You Paid How Much for this Central AC Installation? OMG! Another Hack Job Discovered - Ripped Off!
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Client had this system installed end of Summer 2020 and has had several issues this year, including water dripping from her soffit. I take a close look at the overall installation, along with the graveyard the installer left in this ladies attic. You can't make this stuff up.
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I have been in houses like that, scary thing is that was "Cleaned" it was prob 100% worse before the AC Broke.
Mike you need to quit picking up these technicians from Home Depot.
@@bizkitman308 Much better
I gotta tell you. As a retired electrician and contractor the first thing I commented on to my wife was the dirty condition of the house which I have come across many times myself. Unbelievable how people live!
$10,000 with the house looking like that...she needs more than a spring cleaning sippy cup...nice work pipe doctor
I don't expect everyone to have a Taj Mahal, but please have your stuff in some semblance of order. If that's untidy, it's definitely untidy elsewhere!!
Mikey here on Staten Island we have the old Chinese folks looking for the cans and bottles . But at least they tie the bags back up .
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Sippy Cup's attitude pisses me off. He has no idea the world of opportunity being presented to him, yet his demeanor clearly shows he doesn't care and it's a burden for him to be there with Mikey. I'd give that young'n a serious talk and give him another week to show some serious improvement or he would find himself back looking for work at Starbucks. The opportunity to learn from a master like Mikey isn't something that comes along every day. If he wants to piss it away, give it to someone who does want it.
My grandfather taught me that a helper should have the next tool/ part in your hand when the journeyman turnes around for it , you have to pay attention & focus on the job at hand & know the work, he should have at least had his head stuck up there watching you. Note, I have used the sawed female adapter more than once it works, also if you can use electrical pvc 90s on drain, long radius less cloging better flow with gravity feed. I'm in Hou, Tx our attics average 150+deg in summer, hydrate hydrate hydrate!
It's great for entertainment value on our end, but I agree sippy cup doesn't even want to be there. Christsake he gave him a Brita filter 🤣🤣
At the end of the day he's just not mechanically inclined no big deal
@@PipeDoctor is he still working for you? My kid was the same and in reality I fired him now he works for another company till he realizes how good he had it, watching this video that kid looks so much like my son
The guy on the bike was just looking for Mikey Pipes stickers.
In a pinch with that drain fitting, you could take a female threaded pvc 3/4" adapter and cut about a 1/2" (with hacksaw) off the threaded side and use that piece like a nut. Tighten it up nice with a pair of pliers and it'll hold fine. Those drain pans without the threaded bungs molded in suck.
or just put the whole adapter fitting on inside
Do you charge extra when you have to work in a crack house OMG asking for a friend YIKES
I learned this in the Navy when I was 18!!! ..If your on time, you're late!
This ain’t the navy this the real work
Sippy cup has demon eyes.....weird
That is the mark of a jack leg contractor when you leave all the old stuff on the job and do a sh-t job on top of that! It gives good contractors like you Mikey pipes a hard way to go! Great job Mikey pipes! Sippy cup should have been in that attic with you! Share the love 💓 Mikey pipes!
hides all the crap in the attic too!
He was just leaving some parts behind because he knew somebody was going to have to come in after him to fix things properly ;)
We're going to have to start calling those attics a "New Jersey Sauna"
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I like that
I guess I don't know anything about New Jersey homes, but it seems to be almost entirely attic air handlers. Put it in the basement if you have one. For the love of god.
Sippy cup should’ve been in the attic
You gotta put that kid to work.... standing outside the attic probably staring at his phone like my help
10 mins early is 10 mins late
Seriously. Do you onky appeal to hoarders and squaters. Your customers live in the worst conditions
what ahackjob-didnt remove the old ductboard or extra tornup flex-flex isnt hung correctly, everything looks like (oh theyll never see it who cares) omg what a mess.
they're digging in the bags, looking for broken electronic/computer/appliance junk they can pawn off to suckers for their next drug hit.
I interpret his name as sippy cup cause hes a baby In life and needs to grow up and put in work LOL. A pathetic apathetic...you know were nasty online but I'd say it to his face if I saw him In real life. I dont dislike him but he doesnt strike me as a hard worker or go getter...which in this business you need to be...am I right or am I right? I mean fundamentals are showing up on time for the boss and working hard. Hes failed in both departments...I really hope he proves me wrong cause I like success stories better than failures
All I can say is, you did not provide a safety switch via ss2 for the actual drain pan. And also did not insulate the drain line in the attic. This is a professional courtesy. Not tryna hate but, if at the very minimum am trying to understand your industry standards. Or at least state requirements.
Truth be told? She was overly too hard for Mikey Pipes & his pipe & he wouldn’t give it to her.
He Is there to solve problems, not create them
I love me some hackjobs, they make for some entertaining, but cringe inducing calls.
Man I don't know how you do it but I wouldn't touch that house the 10 ft pole.. honestly you should add a line item charge for hoarder houses
i cant tell if her house or attic was messier
attic was cleaner
House was messier
That old ass insulation is the worst.
Sounds like a lack of work ethic amongst some companies. Even if it is hot as hell in an attic during summer time, there is no reason not to clean up after you. The company who changed my ductwork in South Florida removed most of the old ducts but left some bits at the far end of the attic thinking I would never see it... I saw it when I came to check something else, luckily it was not much left. I am a nerd, I have to learn how things work and I like my house running like clockwork.
Work like this is why I DIY. If I have to go around after the "professional" fixing everything he screwed up why pay him at all? I know there are some really good techs out there, the trouble is _finding_ one--you never really know what kind of work they are going to do unless you get references and then actually go look at the job they did and that gets to be a huge time-sink.
I'm rooting for Sippy cup! " Don't give up Sippy cup!" you can do it!
Just think of sippy cup is on time he wouldn’t have gotten caught at the train tracks, this kid is a real loser and you’re letting them get away with a lot of shit and I teach them a good lesson he showed up late I would’ve sent them home for the day
Didn't pull a permit, slammed it in took the money and puff they were gone. Those are the ones that give the trade a bad reputation .
Sippy Cup should go apply for a delivery position at local pizzeria, never going to make it in the field
Not an excuse, but that company definitely did a job fitting for the condition of that house. What a disgusting dump.
There’s literally 1,000’s of installs like that in Phoenix. There’s no Resi HVAC Permitting/Inspections.
You should weigh yourself before you go in that attic. I will bet you lose two or three pounds going in there.
The house keeping skills of that customer was @ A all time LOW. Imagine how she takes care of her self.
Way to go with the call out, Sippy Cup. Absolute pig pen. Filthy.
$10000 for that? wtf? down here for a carrier 3 ton youre looking at $5500
I used to do the same leaving scrap and such out because I'm a nice guy and they would do the same leaving trash all over my yard, so now they get nothing
Sippy Cup 😂
That’s one of the worst installation I’ve ever seen
Your pride and Work ethic allows you deal with these installation catastrophes
She's a whistler mamma!
Insulation would help out a bunch in that arris along with throwing all that crap out
Unbelievably bad workmanship!
Hopefully some of that water will make it to a mop bucket and swiffer
You should have worn a haz mat suit before entering the house.
It’s jobs like these that make me just shake my head. Especially when you have to fix the system operationally.
ya did good-wth guess sippy cup did too-i didnt hear any cursing lol
Sippy cup graduates to become molly pitcher
Why is sippy mike sill holding the ladder and why don’t he have steel toe shoes
That's the kind of shithole where shoes stay on so your feet wont get dirty.
Man, if I was that homeowner, I would have had the installing Contractor back there and raised HELL! Well, unless they (homeowners) were a pain in the ass and pissed that contractor off but I'm going with that contractor being a HACK!
Well their excuse it is a family friend who did it, guy did it on the side ect. They deserve every head ache they have.
I see no hackery there. If I work in the shithole like this I will treat their house the way they treat it. If customer would care about cleanliness they wouldn’t be filthy hoarders to begin with…
What ever happened to tradesmen taking pride in their work? Do it right and always clean up after your work. If that means also cleaning up a previous mess, just take care of it. Even in a non accessible attic your work should look like you knew what you were doing and that you cared. Be it big or be it small, do it right or not at all. Hackery kills the golden goose for all in the trade.
Also it should be required and expected that attics need floors where equipment is located. At least 24 inch wide path from the entrance to the equipment and where ever there are components needing service. And there needs to be a light and a receptacle available at the equipment.
lots of a hack jobs on long island.
Mikey you sound like every single person i knew in my hometown in NY
Attic work is the worst. Even if you do it first thing it’s 🥵
with all the junk in the attic ,the attic is still cleaner then the rest of the house
Hey homeowners clean up your house!!!
HOLY LACK IF ATTIC INSULATION!!
Not that it matters but the black tubing is polyethylene not abs
What a disgusting unkempt home.
Sippie cup for President 2024 !!!!!!!
I’m sure that was inspected to .
Now we know why there are helicopters.
Sad that some people just have no pride in what they do . Have to give the kid credit he did come back with water ! I've been in that same situation tell you helper to go get something and they say I can't find it I've looked everywhere for it . Walk to the truck and it's exactly where you told him it was ..
Every single time this happens.
How are you mikey
Jesus Christ that house is atrocious
Can I get some stickers
Where’s the Asian kid ?
I guess the install contractor would have loved to get all that crap in the attic out of the way but he would have to cut it all up to get it through that small hatch. You also know that the homeowner would have a fit with all the dirt that would have been dragged through the house. That “spring cleaning” by itself would probably be a days work for TWO Sippy Cups
When you have to compete with cheap bids sometimes you can't justify charging the customer and performing the work to make it a proper install. However that drain line was unacceptable and they should have re insulated the copper lines.
the homeowner probably wouldn't notice. Did you see the mess in that house?
His name would be former employee.
13:10 That pop off the p-trap clean out was oh so good. I'll have to pick one up at the supplier to grab one.
Bye Sippy cup a watch
Love your videos sir
Home is a pig pen !!!
call him shleppy.
She paid 10k for that ???? Who installed it Ray Charles ?
No but Ray Charles must have okayed the job when the contractor was finished because they obviously didn’t look at anything and didn’t have eyes open to see anything.
Good job, happy 4th....
Oh what fun it is to be a service technician regardless of what type you are electrical and HVAC get the worst when it comes to addicts LOL keep your feet dry this time from sweat LOL :-) :-)
Another word it's nothing like marinating in your own juices :-) :-)
Yes yes I have
But yeah I used to just have a k for my Google ID picture I decided to add some pizzazz with the suited and booted picture
That job is the reason I always carry some osb board on my truck
@@PipeDoctor here in NC you can but it's 50 dollars a sheet
Maybe the guy didn't have a sippy cup to remove the garbage.😅
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Stay safe.
Retired(werk'n) keyboard super tech.
Wear your safety glasses.
Do you guys insulate the drain pipe where you're from? I'm a Florida HVAC contractor and here we absolutely have to insulate all horizontal drain pipes that are not in an air conditioned space.
This is a difficult job. Everything is so hard to do plus a botched up install. That's why when I have a tech to do anything I make sure there is room and the area is clean. Some appreciate your help some dont.
What I think happened is the lead had his apprentice mock-lead that day, and at the end of the day they both said "looks good from my house" and left for the next city over. Levity aside, that's the type of customer that just needs to be taken care of regardless. They obviously have bigger problems at hand in their life. BUT, as you mentioned, they do like to TALK... not very smart doing a bad job there, regardless of their status. Next time Sippycup can't find somethin on the truck, just have him go back and look near the fallopian tubes or aluminum magnet. That's one of my favorite things to do to see where my new helpers are at, comedically, intellectually, and how thick their skin is.
One of my best customers over the years had a cluttered house, news papers stacked 4' high through the house, Very Nice Lady. When she passed away, they found over $80 Grand in those newspapers and her husband, which was drinking coffee in the back room, True Story! her son didn't know she had got remarried and every time he came over, the guy was in the back room and never came out, I never seen him either, and she was always talking about a guy, her son and I just thought he was a made up person to keep her company, but he helped clean out the clutter and lived there a couple more years till he passed away as well.
10k for that mess??? 🤮
I just got quoted 8k all in for a 2.5 ton 16 SEER TRANE heat pump on a new build.
Trash picker was probably looking for copper and didn’t want just any old metal.
10,000! What the actual fük! I feel so bad now.
As a former apprentice anywhere you are. He is. No disrespect intended.
He needs to learn the good and the bad of this field.
Love the content Mike.
Make his ass get down from the attic to the truck for water!!!
I would LOVE to get $10000 for an install
@@PipeDoctor Huntsville Al
That’s was a sh&t show in the attic. For the other company not to take the old equipment out of the attic and old material for what they charged is a disgrace. I just shook my head at our tin knocker when he was dumping old ductwork onto the client’s lawn, which I think they may I have leak in the water sprinkler line because the area was Saturated and muddy. Instead of taking the ductwork around where it was dry and throwing it directly into the truck. But some people are oblivious. Good job. I know those attics can get really hot and nasty.
You should carry some floor sanding/refinishing cards with you, I guess Valley Stream is turning into Queens. Tell them to install a pull down stair to remove all that crap up there.
I guess where she lived no permits were needed to install equipment, do people not have contracts with these yoyos they hire to get in writing what the heck they are buying. No excuse for leaving all that old ductwork and crap in the attic. It tees me off to see some of the crap that some installers do . No insulation in attic OMG !
hearing the Air handler whistle.. sounds like way high static.. I think a decent DIY couldve done a better install.. new drain looks great! I love those clear traps
Did that unit have a hot water coil? I seen 2 copper stubs off the top of it? Why would they put a unit like that there when it's not necessary 😕
Now this looks like a typical job I come across and have to fix, just have to dive in and get it done.
I know that neighborhood well, 10000 dollars is about 1/3 of the taxes paid.
Now this is some hackassed work. I bet they left the ac graveyard up in the attic thinking the lady would never notice due to the condition she keeps her house in. They took her money and ran.
Mike
Sand your ladder to stop fiberglass splinters in your skin.
Clear flex seal seems to work
Isn’t that a hydronic heat coil air handler? Looks like they just didn’t hook anything to the hydronic coil