NEW CUSTOMER BOILER HAS MANY ISSUES TOTAL SERVICE - REPAIR

[@RangerCaptain11A]

that rant scored a 10! there are people walking among us who don't know what's what, but they run their mouth anyway!

[@chuckquinn8026]

The only persons you need to worry about is Miss Molly and yourself Steve!

[@dwaynebaker9756]

Steve,the pex plumbing pipe is the plumbers Dream for the New Generation plumbers ❤❤❤

[@boomer9900]

Good rant. My father taught me never to look for trouble. It has served me well.

[@masterofdisaster203]

You brush it down and vacuum it out because soot acts as a insulator causing you heat transfer efficiency to decrease dramatically. You change the filter because it’s a filter. Oil flow has nothing to do with it. Your flow will remain the same, but your pump pressure will change. What do you wait for a nozzle to plug or a filter to be full of sludge before you change it? That’s like saying oh the nozzle is still spraying so no reason to change that. I’m amazed that you can tell by eye on a boiler that the smoke is at a trace and that you o2 and C0 and CO2 are correct. The shister is you for doing a half ass cleaning.

[@robertgerber2533]

I agree. That filter can be almost clogged and may fail in a month. I thought the whole idea of a tuneup is for preventing problems

[@marks.4388]

Good job Steven! Another happy customer!

[@Eddy63]

Can't believe it's heating season already ... Lol ... Good vid ... Thx for sharing ...

[@acts_of_random_kindness5018]

To me when I was landscaper I took care of plants that some thought needed to be replaced, they were rose bushes stayed small for years until I came along and pruned them to help them breathe, they quadrupled in size and never had to be replaced. These days I am a sales person, now I don’t tell people to buy everything instead I do respect their decision and budget, heck over time I learned to pick up on certain ques when one is questionable. But over all I do not sell if they don’t need or want. Selling people what they don’t need or want will often make them go “I going somewhere else”, so I do respect how Steve operates since it better to care about what a customer needs and discuss rather than waste their money they didn’t agree to 😂. Just had to say my piece.

[@tonym6920]

Hey Steve and Miss Molly! Workin’ again y’all. 👍👍. Really nice work Steve!

[@gidzey4783]

Steve! Im glad you are using both teflon and pipe dope now! I used to just use pipe dope and had leaks on those joints a year later. Ever since using both, i havent had a single leak in years.

[@Adam_Poirier]

Nice work Steve you make it look easy! 70° today it’s hard to believe it’s nearing the end of October

[@carlmasi1063]

Great job have a good weekend love your dog

[@Brad1237202]

Love the channel Steven! From all the facilities guys at the hospital. We get an education from every video, (and sometimes a laugh when you talk to the customer!)

[@tjhanlonjr]

Steve is my kind of people would love to have a beer and chat it would be a plast I bet

[@javiergalvan242]

Another great video Steve. Keep the video's coming and remain blessed! :)

[@Timothychristensen1]

I go just hand tight for the expansion tanks especially off of an air scoop, have had them Crack before

[@andrewfrazier4813]

Steve , ur my mentor keep up the great videos

[@greggaieck4808]

Steven lavimonier you do a great job rixing het and ac

[@larryrivers2752]

If it ain't broke, don't fix it! KISS!!!!! Get 'em Steve, there needs to be more like you.

[@Joe_HamRadioGuy]

Well said rant. That's what makes you an honest person as well if it don't need it there's no reason to charge extra for something not needed. But oh boy if you would have cleaned the boiler and it didn't need it those same people would come back whining why'd you clean it if it didn't need it. Contradicting themselves. Keep up the good work haters will be haters.

[@markw2266]

Now that's a tee shirt. Some people are just stuck on stupid. I like how quickly you backed that guy down. He was about to give you shit and instead, you got free parts..

[@anthonygasparini1734]

Nice work Steve, as always Momma!

[@danwittels5542]

That was an excellent rant! I'm sure it gets old getting trolled by armchair super techs.

[@mr.r9505]

You just do you don't worry about anyone else comments...ya do good work.

[@milotorres6894]

Love that saying Steve , some ppl stuck on stupid permanently is a nice way to put it , nice work always with Molly keeping you with good company..👍✌️💪🙏😔😸💎🖖🤙

[@dangates3022]

love the rant at the end i hear ya it's T and M so the customer is paying why do it if it dont need it that bill was pretty high after all that work dont gouge the customers eyes out while your there and they will call you back if there is any problems but most likely because of your experience it wont be related to what you did at all love the videos and your work ethics

[@Jakeplayz659]

period. deep breath lol...I enjoyed the rant as well!

[@ClickinChicken]

Miss molly is from Mexico! Love it!

[@nunavutrob1]

up here (canadian arctic) we use glycol some mess when we have a LEAKER MAMA !!! thx for the tips throughout the years.

[@--harry_]

I hate the smell when i am working on one that's a real leaka with glycol. On related to that statement, My father has it in his boiler also because he has his garage floor and sidewalk done. Coolest thing ever, nothing like working on a car with a warm floor and can't beat when it snows he opens the sidewalk valve and it melts the snow and the water evaporates.

[@Fuhkheadd]

Good vid, although as my old teacher would say many moons ago: "If I catch you using a single pipe wrench im going to use the other one to beat you with" lol

[@craigharding475]

Yeah, I know what you mean.

[@jteddy11]

Love the tech tips, but I forgot what that one was. That's right, the mineral oil in the pipe dope.

[@gregorychalmers2466]

I have rental houses and listening to your customer interaction is an education

[@RafaMorfLuos]

"Pull your head out of your ass!" HAHA! I agree. I come here to watch and learn. Obviously, Steve, you know 100% what you are doing. Another great video as always. Thanks!

[@marysoliv]

thank you steve ,nice video

[@johnwalker890]

Good job Steve.

[@tmactheplumber4966]

Mineral oil, I did not know that. Good tech tip !

[@potatolew4495]

Hello Steve, I wanted to comment on your rant about all the "professional" techs leaving the comments about what you should have done. I am 45 presently and started working for a company that only serviced oil burners when I was 17, the owner always preached to me that we fix what is necessary and check full operation at the end of the job. We NEVER sell or perform unnecessary repairs just because we are there, that is what separates someone that knows the equipment and one that just goes through the motions and is a greedy bastard. Keep up the great honest work, cheers from L.B.I.N.j.

[@jacobgeorge7801]

Steve, we all greatly appreciate your videos. So many companies talk about the shortage of tradesman and how it's only getting worse. Your videos in particular have helped train me. Please keep them coming... Question for you from a different video: Do you have anything against air admittance valves on drains? I noticed you didn't install one on a previous video where an elder lady had the kitchen sink vent too far away to be effective and the sink drained slowly.

[@Fireship1]

Nice job Steve!

[@zeroheat5787]

Great job, Mr Lav. To all plumbers and Heating techs out there: What is your preference or standard on domestic coils that are no longer being used. Do Y'all leave them open ended, cap them, keep them filled? Twice in 21 years I've seen them cut, but not capped. I looped them and connected a prv with a backflow. My thought was to keep it pressurized in case the coil starts to leak. Just asking, I know there's no right answer.

[@buffydog21]

I would never tell you how to do your business, because I'm in the HVAC business. Most of these people telling you, that you didn't do this or didn't do that, are probably not in the HVAC business either. I leave you alone as far as telling you what I think, because I don't know HVAC, but I love watching your videos. Tell them (trolls), leave professional diagnosis, to the professionals!!

[@JosephGetchel]

And Steve doesn’t need to be telling other techs how they should do their jobs! He needs to learn MYOB, and do his job well. Besides, the ‘other tech’ isn’t even in his territory, so why bitch and moan about what someone else is doing? No one is perfect, not even Steven!

[@josephlivoti8143]

Nice tech tip about the mineral oil and pipe dope.

[@frankfranco1638]

I use cutting oil too

[@hassanhassan-rz6bp]

thank you steven i love your channel

[@bluemoth1879]

Totally agree. 100% keep it simple stupid and if it ain’t broke don’t fix it…:) Godspeed. 🤙🤙🥂

[@northwoodsguy1538]

I would hire you and Molly in a minute if you were in my area.🐕🍺

[@kylebass4635]

Miss Molly says turn up the heat!!!!! Good rant. Just like I don't use a whistle stick to fill a underground tank. Never have used one. Stick it so you know about how much it will take, put my pipe in the fill pipe, nozzle in that and let it fill. You can hear it when it's almost full. We've been doing the job long enough to know how to get the work done.

[@fogduker3131]

Great videos not a Hvac guy but fined your videos interesting keep em coming 👍

[@russellhancock9765]

As long as it works like it supposed to, I wouldn't care how You did it.

[@willcojak9650]

keeping people warm

[@FUCKLIFE2323]

Jesus that poor relief ain’t coming off anytime soon 😂

[@patburnsent]

If you have an issue with his service Miss Molly will be taking names and kicking ass.

[@patmurphy2472]

That unit needed a lot of work. Nicely done.

[@FrancisKoczur]

Went to buy a .75 70b solid nozzle, it's up to $10 now

[@RockoRocko-rz7kx]

That’s 55 dollars Canadian dont ya know…. Eh

[@earlblakley4910]

You had enough to do on that call. The readings looked good.

[@DAS-Videos]

That rusty can of pipe dope looks to be 40 years old :-)

[@tyhuffman5447]

Man we've been watching your videos long enough to know how to tell you how to do your job. We know what time it is. 😆

[@greggaieck4808]

Steven lavimonier I like your utube videos are

[@crispicrit]

helicopter comments can be a real shitshow lol

[@seniorcomputer3292]

Heating season maintenance is in full mode of operation. What PSI are those automatic feeders set at? Thank you

[@--harry_]

Around 12 psi

[@SmurfnPurple]

Tell ‘em Steve

[@jasongeo2]

Omg Steve I can't believe you didn't check the output voltage of the transformer.

[@realestateservicessaleshea99]

You would be a fool if you worried about what people thought of you,especially at this stage of your life!😂🤣😂 Thanks for the video! 🥃🥃🍺🍺🍺🍿🎯 Stay safe. Retired (werk'n)keyboard super tech. Wear your safety glasses!

[@dougstuart9222]

Everybody's an expert! Too many people stuck on stupid...

[@xX_Kryptis_Xx]

Damn armchair experts think they know everything.. If your not the one working on it shut up I say... Steve knows what hes doing..

[@leroygreen1877]

Steve is a seasoned tech don't question his experience!

[@CaddyBlues]

Steve I’ve got an old buderus with riello burner. I smell a diesel smell in my yard when it’s running, assuming it’s coming from the chimney. Is that normal? I’d appreciate your advice, awesome videos you have!

[@stevenlavimoniere]

MOST LICKLY A WINDY DAY SO THE FUMES MIGHT BE GETTING MOVED AROUND BY THE WIND

[@CaddyBlues]

@@stevenlavimoniere thanks! Just wanted to be sure it’s normal. It comes and goes when I’m in my yard, but no soot seen from chimney.

[@rrcoster]

Good old Steve good job...takes experience and years of service and not just these college book tell ya got follow the book or doing it wrong.....save yourself time and customer money if not needing done

[@johngallati8164]

YOUR SMARTER THAN 90PERCENT I WOULDN'T CARE EITHER...THEY DONT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT.

[@Hartevar0]

I love the video's from Evan Hart UK

[@madusan1]

So I guess HVAC techs don't change the filters in their car when they change their oil? How long does it takes to check? Flow rate does not determine the filter... the pump will pump harder if clogged or slightly clogged putting undue stress in pump.

[@user-zl1bh2gk1b]

Nice job Steve. Can you come to the Cape?? Looking for a great oil tech! 👍

[@stevenlavimoniere]

SORRY TO FAR TO TRAVEL

[@user-zl1bh2gk1b]

@@stevenlavimoniere No problem 👍

[@andrewtiefry5990]

I was told by a older fella once . Sumtimes you have to pass someone off to get something done

[@russelhancock5718]

Pex fittings are a lot more expensive than Cooper. These New Plumbers don't know how to soilder Cooper like You can.

[@arthurme1911]

Where I live in British Columbia Canada when I get furnace fuel they bring Diesel fuel not the pink stuff

[@upcomingcloudrapperluca7645]

Comparing these systems to the type we have in England blows my mind

[@craigharding475]

He hates basements. I wish I had a basement, I have a 18" dirt crawl space with big spiders, webs and cave crickets. But I took it on when I had to. The PEX? It is the lazy tech`s choice, but they don`t charge any less for it. Not as long-lasting as copper and requires less skill, just some special equipment outlay up front.

[@russelhancock5718]

My House had a tank full of Rust. It gave trouble every time I got oil. I think I changed the filter every time, but it didn't do any good because My tank was so bad.

[@shemp308]

Maybe a dumb question! But if the boiler leaks all or most of the water out would it shutdown? Gas or oil?

[@erikj.2066]

Newer ones are equipped with a low water cut off if the system water level drops below a certain point. This one looks to be too old for that.

[@take1one]

I need to buy a new oil furnace and would like to know what brand would you recommend?

[@miriamvivo4279]

Great job well done as always. I had oil boiler swapped to gas about 10 years ago. Have cast iron rsdiators , should have gone with hot air/ac combo

[@seniorcomputer3292]

Never give up hot water heat. Opinion.

[@--harry_]

Boilers don't dry out the air like furnaces, they hold a more even temp, normally quieter, versatile.. versatile. Zone rooms or floors. Heat radiators, baseboards, kick space units under cabinets in ceiling or walls, hanging unit heaters, domestic hot water heater, radiant heat in floors, towel racks, heat hot tubs, or pools. You can even put a hot water coil on your air handler to make it like a furnace. my father did his garage floor (warm floor to work on car is awesome), sidewalks (melts snow and ice evaporates water). You can do any mix or all the above, at the same time from your existing boiler.

[@erikj.2066]

As someone who’s lived with both, hands down boiler every time.

[@gyver471]

Black pipe and copper looks terrible, just cause you don’t want to solder. Great job on everything else very thorough.

[@nickauclair1477]

Holy mama. It's afraid of branches MOLLY.

[@mictreful]

at least you`re not a dust and adjust tech you do some prime work screw those complainers oh and I used to make it a practice to write down the drafts on the tag keeps the insurance adjuster`s off your butt I`m retired but I miss the work

[@pauldhennessey]

Nice job cleaning those electrodes. They looked nice and dirty after you cleaned them which begs the question, why bother

[@robertgerber2533]

Hey Steve. How about some tool links

[@brianmoore5498]

i would guess you have forgotten more about service than most commenters ever knew. seems like that gauge should be called a duodecator instead of a tridecator since it measures two things not three. but what do i know? not much!

[@doncoville5487]

Temp press alt

[@scotthill1278]

Just like wrenching on cars, it's all used parts now. If it ain't broke don't F### with it.

[@786otto]

Guege should be caled doublecatot is heat and presure:)

[@DAS-Videos]

He's going to need a new boiler soon, the plate for the tankless hot water is looking very leaky and crusty.

[@drumhd1]

Hate those tankless coils. Once those bolts are frozen you’re SOL.

[@eddiew.6485]

A little Anti-Seize on those bolts goes a long way……..never an issue. Unfortunately, I never see it done by the “Seasoned” techs……..just saying!

[@tombeilman5579]

Your show rant all you want

[@cesarvillasenor8033]

What tool did he use to check the pressure of the tank?

[@guidedbygreen1480]

A pressure gauge? Like for checking a bike tire

[@jw404]

Steve needs a statue of him in town square

[@jspinosa50]

Is the thermometer in a well?

[@thahitman2]

Can you just put air in the accumulator tank instead of replacing it?

[@Baknefct]

Is that oxygen barrier pex?

[@billmurphy9543]

No matter what always change the filters

[@jacobgeorge7801]

I get what Steve is saying. He wants return service. And the customer is definitely ok with that because they don't want to buy new things in plumbing on every service call. Both win. How often do you change the air filter in your car cabin?

[@deadstiff6486]

I thought miss molly was an Italian!

[@pedrodog7855]

Haha Miss Molly is in the mafia !

[@dougstuart9222]

Love me some Miss Molly

[@El-mega]

Are you able to come over to Methuen mass ????

[@michaelkaylor4779]

How can you tell what size nozzle the boiler takes ?

[@chrisE815]

Didn't watch the video yet but isn't it the size etched into the nozzle?

[@--harry_]

The burner has a plate or the boiler has a plate with the nozzle size. Some times it will list a few sizes based on based on heating capacity. The size is broken down to 3 things, the flow rate, angle (I think it's was 80°. 80 degree angle), and cone spray pattern (solid cone, hollow cone, semi solid, and a few others). The 1.25 was the flow rate, the gallons per hour. That affects the btus of the unit. If I put a .65 in it, it might run a long time and never get the water temp up to 180°f. If you put a 1.50 in it it might heat too fast and short cycle on and off. Also furnaces may trip out on high temperatures if the blower can't move the air out of the heat exchanger fast enough. The angle is normally based on the shape of the firebox. You wouldn't want a big spray in a small box.