұрын
Rule # 1, Don’t set your Callaway Golf Bag and Clubs next to the Water Heater just in case it Malfunctions and/or starts Leaking. 🤪👎
@MikeyPipesOrlando6 ай бұрын
Smart tip
@consolidatedplumbingandhea43906 ай бұрын
I remember getting to a job and finding that the water heater had been placed gas valve side down. I found out when I got it off the truck, unboxed it, and found the gas valve snapped off. Fun day....
@MikeyPipesOrlando6 ай бұрын
that sucks BIG TIME
@user-ln7of9gs4s5 ай бұрын
1:50 if you wanted to be safe, why not put the wire nuts on the line side wires that could be energized, rather than the water heater wires which will be disappearing with the water heater?
@MikeyPipesOrlando5 ай бұрын
okay
@Chris_In_Texas6 ай бұрын
6:48 That is why you use the water pressure to try and blow out the valve at the beginning! It can really help, vs the little bit of vacuum of the pump while its trying to prime! LOL
@MikeyPipesOrlando6 ай бұрын
We did dummy!
@CP-up8qz6 ай бұрын
John Phillip installed that RUUD
@MikeyPipesOrlando6 ай бұрын
😱
@CP-up8qz6 ай бұрын
@@MikeyPipesOrlando didn’t mean that in a bad way haha he loves his CPVC
@MrInkotime6 ай бұрын
Christian is a good kid.
@MikeyPipesOrlando6 ай бұрын
He’s a grown man but I catch your drift.
@ethane82196 ай бұрын
Amazing nobody has taught him how to position pliers for righty tighty lefty loosie
@MrInkotime6 ай бұрын
@@MikeyPipesOrlando can he legally drink?
@scottvolage17526 ай бұрын
Keeping it real Mikey Pipes. Smash the Florida Lifestyle.
@MikeyPipesOrlando6 ай бұрын
Love Florida
@samxoff6 ай бұрын
Hey, Mike. I hope all is well. I have a question for you regarding hybrids. Is there any means for determining if the hybrid needs to be vented? I noticed this setup was not vented and was curious when I switch to a hybrid if it's necessary to vent, etc. Thanks for your time, and keep killing it!
@MikeyPipesOrlando6 ай бұрын
Not necessary to vent. They make an optional venting kit if the cold temperature output from the top is a concern
@landontakeamericaback21066 ай бұрын
Hey mike theres a fitting on that hose bib not sure it changes pressure but it greatly reduces volume.
@MikeyPipesOrlando6 ай бұрын
Does not change pressure.
@joshuaseaton45266 ай бұрын
Oh, and as I'm watching. Just take a hammer and bang off the drain valve, you don't need to unscrew it :).
@MikeyPipesOrlando6 ай бұрын
Haha yeah right
@joshuaseaton45266 ай бұрын
@@MikeyPipesOrlando It's what I do.
@joshuaseaton45266 ай бұрын
Nice rattle box Gooman air handler I see. Oh Florida!!!!!
@MikeyPipesOrlando6 ай бұрын
Sure is!
@Steve-bm2zm6 ай бұрын
Hybrid water heaters are great for Florida. There are tax credits as well.
@MikeyPipesOrlando6 ай бұрын
Correct ☑️
@harveypaxton12326 ай бұрын
I would like to see an apples-to-apples comparison of the operating costs of the heat pump waterheaters vs gas.
@Jesse-kf9ik6 ай бұрын
I have an ao smith and it tracks the energy. In Florida hybrid vs electric only mode is about 3-5 less energy used.
@MikeyPipesOrlando6 ай бұрын
Correct
@xcaldyx6 ай бұрын
Mikey easily charged the home owner 4500-5000 to install that water heater. Water heater 1800+ copper pipe/propress/expansiontank $200= 2000x100% markup=$4000 Parts Mikey pipes labor $900+85(trip charge)+ 150 shipping and handling fee. $5,135
@MikeyPipesOrlando6 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing your thoughts! It's always interesting to see different perspectives on pricing and labor costs. We have a company policy to not discuss pricing. But we love to read comments from the community. Don't forget to add sales tax to the Great State of Florida in your future calculations!
@patmurphy24726 ай бұрын
Amazes me they use CPVC down there. A little scary.
@harryschrysan31836 ай бұрын
It looks so brittle. I would be scared to even touch this shit material.
@MikeyPipesOrlando6 ай бұрын
It’s the only thing I’m paranoid about in Florida is cpvc
@jayphillips-xx7hd6 ай бұрын
Hey Mike, you should use auto cutters to cut that CPC that I won’t break better than using the scissor type cutters, just saying
@hjc07065 ай бұрын
I have a dual gas heaters setup 40 gal each. Will the larger heatpump water heater work? Or would I need dual heat pump water heaters?
@MikeyPipesOrlando5 ай бұрын
Why so much DHW?
@hjc07065 ай бұрын
@@MikeyPipesOrlando not sure what you mean. Dual heating water? I have 5 bathrooms .
@PipeDoctor5 ай бұрын
What is dual? Two tanks?
@hjc07065 ай бұрын
@@PipeDoctor Dual water heaters that are both 40 gallons natural gas.
@dougstuart92226 ай бұрын
TOM, TOM, TOM....
@MikeyPipesOrlando6 ай бұрын
Mike, Mike, Mike
@richardgreen70486 ай бұрын
Hi Mike,buffalo New Yorker here, just wondering down there in Florida, with the weather they get , apparently hot water tank hurricane straps, are not a code down there, just wondering,
@MikeyPipesOrlando6 ай бұрын
Nope not required - BTW, for water heaters it’s called Earthquake straps
@Jesse-kf9ik6 ай бұрын
I installed one of these heat pump water heaters from AO smith and the compressor only lasted 6 months. Lowes reviews for their units all show the same major problems. Wouldn’t recommend since ao smith was a pain for warranty. Eventually got them to replace and pay labor since they don’t fix any compressors at all period.
@MikeyPipesOrlando6 ай бұрын
Came from a plumbing distributor. Not Lowe’s. Different line.
@Jesse-kf9ik6 ай бұрын
@@MikeyPipesOrlando thanks for response. Hopefully I just got a dud then and it will last. I saw the video and was like if Mikey pipes is installing AO smith it ought to be fine. Time will tell!
@danacevedo46506 ай бұрын
Nice install Mike! Likin' the channel! I'm a M.P. in N.J. moving to Palmetto Florida in about a year. If I may ask, how did you acquire your Florida license? Thanks in advance!
@MikeyPipesOrlando6 ай бұрын
Registered t take exam. Took exams. Went before board. Got licensed. They do not reciprocate.
@kmuttleyjr1476 ай бұрын
How bout those new Bosch 40 gal tank electric water heaters??
@MikeyPipesOrlando6 ай бұрын
I don’t know about them
@01Hokiefan6 ай бұрын
How did you pipe in the condensate drain? Drill a hole to right outside?
@MikeyPipesOrlando6 ай бұрын
Yes
@DCHVAC6 ай бұрын
Woah looks like someone sent a screw through it.
@MikeyPipesOrlando6 ай бұрын
Looks can be deceiving. That was just a factory hole on top of the tank
@joshuaseaton45266 ай бұрын
@@MikeyPipesOrlando I just installed one of these for one of my customers but it was a Rheem. They are very similar to the AO smith actually. I ducted the exhaust into the return air of the air handler for the summer and teed off to the attic for the winter. I'm doing another one next week in an interior closet that I'm going to duct into a small spare bedroom for some free cooling for grandma when she visits :).
@CelticDT6 ай бұрын
Easy water softener sale right there
@MikeyPipesOrlando6 ай бұрын
next time
@paulkenney58466 ай бұрын
Sorry Mike you got it wrong it’s supposed to be gotleake
@MikeyPipesOrlando6 ай бұрын
lol
@isaacehrlich92776 ай бұрын
You never wore.
@MikeyPipesOrlando6 ай бұрын
Huh?
@TIMGIM-bd8nh5 ай бұрын
is it hot in that Florida?
@MikeyPipesOrlando5 ай бұрын
during the summer, fuck yeah
@michaelpaulsen646 ай бұрын
Am I wrong or is that PVC on top of that water heater? I guess that’s code there
@MikeyPipesOrlando6 ай бұрын
The existing is CPVC. The new was copper. Yes it’s code here in Florida
@JOHNPHUFNAGEL6 ай бұрын
Mike, do you have a lot of experience with that heater? I have been thinking of getting one and a couple reviews on it are not good.I am nervous about spending that much money on a water heater.
@MikeyPipesOrlando6 ай бұрын
I hear its a great heater for Florida garages
@RGNHomeSolutions6 ай бұрын
You always use copper because that's what's required in New York. Let's see some PEX.
@MikeyPipesOrlando6 ай бұрын
Okay 👍
@danny3026 ай бұрын
I do find it strange how you ended up with Tom as a partner. You don't seem to be anything alike and run your businesses in a totally different manner. Maybe I missed the video but how did you end up joining his company?
@MikeyPipesOrlando6 ай бұрын
Tom signed up for Plumbing Contractor Makeover.
@back2backjack16 ай бұрын
U guys remind me of Forest Gump!! Stupid is as Stupid does!!!
@MikeyPipesOrlando6 ай бұрын
Haha, well, we'll take that as a compliment! Just trying to keep it entertaining for you guys.
@ericmilburn98415 ай бұрын
I cant see putting this type of waterheater in your house. Since the biproduct is cold air and your using conditioned air for this unit to operate. Which means your burning money.
@MikeyPipesOrlando5 ай бұрын
wrong....every $1 of electric used gives you $4 of DHW
@ericmilburn98415 ай бұрын
@@MikeyPipesOrlando Great video. Heat pump water heaters not great in my area. Instantaneous is the way to go. That way you’re not pulling any conditioned air.
@MikeyPipesOrlando5 ай бұрын
@@ericmilburn9841 this heat pump went into their garage. It’s perfect as it will cool off their garage in the summertime
@ericmilburn98415 ай бұрын
@@MikeyPipesOrlando that definitely would be a good location with that climate. In my area we are mostly LP gas. So heating can get expensive even with a high efficiency furnace.
@tanksgarage58216 ай бұрын
My water heater is from 1981. Lol
@MikeyPipesOrlando6 ай бұрын
God bless that water heater
@tanksgarage58216 ай бұрын
@MikeyPipesOrlando that's for sure, guess glass lined meant something back then lol
@ItsTheCostanza6 ай бұрын
Did Steve Lav install that? lol
@gmard16 ай бұрын
I was hoping that was Christian, Air Force none
@MikeyPipesOrlando6 ай бұрын
Nope.
@ItsTheCostanza6 ай бұрын
It seems like Florida is a little botched with their HVAC lol
@MikeyPipesOrlando6 ай бұрын
Just a tad
@ItsTheCostanza6 ай бұрын
@@MikeyPipesOrlandodifferent states do things differently
@kmuttleyjr1476 ай бұрын
$5.00 off for using the customers tools. $50.00 off for transporting incorrectly.
@MikeyPipesOrlando6 ай бұрын
lol 😂
@abrucetar6 ай бұрын
Mikey, you need to give lessons on how to use wrenches🤦🏼♂️
@MikeyPipesOrlando6 ай бұрын
Tell me about it
@orteg39406 ай бұрын
Mike, you have to spend much more time to train people there. Very inefficient, the lead tech doesn't know how to hold a channellocks dude...
@MikeyPipesOrlando6 ай бұрын
Slow and steady wins the race
@orteg39406 ай бұрын
you got it MIKE@@MikeyPipesOrlando
@alanporter37676 ай бұрын
These Florida guys aren't very bright Mikey Pipes. Just saying
@MikeyPipesOrlando6 ай бұрын
Learning curve. Patience
@abrucetar6 ай бұрын
Agreed
@DabblelyDiddly6 ай бұрын
jesus fuck cpvc supplys its worse than my house
@MikeyPipesOrlando6 ай бұрын
lol
@dan82206 ай бұрын
A.O.Smith makes junk. Can’t stand em. Brand new water heater and less than 8 months new pressure relief valve and new thermostats, never had junk like this in all my years.
@MikeyPipesOrlando6 ай бұрын
Maybe you’ve got other issues external to the heater to diagnose
@dan82206 ай бұрын
@@MikeyPipesOrlando I considered that but I don’t see what it could have been. it’s electric. Had the last GE tank for 18 years, it started to leak around the welding of the heating element. Replaced with AO and 2 problems already. Voltage is fine, proper expansion tank installed. You know far more than me about them but I don’t see where a problem could be, if it were gas maybe but electric is straight forward.