Touring Richard’s HVAC Showroom | Ask This Old House

[@w.e.b.8719]

I have grown old with This Old House, along with Hometime. I miss the people who madeThis Old House great. I enjoy the people who keep it going.

[@dtemp132]

I learned a lot watching Dean on Hometime in the 90s when I was a boy!

[@s.j.5850]

That's right Richard, pay it forward & pass it on to the next generation. There comes a time when it's no longer about the money, especially as we get older & no longer have to compete with others in the field. Enjoyed watching you & your coworkers on This Old House for years. You guys are the best! You're not so bad either Kevin.

[@markdalton55]

I think Richard’s philosophy is, “ Empower, educate and don’t enable”. ❤️ Congratulations Professor Richard! 👍

[@arth.4196]

Awesome Richard 👌 👏 Your Dad would be Proud of the legacy

[@deanehill9730]

Always enjoy Richard’s explanations of how it all works. He is a master educationalist. Thanks for the video.

[@johnbogle522]

Having a showroom is always important, since it will make people more comfortable when getting trained and actually out there in the world. This is such a great idea 😉🙏

[@JimDean002]

This is fantastic. Being able to see all of that stuff has to be a huge bonus to anybody that gets to go there

[@timfavre3870]

Richard, man you're the best of the best!

[@loueckert4970]

We bought a home in WV with geothermal heating and cooling. Great, low energy bills. In summer it can chill the whole 3800 square feet on a 100 degree day. Amazing. Waterfurnace is the brand.

[@JimOwens-123]

I have been a fan of Richard’s for a long while. Congratulations on the new learning center!

[@biffy7]

Wish you great success Richard. This is a long way from when I started watching this show in NYC in the 80’s. Congratulations.

[@chrisg1043]

You’re right. We learn by seeing and touching the systems. Good job.

[@joequirke1288]

What a great way to give back and support your trade 🏆

[@mwrcrft]

Richard has been a welcomed constant to This Old House shows since he first showed up with his father and remove that old asbestos covered boiler.

[@MustPassTruck]

Unions have a plumbing school near chicagoland. Parking lot is filled with individual plumbing company vans every day.

[@BamBamBigelow..]

The perfect HVAC home…..thing of beauty

[@frankgall6]

We have some really great people in our industry. Awesome

[@benjaminallen2370]

Love it… I’m down the road in Middletown, RI. Put in heat pumps recently and could have used the education (and in a few design respects, so could have my contractor).

[@douglasboyle6544]

I briefly worked as an apprentice electrician before getting injured (unrelated) and being unable to work anymore and the guy I worked for had the same philosophy he said, "You're not going to work for me forever I want you to learn from me and eventually be able to go out on your own - just don't poach my clients there's plenty of work out there for everybody!"

[@Mikecianfrocco]

RICHArd, it was nice meeting you at the symposium in Orlando! Sorry I broke in on your conversation with Bryan Orr

[@jstoney6471]

Worked w/ Richard over 40 years ago on a promotional film for AMTROL.

[@m2r296]

Richards’s dad was a visionary

[@crookedFC]

Brilliant - as always though. What an amazing insight and content.

[@cp_patil]

Wow, Fall River! Would love to visit some day as a homeowner

[@matthewhall5571]

This is really intelligent next level work. And Fall River MA needs people with interesting jobs and new ideas because its economy took a beating from lost manufacturing work.

[@johnwilliams1091]

Construction code has evolved and in many ways is ready to evolve more to passive house standards, this technology is what makes it possible. It would be great to see the showroom incorporate some of the cutaways of passive house construction to help everyone seeing it to understand the why. The equation has flipped and in order to achieve climate goals, capital is required up front to make the home as efficient as possible. That capex is then recouped over the life of the home through nominal energy costs.

[@PurposeSpeaker]

Great job

[@zonegamma8197]

superb place

[@jphilbin528]

Good guys at RST

[@ISpitHotFiyaa]

With so much new technology in a modern house it's a wonder that old houses cost as much as they do. It's like comparing a modern Cadillac to a 1986 Ford Festiva. The new home should cost a lot more than the old one but it normally doesn't.

[@Cormacc]

Enjoy all your videos.

[@rubenmadrid3154]

Awesome legacy 👍👍

[@Westcoastride]

As cool as it is I hope it was paid for by the manufacturer as part of a marketing budget. No ROI

[@BoilerMaker56]

Would love to meet Richard. I’ve been in the HVAC field for over 30 years and we truly need to get kids off the couch and working with their hands again.

[@LennyMarkh]

Pay them well and they will come. The current generation isn't sitting on the couch, they're bogged down with student loan debt and want good paying union jobs. Absent of that they are hustling in the gig economy, putting in longer days than the prior generations and being given fewer economic opportunities. In summary, they're not sitting on couches, they expect honest pay for honest work and employers just aren't offering that.

[@BoilerMaker56]

@@LennyMarkh that is the biggest bunch of crap I ever heard. This generation of kids don’t even know what the word hard work is. they don’t need a college degree to learn the trades and they don’t need to be in debt with the college. You are so off on what you’re saying.

[@LennyMarkh]

@@BoilerMaker56 Okay Boomer. Keep justifying shameful wages and bury your head in the sand to the realities of younger folks. That's right, it's only their faults since they've been in charge of everything...of wait...

[@frankgall6]

Every training by me is the manufacturer pushing their equipment, don’t seem to really care about actual training. I’m on Long Island and we are looking to start a training facility as well, Mikey pipes is actually starting a facility too for anyone in NY

[@michaeljorden2457]

Good thing Kevin has a Carhartt shirt on.

[@donc-m4900]

Road trip.

[@Guardducks]

But, but , Richard what happened to all your cutaways?

[@GregoryGlessnerViolin]

Best comment ever 👏

[@clownhands]

25 year fan of Richard, but this is not an honorable way to make money

[@Lehnherr86]

Awesome story. Reminds me of the Chick-fil-A family. Focused on helping the next generation.

[@jpe1]

Like Chick-fil-A but without the religious intolerance and homophobia.

[@johnlebzelter4208]

@@jpe1You sound pretty homophobe yourself

[@snomass1]

@@jpe1typical ignorant comment.

[@durangodave]

someone needs to create a training facility to understand women 🤣😂🤣

[@Ckrispbacon]

first :)

[@ImRmd2]

Always been a fan of this man. You’re ok too, Kev-Dog. 🥸 Keep up the awesome work you guys do. 🇺🇸