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[@liveloud9894]

“You’ve never had this thing serviced ,have you , tell the truth “ Lol

[@charlesmurphy1510]

Customer: “what can I say?”

[@albertmueller6616]

"YEA, YEA

[@shawnduguay6007]

I cant tell you how many guy would say "cant do nothing with it, its gotta be replaced" steve your a hell of a plumbing mechanic, this is the kind of mechanic I'm always trying to be...especially now a days with all these "daisies" running around claiming to be all around plumbers

[@malachy1847]

You're Old School and Honest to a fault, many of the newer folks / Kids just want to rip folks off, as a Landlord my tenants Boiler had a problem with a recirculation pump, the Company i tasked to look after our Property sent out their contracted heating engineer to replace same, he hadn't even a Standard hydronic 'Recirc' Pump in the truck ... he then told them there was NO pump in the Plumbing Supplier but was on Order and would take a week, I freaked when i found out.... as there were plenty on that Plumbing Suppliers shelves...plus there were three other Suppliers within a half mile radius, just either couldn't be bothered to do the job and swap out same...or more likely possibly stacking and racking his Jobs... bad Hombre's ... great work...

[@shawnduguay6007]

@@malachy1847 last week I went to an old ass boiler with an old oil to gas conversion burner gun the boiler wouldn't fire, and old man lived there I'm only 33 I had never seen anything like this before..I looked at it a bit used my multimeter and found the problem and old transformer, problem was it was tiny I couldn't get one to fit inside the conversion gun, so what I do? I got a regular transformer that I had already on me a little drilling and altered the conversion gun housing to accept the transformer, I swear I was so proud of.myself it was a "damn I'm good" moment I did tell the mans kids that they should start to think about replacing it, I could of not touched it, I worked with guys that would condemn the thing i never understood condemning a boiler theres always a way to fix things bug today that guy has heat

[@erikj.2066]

Old fella sounded like Mickey/Burgess Meredith from Rocky. "You're gunna eat lightning, and crap thunder!" mama...

[@nightfangs2910]

Get up you son of a bitch cuz mama loves you 😏😏😏

[@QuaabQueb]

I was thinking Cotton Hill

[@kevinwoodcock7578]

ROFL Erik!!!!

[@Fireship1]

Erik J. He really did!

[@23thebull]

@@nightfangs2910 lmfao😆😆😆😆

[@hugz0305]

I love steve! You never had this thing serviced... TELL THE TRUTH! 😂😂😂

[@MrHowieZ1973]

Sometimes you have to scold the customer to get through to them. We work miracles and save people from freezing to death. Its our job. I am glad you was able to bring him through. Hope the bill was high enough to remind him to get a service every year.

[@RobertL78]

If you can seal the rest of the tank off, hook a shop vac to a fitting up top and you get a few second of time to remove and replace that pipe nipple and valve coming out of the bottom of the tank. I’ve done it to full hydraulic oil reservoirs to pull a drain plug and replace it with a nipple and valve for service.

[@victorblackwood3727]

Steve for Assistant Vice President. We need more men that tell it like it is. Great Job

[@J-Colt]

Shame to keep that dog in a kennel in basement. Thanks for video Steven!

[@stevenlavimoniere]

i agree

[@robot1255]

A big dog can't be in a cage. however, maybe it was just while repair guy there.

[@billt5644]

I doubt Miss Molly has spent any time in a kennel. .. I wonder if that doberman is just there for the income a stud may bring in. Sad. Why would you have a dog in a kennel in a basement? Dogs? He is a backyard breeder.

[@medicalnegligence]

Customer: “Yeah, there should be goddamn oil in there”

[@davidl2650]

" That Don't Mean Shit!!"

[@picklerix6162]

That weird noise had me worried. I thought that he had a gremlin in a kennel.

[@markprescott6477]

it's called like the wacky wiggle ball or something like that. Solid green round plastic ball. We got one for our dogs last Christmas, and neither one of them cared for it all.

[@poyou8953]

Don't know how you can answer the phone while your working like that. A true multitasker!

[@johnmac9055]

Holy shit. This was one of the funniest videos I’ve seen on KZbin. The colloquy between Steve and the homeowner had me in stitches. I thought maybe by the fourth time he asked the guy if he smelled fumes upstairs, the guy would relent. Reminded me of one those cop shows where the investigator asks the same question 20 times hoping you will slip up.

[@jessicapreno8077]

Hi Steve, thanks for sharing the video, when you were pressurizing the tank I thought at that point that the vent was blocked, after seeing someone else remark I think the first valve at the tank was the problem, I have also been in the business for about 40 years out of Philly.

[@markschiavone8003]

Steve can sure beat a dead horse! No wonder why he is single. Imagine living with that?

[@PhilBourgeois]

mark schiavone he got a b&tch you didn’t see her at the beginning in the truck! 😂

[@kevinwoodcock7578]

He's a repeater momma!

[@donjohnson5172]

Gotta love a DIY customer. “I changed my filtah, and I bled the air” Yeah well now ya gonna pay me to do it the right way lol. Get em stevo

[@lee-johnson]

Take it easy on the guy Steve. He’s got a lot on his plate right now. Oh wait, this is Massachusetts, never mind.

[@patrickscott838]

You mean maskachusetts?

[@ChrisComp]

That guy reminds me of my grandfather thinks shit can just run with no Maintanace , Had Oil furnace troubel when i was a kid 90% of it was No one could tell Pap a damned thing . It missfired for a Mnth and Rumbled like Hell . Till one night she pumped the firebox full of fuel . I never went down the steps so fast here in my life making a run to that power switch . with the raw odor of fuel oil and seeing fuel run acrossed the Floor .....First time i ever barked back at my grandad i was hot at 15 years old i learned how to work on it my self with the help of a Real furnace man . If that bastard would have lit that night the house nor me and mom would be here today due to a hardheaded old man who wouldnt listen to shit

[@bradley.loveland]

Steve Lav is a REAL workin' man ya'll

[@joestinson7195]

this is your best video in a long time, entertaing as hell, it aint over yet!

[@Dr.Meola1980]

Love your videos buddy. When I run into a clogged tank like that. Don't be scared I hook 120 lb straight to it. All you need to do is pop up the compressor then put a ball valve on the line.then open the ball valve real quick on 120 lb then shut it right off and blow the clock right out of it. Never had an issue. Good luck keep up the good work

[@statedace3]

14 years later the guy calls again..Hey I'm ready for a service call..yeah Last year I had a New Tank and Oil furnace Installed !!.

[@SovereignTroll]

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

[@Patrick-c8x]

If you ever go to hell you'll be the #1 plumber there cuz every job you get is from hell 🔥 🤣🤣

[@SEDAZ01]

Steve when I heard that weird sound I was expecting that customer to appear as pennywise the clown and do you in just like the horror film.

[@Patrick-c8x]

LMAO 🤣🤣🤣

[@workinprogress4579]

Anyone else get a little tougher with their customers after watching steve's videos? lol

[@johnwalker890]

A lot of the customers don't understand yearly maintenance, your a good person for dealing with it.

[@gordonwilloughby8793]

Just a suggestion but instead of using disposable cartridges to blow out lines you could get a small empty propane tank or other small pressure tank and fill it with air from a compressor. Then refill it as needed.

[@65csx83]

He addressed that in another video. Using the CO2 device saves trips back and forth hauling tools especially when there are many stairs or lengthy distance.

[@tronixfix]

I know these types of basement... the oil burner smells like dog and the dog smells like oil burner 😅

[@thomasalbert8605]

That was definitely a shit show. I cleaned a furnace today that hadn't been serviced for 7 years and the thing was almost plugged up around heat exchanger. Those are easy ones to clean, I bet there is a lot of build up inside.

[@stillthakoolest]

"Ankle biters..." Steve: "DONT TALK THAT WAY ABOUT MISS MOLLY OKAY GUY! NEXT LEVEL, MAMA!"

[@tpcdude]

Who is more annoying the cell calls, the dog, the dog toy, or it's owner -- great work i could not work like that!

[@theshemullet]

Really liked the video. Only issue is I think you were a bit rough on the guy. I don't do burners for a living, I do computers. If your computer was stuffed up with all manor of programs, malware and other shit and was no longer behaving. I'd clean it up but I wouldn't denegrate you for it. I appreciate you have to hit home to some people that they need to keep up a proper regime of maintenance on their appliances. Great visuals to show what was the issue & the parts of the burner and great problem soluctioning on getting him going by relocating the fuel line and filter to the top of the tank. Really enjoyed the video. Thanks again.

[@superiorcomfortheatingairl3373]

I think this customer got the message on the importance of having HVAC equipment maintained, now if you can only get the other millions of Americans to do the same thing we will all be happier technicians. Good Video👍

[@MattyWill1]

I love the way these guys talk to each other up north. Is their oil in da tank?? Yea should be. Dat don't fucking mean shit. Lol

[@williamdwyer3302]

[don't miss this].did this service for years.tank needs to get replaced,but he's retired with limited budget.the tank installed was the cheapest on the market at the time.ive installed equiptment over 30 yrs ago still going.also had to replace cheap furnaces after 5 yrs,because customer is just trying to get by all the time.i always install extra large oil filters so I don't have to blowout lines and clean carbon out of the gun assemblies.many customers think they save by waiting til stuff breaks.extra large microflow filters stop all the sludge from getting by,the oil flow will stop going thru filter before lines,strainer,or nozzle get dirty.then you can get multiply years between services,but I don't tell customers that.fb-4,small genral just can filter just not enough for stopping sludge if not regulary serviced.i know a lot of tech's using car style garber,but found 700 better for me.newer bottom feed tank with twist on [garber] too low to ground to not make mess,plus they always get over tightened by the diy customers.if the customer was younger id say message back,id send video or pics of my 33 yr old furnace and twin 330 tanks.still smh a home is somebody's biggest investment in their life and skinp a couple hundred buck's up front to loose thousands down the road by installing the cheapest machanicals.

[@snowflakesnuffer9334]

Poor dogs. . so many frequencies being thrown by that boiler/burner. Should probably bunk them up somewhere else, or give them to someone who doesn't lock them up next to a headache box.. Dogs are not meant to be locked up.

[@nmccw3245]

That’s gotta be the grungiest nozzle Steve has ever shown us.

[@danfrederick3172]

I bet there was something wrong with that valve closest to the tank not letting anything through. The tank would have to be half full of sediment to block 20 psi

[@albertmueller6616]

@@ohger1 Probably was bad those old gate valves go bad also. But I could guess the valve may if not bad may have been clogged itself. Either way you would have to remove it and with all that fuel oil in the tank , I wouldn't want to. I love the fix he came up with . Can't say I would have thought of that one myself.

[@smason]

sounded like Rocky Balboa's trainer.

[@jayhvac4474]

Holy shit is right...That system hasn’t been serviced since the day it was installed. Great video!

[@kenworthNH]

I don't know, every time he "answered" a question my BULLSHIT alarm went off. He was preoccupied with blaming the service guy.

[@Bob.W.]

Seemed pretty quiet when he finally got it running.

[@robertv8851]

Firematic valve may have failed.

[@markprescott6477]

I wish Steve was local to my area. I would love to have him service my furance and AC. He is honest, and that is hard to come by in his line of work.

[@23thebull]

Got that right ✅

[@eddiekilby]

You earned your money on this one..............

[@blainefrizzell2329]

Give her the old how ya doin. Gosh you make me laugh

[@miketarbox1190]

"Keepin' it real with Steve"...

[@downrightme6811]

That guy should not be breeding dogs when he can’t even take care of his own heating system

[@Geo24400]

Steve your vids have taught me a lot. Thanks!

[@Trainman0401]

That was a brilliant temporary fix for the tank. Probably should invest in a new tank since his tank now has less capacity. Great video Steve.

[@Tracks777]

lovely video

[@joshuazeledon1323]

Give it the old "how ya doing" 9:50 🤣

[@MrJujubean]

give it the ole GUNDY

[@RamonEvans]

Jesus i’m from the south and you guys are so “rude” up north. But its an understandable language for y’all. Lol I love it

[@nightfangs2910]

I live right nearby Steve, yeah you need thick skin up here we are massholes and proud of it

[@gregmiracle9560]

Steve getting ass kicked Mama!! Lol That's a real working man!!

[@jonnyjetstreamer997]

Why the hell would that guy leave his dog in a crate barking and whining?

[@Newberntrains]

assuming its so the dog does not jump all over steve as hes working but i do wonder if it got let out after the service :(

[@petermasterson8276]

No,she's whining and dining.

[@Andrewatnanz]

I like watching your videos on my lunch break.

[@mikecrevier4686]

Ya gotta Steve's honesty with his customers " ya blew the head right off it". Yep I've never serviced it since 2009. Make the best out of whatever situation as a service tech but it has to be safe and operational. I got a serious laugh outta 😂 that one.

[@786otto]

He says I'm not calling Steve no more, I can not put up it with that, or maybe in ten years :).

[@kevinpoore5626]

You got to love war out equipment and a basement full of dogs LOL

[@arlynsmith9196]

Great job Steve. Wouldn't surprise me if that guy dumped a few cans of Lucas injector cleaner in the tank and thought it would be all good.

[@fiddlerpin]

I had a house once where a woman came to the door and when she opened it I almost puked. The living room floor was covered with dog crap! I told her to clean up her act and then I would return. I left !

[@65csx83]

So how did this resolve? Did you go back in the off season and desludge the tank and return the oil feed to the tank bottom?

[@tylerc7336]

My dog used to have that same plastic ball that makes that weird noise she hated it loves all toys except that one

[@chrisvaneps130]

"There should be godamn oil in it!"

[@idahofur]

After watching these videos. I'm so glad I never had a house with a oil anything in it. Talk about job security. I can see why several people are upgrading them or replacing them was gas. Esp. when the cost of heating oil goes through the roof.

[@jhonaker76]

idahofur the heat output for oil is a lot hotter than natural gas. I never had oil heat before I moved to the PNW, and it heats up the house super fast.

[@ChrisComp]

@@jhonaker76 Amen my grandfather replaced ours with gas. I wish the Oil furnace was back. .I installed a wood burning furnace in the basement. Now their is some heat compared to gas for sure

[@imxploring]

Did Steve get a call from a Chinese guy who found him on the internet and was looking for advice via the phone on how to fix his furnace?? LOL I would have taken his address and told him 20 minutes!!!

[@silversurfer1968]

That don't mean shit!! You Think he cares about you?? 🤣🤣😂😂😂

[@mikeg3888]

"I wish I could blame wife but I can't"

[@dgpuig45]

I'm sure glad that you asked him about that weird noise or I would have been wondering about it for life. Whenever I get a new battery for my car and it went a couple of years beyond its rated life span they always tell me "hell you should pay us for the extra years of life that you got out of this battery." That is what you should have told this guy about the maintenance free years he got out of that furnace. 🤣🤣

[@JDSWeather]

Molly is thinking that she wants to drive Steve

[@fiddlerpin]

When was the last time you had it serviced? What’s service?

[@robertv8851]

Love your dog.

[@BronxGummer]

10:48 - TOO FUNNY - the dog is playing with a toy and the owner says he can't go nowhere with out it - LOL 30:06

[@jeffcoolhd]

Steve your customer probably has dementia or Alzheimer's they tell lies all the time my father is the same way lies about everything. Your customer should have somebody come vacuum the tank out and then call for a fresh load of oil. Wow Steve you had to do a little work on that job but like always you did a great job. Peace brother and Miss Molly

[@riniflex01]

This video was so captivating, never thought I would be so intrigued by a service call for a furnace. I have the same burner, so I learned some stuff. Haha, Steve though, I could feel your frustration though the screen. That guy's lies, the dog barking and the dog's stupid toy was really pissing me off. Props on another job well done my man 👍👍👍🤙🤙🤙👏👏👏

[@robertrichard9460]

Always expect the unexpected right Steve? Whoa what a job!

[@autotalon]

"It smells like dog shit down here"

[@IceBerg2k]

Miss Molly is looking verry stylish today

[@bradcrooks3891]

Still using the same oil tank to this day.

[@petepete6912]

You have to take the filter housing off. Can't you hear the trapped air coming out?

[@Hubjeep]

23:18 I order online (even into the evening) and my guy delivers the next day! This is Long Island where there are a crap load of people though. No need for speed if you order early enough.

[@KingStreetRob]

Steve walks into absolute disasters of basements and just goes with the flow. This basement didn't look that bad but I have never seen him so upset about the condition of the furnace. Tell the truth you haven't had this serviced. Customer, I wish I could blame my wife. Lol...

[@moneymeezy8805]

Tell Rocky coach stop f***ing lieing he is to old for that! 😬😂😂😂 good thing you record all your service calls.

[@freddyv7546]

good idea putting the line and filter on the top.

[@georgeleon7747]

You're a good person,Steve.

[@sleepnumber6]

Give her the ole "how ya doin?"

[@billmiller5075]

Good work Steve , never know what your going to get into!

[@peppermint3159]

Been blaming his wife his whole life 😁 Ooh no Mamma!!

[@shawnduguay6007]

I thought steve was gonna make this guy sit in the corner for lieing to him, lmao steve was pissed, he taught this guy a real lesson... I dont know if it appropriate but its definitely true, I hope you charged him good for this....and by the way this guy is never gonna have it serviced again

[@tomharrell1954]

Wow much difference between up north and Florida. Broken A/C’s don’t burn the house down.

[@johnbratton8420]

Man that dog barking would have drove me nuts

[@ryns99]

Probably a stupid question Steve, but if a person wants to cut a hole in the side of a tank that was empty to clean up that muck and then weld a panel back on I don't suppose that would be legal eh

[@stevenlavimoniere]

good way to burn the house down

[@ryns99]

@@stevenlavimoniere well if the house burns down I guess I get the muck out one way or the other! Thanks for the reply love you videos!

[@cyberserf419]

Ryan Larcher i dont get why they dont put service panel on top of the tank

[@stockholm222]

If there is that much sludge,run a line into the top of the tank.

[@seafoodinspectors6206]

I seriously doubt that he changed the filter. By the look of the nozzle, I am sure that strainer was clogged. I am sure that heat exchanger and flue was plugged to all hell too. I guess you went into Escape From Alcatraz mode.

[@balamala2647]

I love dogs and I love your videos Steve!!

[@zekenzy6486]

Great Video. Big job today ^_^

[@SovereignTroll]

I had one about half that bad on the nozzle/electrodes but that retention head takes the cake. I couldn't get it to prime, even after running a new line and getting it out of buried in clay. They had two tanks filled two months before I came no heat call and turns out all 500 gallons leaked out into the dirt basement. A nightmare and the environment people requiring tank replacement.

[@davkevstev]

What a nightmare!!!

[@stevenlavimoniere]

yes for sure the job kicked my ass

[@FrankRuiz66]

Holy crap that was a wicked mess.

[@ClickinChicken]

what an engineer! where's the parrot? A Scout is helpful.

[@realestateservicessaleshea99]

Just like Colombo your sure you don't smell any oil upstairs? One more thing you don't smell any oil do you ..upstairs🤣😅🤣😅🤣😅🤣🥃🥃🥃🍺 Jus say'n Never worked before. Stay safe. Wear your safety glasses !!