You told him straight out his options along with pricing and your professional opinion I don’t see a issue with that at all great work love this channel I am an electrician by trade and love watching hvac and boiler repairs maybe my past life I was a hvac tech lmao but enjoy your content and since I am a New Yorker love your personality 😂

Love the way you're keeping it real and showing the reality of HVAC service calls. Sometimes it just sucks what the client decides to do but, as you say, they're the client and it's what they're prepared to pay for. By the way, those were some great condenser shots in the video! Have you considered doing some as high resolution stills on your people can download as wallpaper? It would be cool, nerdy and fun at the same time for real HVAC fans!

You do what the customer asks! I think u did great. I work hvac in the bay area. We do those costly bandaid fixes per customer request all the time

When so,some goes on vacation they spend thousands for an experience. Not a physical item. This homeowner is spending a couple of thousand for the same thing. An experience. A cool house during a party he is throwing. Having said that, stores make money by selling things. Some sell food, some sell cars, some sell clothes. The difference between their wholesale cost and the retail price a customer pays is their gross profit. No better way to make money in the trades on physical inventory, and refrigerant and sealant are two of those. 15# is a home run in my book. You only have a limited amount of,time you can charge for, but inventory is limitless. Nicely done once again.

Why would anyone rip you? Nothing wrong with the service you provided to this customer. 100% transparency. Do what the customer wants. Period.

you have not lived until you work on a 1234YF system. if there is a leak you can't add refrigerant until the leak is fixed! The machine will not let you!

@topher8634

13 күн бұрын

You can add manually, its not advised because its so expensive, but i have a guy that has me charge his Camry up every summer. His compressor is leaking and Toyota denied warranty-it was less than 50 miles past the term. Compressor is only available from dealer unless you gamble with a reman or a Chinese unit and is over $1,000.

What you did was the only available option to get this customer thru the weekend and his party on Sunday! Installing a new system on such short notice is impossible and simply unrealistic especially on a weekend with supply houses closed.👍

Make the trades great again Mikey Pipes. #LoveBosch Smash that Like Button folks. Smash it for the Bug Mikey At.

@PipeDoctor

27 күн бұрын

Thanks!!! Love your continued support

Mikey you are best in the game period brother!

Zoom 😊 I love gas and go !! Except when it’s me pumping in ( I swear a bottomless pit ) in the van fuel tank😕 But that’s the name of the game doing what customers want !!!

Me and you both everyday is a great day 😊😊

HVAC Unit from 2016 with a five (5) year Warranty ? If I was having a Party, I would load that Unit with the Refrigerant and Pray it Holds until Bosch is Installed. 👍🙏

@PipeDoctor

28 күн бұрын

Yes, exactly

15lbs and a Bosch? Guy just paid for 2 systems

@realSamAndrew

26 күн бұрын

Where can you buy a whole system for $2000? Especially in NY!!

There are a Lot of Dumb things in Life but Cancelling a Mtce. Agreement is at Top of a Homeowners List. We previously had cracked flue pipe which can mean Death.

Hey bud the client wants to spend the cash to keep it going go hard and in Canada 🇨🇦 we still fix stuff lol 😂

@PipeDoctor

27 күн бұрын

Sweet

Fucking LOVE this video! Always aiming to please. Obviously dude wasn't sweating the money as much as SWEATING! lol

Wow at the end of the day it’s customer choice. Got to respect it .. I my not agree with it may agree with it but it is what it is. Hopefully it’s holds up for him this weekend

How was the FillTa Khed?

@05:33 I would have made back some of my money by charging you for the meal you had while standing there even if you almost choked on it. That was prime NY bug steak and at $1000.00 an OZ. Good video. Thank You...

#realworld nice 😊 work 😊

😂😂😂..... Your voice after you swallowed that bug......

@PipeDoctor

27 күн бұрын

It wasn’t tasty

Hey u gave him options, nobody forces them to pick one. They do it on their own, keep it up Mikey popes

Comfortmaker is one of the many brands manufactured under ICP. Carrier bought them out 20 or so years ago. I would consider Comfortmaker a builders grade system, about the same as Payne-usually the only thing that changes with the higher end of a particular line is the duration of the warranty and the badging. I personally prefer a Carrier, but they have their problems like any i guess.

@PipeDoctor

13 күн бұрын

Different company

You forgot your rug.

15 pounds times $50 a pound equals $750 +4 hours at $250 an hour equals $1000. Leaks seal $150 so you’re at $1900. Makes me sick to think that a 7 year-old machine is leaking already.

Wow, Mikey Pipes is already eating the bugs.

@mitchdenner9743

29 күн бұрын

You will eat bugs and like it! 😂🐛

I have a system that has a leak. They ran the line set in the wall when they built the house and it all leaked out. What do you think about that leak seal and stuff? Does it work with your professional opinion? I was looking at the EC ultimate same type of stuff you use on your website with your honest opinion of it. The coil has a leak. He needs a new system like you said

@robertsmith2956

29 күн бұрын

he addressed it in another vid. Sometimes it will, and sometimes it doesn't. I would think copper pipe would probably fall under the later. Small leak wouldn't be normal for the pipe. Unless you got "lucky" and they have a seam in it from two pieces, or the nail from the picture hanger is blocking most of the hole. Leak is large enough a thermal camera may locate it from the cold spot in the wall.

EPA watching this like 👀✍️📝😂. Sorry had to Mikey

@PipeDoctor

28 күн бұрын

lol 😆

@Samlol23_drrich

28 күн бұрын

I’ll use a little less aqua net this week to balance it out.

I have a system that has a leak. They ran the line set in the wall when they built the house and it all leaked out. What do you think about that leak seal and stuff? Does it work with your professional opinion? I was looking at the EC ultimate same type of stuff you use on your website with your honest opinion of it.

@mikekolczynski5665

28 күн бұрын

Is the leak confirmed to be the lineset? Depending on the age of the equipment, I would determine which route I'd go. Newer equipment with confirmed leak in the buried lineset.I'd run a new lineset exposed and hidden by some Line Hide. Middle-aged equipment with undetermined leak location. I would isolate each component of the system. Do a pressure test on each component. Repair the leaky component. Older system I'd replace every single component. Do not reuse the old lineset. I'd never add leak sealant in a system.

Most evap. Coils are only tested at 250psi at the factory because over pressurizing them can cause leaks. Or at least that is what I see on the stickers on the coils sometimes.

Hey, bottom line is he’s having a party this weekend, maybe something important and he needs the house to be cool 🤷‍♂️. I get it…get me thru the weekend, I’ll cross my fingers that maybe it will last thru this summer, and then I’ll upgrade 🤷‍♂️. Hey, it’s his house and his budget…pay the man

#1🎉🎉

Mikey I’m a sprinkler fitter/ inspector with 3 years into the trade making enough to support me, the wife and kid I want to make a career change but can’t survive on helper pay in South Florida 15 - 18 hr what can I do!?

@robertsmith2956

29 күн бұрын

Invent one that can handle EV fires. and give Musk a run for the gold.

Video idea, test and review a MR. cool from a HVAC perspective

@PipeDoctor

28 күн бұрын

I don’t have one and never seen one in person

Maybe a dumb question ❓ when a furnace is unsafe legally it gets shut down , Ari conditioner is unsafe we let it run what are your thoughts.

@joshsansone5113

27 күн бұрын

A gas furnace can be red tagged due to carbon monoxide. You will not experience that if you have an electric furnace like heat pump and electric back up heat. There is no real safety concern for refrigerant leak. Slightly bad for the environment-maybe

Hmmmmm if it’s not cooling shouldn’t you turn it off crazy.

@Timberjagi

28 күн бұрын

I'm more surprised the system didnt shut off by itselfs automatic....

I don’t have AC. You don’t need it in Maine 😊

we don't need no stinking gas!

Love the feet shots lol

239 thumbs up

@PipeDoctor

27 күн бұрын

Ty

wow 15 pounds

No way the system pulled to 300 microns with a leak. All that did was suck air into the coil. 😂