There once was a plumber named Steve Who plumbed a young maid by the sea. She said "Steve, stop your plumbing, somebody's coming." Said the plumber, still plumbing, "It's me".

@Samlol23_drrich

7 ай бұрын

A plumbing limerick?? A+

@user-yn8mz5bf9y

7 ай бұрын

@@billhill839 He sure lives close to it

Mom's Gas Furnace is 43 years old, only changed fan motor belt & Thermocouple & filters still running!Great video she likes talking to Steve

OK, I shut off the video for an hour, turned it back on and she's still talking! 😂

That should be one happy customer. Anyone else would not have tried and attempt to sell her a new furnace. That fix should run a good while.

@force311999

7 ай бұрын

27 years old it is a risk to fix when so old but the new ones are crazy expensive now

@SkyChaserCom

7 ай бұрын

A good friend of mine in Chicago paid over $1,800 for a new board in a similar furnace last month. A few hundred dollars is definitely more reasonable. Steve is honest, though. Most others who fix things are NOT :(

@joeburner7120

7 ай бұрын

@@SkyChaserComThere are boards that cost $1200. Add tax, diagnostic and labor to pickup board and to install.

@kurtkuipers9473

7 ай бұрын

You guys are in for a big snowstorm this coming. Wait January 10th where you are supposed to get below 0. Here in Chicago, it's supposed to have uhm finish the snow. I guess are you guys? Ten inches

Never a dull moment miss Molly!

Insightful homeowner, enjoys learning too

Steve honestly I like your conversation with the customer very funny

Cattywampus

Dang Steve, how you got all that to work still surprises me! Great video and a better fix! Remain safe and keep the videos coming 👍 👌 ☝️ 🫵 🎉

Great job Steve! A tablet man would have sold a new HVAC system for no reason.

I got a hand to you, Steve you’re tough man. I learned a lot from you I’ve been retired. Thank God I got you to watch something to do always something like you say Joe take care.

Lady is smart.

Those Ruuds are excellent furnaces but the boards are a weak link with some wonky relay failures…intermittent operation often the first symptom. Nice repair!

I wish there was More Light so i could see Steve work! Sometimes the hardest part of the job is finding a place to hang your light. Sometimes you need two lights! FWIW.

That furnace has many years of life left on it. I would have had the board replaced too.

@amirdieselx64

7 ай бұрын

As long as there is no high co levels keep it running

Absolute Zero - The Temperature at which absolutely no heat is present -460F

Nice job well done kid. Another great customer satisfied with ya honesty.

OL BIC PEN TRICK MOMMA

Houston,we have ignition! Great job as usual.👍🇺🇸

When I could walk better, I used to go to a Church that had Heat Pumps. They were supposed to be New and improved, but they Never felt very warm to Me. I live near Asheboro North Carolina.

@jblyon2

7 ай бұрын

A lot of older churches have no insulation. One I grew up in had over 100kW of electric resistance heat throughout. They had to turn it up Thursday evening to get the place up from 50 to 60-62 degrees for Sunday service. Slow and steady heat does fuck all when it's all going out through the walls/roof. They put in a big oil boiler and it had no problem getting the whole place up from 50 to 70 in the span of 5-6 hours.

@zackmax7184

7 ай бұрын

@@jblyon2 This was a Pretty New Church. I helped build part of it, but I can't do stuff like that now.

You're a very good person, Steve! I'm happy you got the customer up and running. Not lying and / or replacing extra stuff at ridiculous prices. You said a "couple of hundred" for a new board. Well, here is where your honesty comes into play ... ... I have a best friend who lives alone in the Chicago suburbs. He is also blind. Last month he had a board replaced on his Carrier furnace - Charging him $1,810 ... This was "4 Seasons" HVAC with another company, ABC, giving him even a higher price. He even had the audacity to tell him that his furnace was not fixable and should be replaced, quoting him over $7,000. I was there and stopped him from selling my friend a new furnace and demanded he finish the board replacement. I know you are in the Northeast / New England area, but ironically, if my friend paid for a first class ticket to fly you (Steve) there to Chicago with a new board it STILL would have been CHEAPER than those Chicago CROOKS who took advantage of my blind friend :/

@joeburner7120

7 ай бұрын

No one took advantage of him. You said another company was going to charge more. I am in the business and some Carrier Infinity boards cost $1200 plus dollars. Someone had to come out, diagnose it, spend time to go get the board, drive back and install it.

@davidnorton5887

7 ай бұрын

How did they take advantage of your friend if you were there? Did you not stop them? Or are you just BSing?

Good job! After an issue with my board on my furnace when it blew out a relay I put an inline fuse on L1 to help protect the board. It may not stop a relay from going bad but it will keep a surge from blowing out the board.

Love the videos Steve keep on keeping on

Looking forward to another gas furnace video 👍

Steve is a real working man mama next level

Great Job Steve.

Nice work

Made me do a quick check of my 4yr old furnace. All looks good except flame sensor is looking crusty. I’ll clean it in the spring. Igniter and burners clean. March is filter service-new cartridges are $85, but work good.

Steve is like a first class surgeon performing emergency surgery.

Hey Steve this is my relaxing time watching your videos while thinking about all the repairs i did and the crazy systems people want to pour money on but hey more business for me I always say you want to be stupid I will be smart I tell them should replace the system because parts for the old ones are so expensive you can get a new furnace for the price of two mag or parts it’s fun dealing with those tight spaces you’d think this designers would test them

Proud of you Steve that was a big job. I mean WOW.

love the video Steve and i would never invest in a condensing furnace i would go as far as doing dual fuel gas and electric heat pump as in my area electric can at times be cheaper and that is the only reason however it still gets to cold for it to be useful so im happy with my 2 stage lennox from 2008 its never given me any serious issues i just had to replace the blower motor last year for the first time and i didn’t have them ecm piles of expensive crap in it just a standard 2 speed motor i do love the 2 stage heat that it has and would be the only fancy setup i would ever want its saved a little over the years but we went with it for comfort not savings as it keeps the house warm much more consistent honestly i think that is the only fancy stuff you need on a furnace along with a decent smart thermostat from honeywell i think i have the 9000 series but if you’re not using the features these simple ones you often install for your customers is all you need my family is always coming and going so i love the mobile control with the app i don’t even use the programming function but you can disable it that is a nice thing the one other thing i personally have never understood is the efficiency rating of a furnace honestly your burning gas or oil and blowing air across the heat exchanger so you would think an 80 percent unit from the 70s as long as it’s maintained and safe to run would still work just as well as a new 80 percent unit from today so i do have a ton of respect for your honesty because most people just don’t understand that and i’m a believer of getting the most out of something until you can’t for reasons of safety or part availability just because something is old doesn’t make it bad the other thing i don’t understand is tonnage and over sized units my grandfather was an engineer and when he built his house he put a 5 ton system on the 3rd floor not because of the needed heat capacity in the winter but because of the needed cooling capacity in the summer as heat rises and it was open from the first to the 3 floor and so many people we had over when we were planning replacement didn’t take that into consideration im not a expert but i was surprised by it as you can keep that house at 74 all summer long with it 100 degrees outside and it doesn’t short cycle i don’t think it does short cycle in heating either come to think of it so i honestly don’t think the replacement is going to do as good a job

good video Steve,

Personally, if diagnosing a 20+yo gas furnace, I would've checked the heat exchanger before doing other repairs just in case. I'd hate to have fixed it just to leave it with a potentially leaking heat exchanger

Flippin dumb dumb. Love the accent and your expressions Steve. 😂

Im with Steve here. I don’t want a high efficiency furnace. I want simplicity, ease of service/repair, and lower cost to purchase/service

That motor is next.....😢

Честь и уважение Стивен.

That weird sound was right out of the old TV show " The Outer Limits"........" Do not adjust your TV set "........ 😅

@ClickinChicken

7 ай бұрын

I see what you're saying now. Maybe I'm a bit older, they used to do that on OTA TV, then it would be Poltergeist static.

@PoloNius67

7 ай бұрын

oh, yes that humming, white noise.. 😂

That lady seems very intelligent

She seemed like a great customer Steve.....

Hello Steve!

I Wouldn't run a heat Pump colder than 14 Fahrenheit outside.

How long do electric heaters last i've had my for twenty five years now

Steve do you ever see the high end hyper heat units that heat to-22f or just the goodman that heat down to 50f and really should be outlawed

Well well well welcome to the present time Steven good to finally see you on tbe same month lol

you may want to start saving those old boards in and find someone to rebuild them in a few years they won't be available could be profitable

@joeburner7120

7 ай бұрын

Can get universal boards for that furnace for $120 all day long.

ohm the resistance of it at room temperature that ignitor should be between 40-100 ohms

Howdy Steve and Molly

My furnace is that vintage. 90 plus. I wouldn’t trade it for one of these newer jobs.

She is awesom oooo mama

Love how the states use the word "furnace". Wonder where that originated from

If you are not testing you are just guessing

You need magical light or trypod light!

Inducer motor in a month, by the sound of it.

28 years old

That woman probably doesnt know what Steve is doing she just kept saying yes whatever Steve says LOL😆

she will be teaching again whether she likes it or not after getting the bill for this one...unless she gets a steve L rebate!

Old Rheem mama

i replaced my gas valve and forget to purge the lines and almost blew my balls off😮

Dum dum. Lmao

Thank god she stopped talking

I make way more money and have more work now than I did 4 years ago. Fuel prices are coming down, economy is kicking ass. I cant understand how someone can say they were better off 4 years ago unless they are missing the fat covid unemployment checks. I know I wasn't better off. I didnt get those hand outs. I worked the whole time. Prices do go up. Thats why rent or a mortgage in 500 or 600 bucks like it was in th 90s. Plus politizing a pandemic got a lot of people killed. Im not into politics this is just what I see.

Hey Steve and Miss Molly! Workin’ again ya’ll. 👍👍. Great job Steve!

What’s with all the gas lately? We want OIL!!

@josephlivoti8143

7 ай бұрын

Bio slime. Lol.

First

Raise your hand in disgrace if you are installing units with filters like that

A Heat Pumps r a HVAC contractors best friend.

Hey Stevie tell Joe Biden to spend some Money on your Roads!! Your new van is going to "Rattle" to Bits!!

@ClickinChicken

7 ай бұрын

Or Mayor 'Pot hole Pete'. ha

I like that you used an OEM replacement board only hacks use universal boards.

FJB

@Pentti_Hilkuri

7 ай бұрын

LGB