Nice work Zach! One way of skinning the cat. Not easy setting up camera and then explaining all you are doing in an easy to follow, concise manner. Thanks for taking the time to do this!

Beautiful field ductwork. I admire your pride, keep up the great work!

Man, you do some of the cleanest work that I seen. Keep it up Brother.

I'm amazed from that high quality of a work! thank you!

You really made that look easy. Good work. Thank you for the education.

I’d watch your vids all day. Start to finish. Really learned how to keep my jobs clean and organized. Also FTH!! Great job!!

Very nice done my friend, thank you for always showing us good stuff!

That transition duct work gave me chills. I miss that part of hvac. thanks for the vid

Love your videos upload more please!! You are awesome and inspiring to young and new hvac techs in the field!!

Very cool video Zach. This is the kinda videos I wish I had years ago. Also to note if you put some cardboard or bubble wrap under the sheet metal piece your adding the break to with the Hilmor tool it’s more effective with less effort👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Im new to your channel, iv been in this industry for almost 20 years. I think your channel is awesome and you taught me a lot in this video. I always have a hard time with transitions like these.

Brother I really appreciate this video. Just getting the HVAC season started again been plumbing 🪠 In the winter. Just replaced a package unit and because I’m barely getting to put my degrees to work I ran into this problem in the field.

nice, I do this on almost every changeout between the new coil and where the old coil case used to be. Well done!

Great job on that duct! I definitely would not have minded watching the supply side. Awesome video like always

This the way I have to do duct when I have to install witch is not to often because the company I work for has dedicated installers, when I go out and do startup the duct is done in most cases with one seam. I have to give props to you Zach looks great brother

Awesome stuff Zac you really help with this content, you keep doing what you do because your work is darn good brother 💯,

Great work. I will be building some transitions in the near future and the information that you provided was very helpful Thanks much.

One thing I would add would be to make the slips one to two inches longer and turn the slip into an easy bend. The easy bend will cover your corners better and seal better. I would do two easy bend at the top and one on the sides at the bottom. I questioned not having a flex collar. I think you should include a flex collar in all rigid to potential vibration equipment. It saves on a lot of noise issues.

Great Video, Nice work, Transition box looks nice and beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

So glad you said you where going to insulate it in the end 😅 A little tip. (from someone who never have worked wit thin sheet metall..) Use one of those self healing cutting mats as an underlayment when putting in the cross bracing as it is sligthly soft, everlasting and uniform, much better than bubblewrap of cardboard as many says 😂 Then you don't need to stain yourself as much to put in the cross

Very good video! Nice work and appreciate the explanations on each step.

Great Job. Looks good. If anyones looking for a cheaper option on a pocket brake, I use a tool I picked up from Home Depot that’s intended for installing screens. Has a roller on it and costs like 5$. Just put cardboard under the sheet metal.

You made this seem easy. Thanks, this video is super helpful! I will look around your vids to see if you have any where you add the screws and duct butter.

Don't worry about all the negative comments Zach! I definitely learned something from this video and I'll try out your method next time I have to build custom transitions. I'm an HVAC installer as well and I know we always run into situations where we have to do custom work 👍🏼👍🏼

Thank you for sharing, I really learn a lot. Keep doing what you are doing.

Really miss your uploads. I’m almost 3 years into HVAC and you helped me along the way. Hope this encourages you to keep this channel blazing a trail for other up and coming HVAC techs/contractors. Take care brother!

@He2NawfMemphis

Жыл бұрын

I’m in it 10 years and still watch this guy’s videos also check WW Hvac and HVAC GUY they gotta aloooooot of good learning material and post daily

Sheet metal guys work in a shop, a one man band has to do it all. 👍

@youngckz23

Жыл бұрын

💯

The pocket crossbreed is awesome. Thanks for sharing. Will be researching that for sure. Thanks for sharing

@wildmanwv

5 ай бұрын

Sorry auto correct. 😂

Great job man! Top notch tutorial

You are top-notch. Nice work as always!

Very nice job. Well done! Learning lot here. Thank you!

Great video. Thanks for showing how it's done

Looks good brother. Keep doing what you do.

Hell yeah that metal 4 peiice looks great , I'm a installer out of East Texas we work the same way when 4 peicing except that we use duct board. Awesome job 👌

23:24 I was gonna say same thing when you started the first piece of the transition but now looking at it. You can hammer it like you said then 1/4 inch zippy and seal it. But honestly looking at how you work I can relate but different set of mine brother love your work. And thanks for that different set of work you do that made me think of if now. 👍

That is professional Man! Duck seal and done!

Great video, doing everything step by step and having your camera set up means you love what you are doing. Keep up the good work man!

Thank you for the video! Great work!

What’s fun is when you have to do this in a crawl space with no room. I’d love to see TJF do that any better. Whatever his problem is. Great work and example of good field work.

@qualityHVACR your best video in a while. Well done sir.

Much appreciated! Thanks for sharing!

People on here commenting this and that, but this is what an in-the-field transition looks like. It is broken, there is no leaks and it looks decent. If you do this in the field then you already know, this is what offset transitions look like!

Where’s the insulation? And how will u add it in afterwards? I see sweating and rusting out prematurely

This was helpful thanks. I have service work down but lack on install/ductwork

Gotta love it, There’s more than 1 way to do a job and do it professionally. Are there things people would have or could have done a little different.. sure, there always is. But I wouldn’t say doing a 4 piece duct transition on a change out job out in the field like you did here is wrong or unprofessional. Should have done some insulation, But not only tin knockers can do sheet metal work.. you sheet metal guys shouldn’t sell yourself short like that! Lol We all know the ductwork and the equipment are both equally important. Ya can’t have 1 without the other and if one or the other is bad it all is. Y’all keep up the good work

To all the guys hating. There was nothing wrong with this he literally made it on site on few dewalt folding tables. I’m sure it was nice and sealed up with either cold weather tape or silicone + insulated that Was a job well down. I personally thought it looked great and a job well done.

This is helped me out a lot. Thank you.

@davidgibson9781

Жыл бұрын

More sheet metal videos please

Nice job zach !!

Super clean work, awesome information, great demonstration that with the right know how, small tools can tackle big jobs; I'm a one man operation small HVAC company and that info was super to me... I have only one question, how do you insulate that? if non insulated it'll sweat and eventually corrode.

Great work!!

I'm working in a tight 12" high crawl space connecting a downflow plenum to a trunk...Not fun. This video is a God Send. Thank you!

Awesome content thanks for sharing

That is exactly how I would do it. Looks good to me.

Very nice work keep it up

Awesome job.

Man brother; it sure would be nice if you had someone doing the supply side and finishing the install while you were doing that 😉

I had to make S locks and drives at the company I’m with. Learning deep where we learn everything from scratch

Nice work

Nice Transitions.

Good presentation

My lead requires me to triple break the metal because it leaves a super clean diamond in the center. But we also have a large break in the van.

Have watched your videos and can see you take great pride in your work.this is one way to make a transition and nothing wrong with it. See you have a four foot break and have seen your inclosed trailer you have also.been doing heating and air conditioning/ sheet metal mechanic for for almost 34 years.have a four foot break and a small 110V Pittsburgh machine when way off in the country to make duct on site.maybe something you can consider.makes making duct so much easier and faster.one tip from a old guy is when connecting duct to unit is to turn a flange instead of the strips. Keep up the good work

You’re a beast bro

Oh yes nice on site work your a gentleman

@johncasale2195

Жыл бұрын

Besides saving several hundred bucks

Do you not have to install liner on the duct? If we have to do anything outdoors it’s insulated. Gas pack or HP. But then again we do our work in Alabama

Learned how to do such very similarly in the field from a sheet metal guy with 40 yrs experience who had a full shop and was an orgigimist with sheet metal. Smooth, solid, no tape nonsense minus a little caulk, nice cross breaks, metal heavy enough guage not to buckle, (I always get screwed up with guage sizes) we don't use the thinnest guage metal for anything though like others use for even flue pipe! Nah man. Beautiful work sir. Screw the haters. Same similar way I build furnace transitions :) Insulation for outdoor duct we put on the inside though for supply and return. Never seen metal outdoor duct externally insulated anywhwre in Chicagoland Good job and video. One tip. Put a 3/8 or 1/2" flange on metal connecting to unit pieces with your bending bar/ seamer etc. Will make a better connection and flange will also help stiffen the transition Also we call such S cleats and drive cleats around here. Use standing S cleats for bigger sized transitions. Good job 👏🏻

Zac, hats off to ya. What thickness insulation did you end up going with? I was worried watching this vid that you werent gonna insulate the transitions but breathed a sigh of relief when you clarified this. Im amused at the backlash from the sheeters in the comments i see nothing wrong with the design so long as the insulation design values, air sealing and water ingress protection is sufficient i cant see how a shop making up two pieces for 3-4x the cost would be able to come up with something better 😅 True fan of the work mate keep up the vids! Love from Victoria, Australia

What about insulation?

@JesseDoesHVAC

Жыл бұрын

If you watch till the end Zac did say he was gonna externally insulate the duct

no insulation?

Is it better to work for a union and get under an apprenticeship program or go to a trade school for 14 months and get out looking for a job ?

clean and awesome sheet metal work , love it ...I actually suggest for next time in case you have inspection , Install 1"1/2 duckboard from inside ,you can add spry glue into the metal to stick de board., and seal the out side whit grey mastic all those gab and all the C-lock ...god bless you and your family , thanks for your videos

@aaronburke2469

Жыл бұрын

Did you not watch the whole video ? 😂

It amazes me how HVAC guys drive screws in unsupported pieces of sheet metal so effortlessly. When I try it, the screws dance around before penetrating and sometimes they push the two sheets apart - a real nuisance when the inner sheet is hidden from view. What's the secret?

Hey brother , what's up with the cfms and ductwork sizing??? Thanks

American duct seems so long winded and flimsy. In the UK our duct has flanges and are connected by nuts and bolts, pre fabbed in a workshop by dimensions the installer gives the workshop. Takes 2 minutes to prep the piece insert the piece nuts and bolts to connect it, tighten up with spanner and impact driver off you go.

You’re smart af

I had a question for anyone in the comments that are hvac field. Can someone like that is fresh out of hvac school be working on commercial ?

@ayyy8467

Жыл бұрын

Yes find yourself a company willing to train . And don't be so closed minded about low wages at your first years!! Learn the trade and move on to another company that will value you more

Why did you stop posting ! We need u back

Nothing wrong with the way it was done in this video, but I usually take a measurement off the wall to the side of each duct, note the difference, then measure from the ground up to the bottom of each duct, again note the difference in measurements. Take all your measurements along with both duct sizes to your fab area and all the true lengths can be figured mathematically on a calculator. Saves the back and forth measuring each dimension. I would also use that little handbreak to do pittsburgs by hand which take under 30 seconds to do, giving you a professional looking strong fitting. Just the way I learned.

Numero uno baby!

Nice

Nice😎

you don't need duct liner inside the transition?

I’ve been thinking about creating my own content for my daily installs what’s some advice u can give me? I enjoy my job as an installer I have 8 years experience mainly installation but also service and repair.

I like that table. Where'd you get it?

Just curious why you don’t order your ductwork from a shop? I know it’s only a couple transitions but that time spent building those transitions, having to come back to insulate and put metal over the insulation and seal imo is time that could be spent bidding more jobs or following up on leads. Just curious on your perspective. I know shops charge pretty crazy prices but if it’s in your bid your not losing anything but a job or two from cheap customers you probably wanted to avoid in the first place.

What you insulate it with?

What does cross breaking do besides making the duct look good?

@huffster777

8 ай бұрын

It adds rigidity and helps prevent noise when the duct is pressurized

What camera do you used?

@16:20 A hammer can't be anything but a hammer, but anything can be a hammer.

I use this same technique taught by Micheal Housh on HVAC schools channel. Yeah it's not how to make it in a shop but when you're a two man show, it looks great, and it works..it works. If you could explain what you'd do differently then we can all learn. Otherwise your criticism is not very productive.

You need to insulate the inside.

How did you insulate it?

Wouldn't it have been easier to add the 1" lips to the bottom piece? I'm only asking. Practically everything I've learned has been from you.

How do you get your phone to ring?

Nice video 🫡

How come you didn’t put a drive on to connect the corners?

Hey man what is going on that you are not posting videos anymore.

No insulation?

hey, I was gonna ask you why did you not put a canvas connector or insulated the sheet metal?

Zach I need a few tips to do a duck transition. I have a few questions

@ayyy8467

Жыл бұрын

I'm a commercial sheet metal worker , and slowly transitioning to residential service/installer. Anyways what your question I could probably answer