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  • @jamesrenzulli1837
    @jamesrenzulli1837 5 років тому +4

    Hey Steve,
    Thank you for all the videos. Happy St. Patrick's day to you Molly and all of the subs.

  • @edwinespinal1054
    @edwinespinal1054 3 роки тому +1

    Steve I love all your very videos very educational every day is something new I just became a plumbers helper after I retiring from the New York City Department of sanitation and I have been learning a lot with this gentleman that has his own business like you it is amazing how you learn things every day and I talk to him about you all the time and I believe he started following you also he’s been in business for about 14 years he just put a new boiler water storage tank in my house what a difference anyway thanks and keep up the good work eventually I’ll get my plumber‘s license I have a mentor but you have been my mentor thank you and keep up the good work.

  • @davegirard7376
    @davegirard7376 4 роки тому +3

    I like watching someone who really knows what they are doing. Thanks for your videos

  • @benzboston
    @benzboston 4 роки тому +6

    steve you got the cutest dog.she really seems to love going to work everyday.she is a doll.awesome videos.keep em coming

  • @Fireship1
    @Fireship1 5 років тому +2

    Nice job Steve. You can see the difference with how well she’s breathing now. When you open the port to check draft, your not getting blasted in the face with hot air and smoke anymore! I think his relief valve was dripping. A job for another day.

  • @danield.manziuc3860
    @danield.manziuc3860 3 роки тому

    Buddy, you're a truly professional I can say..I just stumbled over you as I had some funky heating phone call that a hot wate boiler suddenly stopped working ..and outdoor temperatures were ( still are!) well bellow -10C..As I went there I had to deal with an honeywell aquastat L8148E, with vent damper connection but the intermittent spark module got fluctuating 24V to B1-B2 burner contact of the L8148E..had 25v for 2 minutes then all of sudden it was flickering down to 19V upa nd down..the transformer had a good steady 24v output to K1 relay and through B-R high limit of the L8148E but when reached B1, it eas flickering!

  • @chrismezzacappa3248
    @chrismezzacappa3248 3 роки тому +5

    You're a saint for dealing with the small talk lol. Thanks for posting

    • @moonshiner2977
      @moonshiner2977 2 роки тому

      @Grey Wolf Look, his sandwiches were getting cold so he didn't have time first time round !

  • @totalcardetail5035
    @totalcardetail5035 Рік тому +1

    I know i'm late to this video. But, Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience. I've learned alot watching you in a short time, then all my years. Especially, when it comes to regular maintenance.

  • @WeatherNut27
    @WeatherNut27 5 років тому

    Great Sunday morning video. Keep up the great work and uploads. Hope you're having a good weekend Steve. Spring is coming!

  • @Ripperx121
    @Ripperx121 3 роки тому +4

    Thank you Steven! BTW I admit I pushed the button 10 times once. I got a stern lesson on not to do that ever again. My guy replaced the transformer and then said watch! It filled my cellar with smoke lol.

  • @CraftyDus
    @CraftyDus 5 років тому +4

    Draft over fire is so important and so often overlooked. Good to see you take it seriously. We haven’t switched to the low sulfur fuel up here in NH, still a lot of sludgey filters strainers and having to blow out oil lines and treating tanks. Can’t wait for the cleaner fuel.

    • @CraftyDus
      @CraftyDus 5 років тому +2

      We tried Beckett ultra guard additive for a few years, mixed 1/2 gallon to 2000 gallons at the truck, similar result, filters like new, less oil supply problems, less night/weekend calls.

    • @pauleohl
      @pauleohl 5 років тому

      If you install an additional filter right at the tank, you will never have to blow out the entire oil line, but you may have to blow a small amount of sludge back into the tank.

  • @Maysin777
    @Maysin777 5 років тому

    It just goes to show you your not ripping people off by putting filters and all the addons! Thats why you have us fans! Keep um coming Momma! Hiya Molly!

  • @rachellecambra4554
    @rachellecambra4554 Рік тому +1

    We need many ,many more Lavimoniere 's in the USA ! My boiler has been turned off here in Upstate NY in NOVEMBER since 8am today and it's 10pm now and there is NO ONE to call ! Had to get 7 propane heaters and tanks for this emergency situation

  • @GriddleMeThis
    @GriddleMeThis 2 роки тому

    Mine started blowing black smoke today and kicked off... thanks for just showing me how to check it all out

  • @WitchidWitchid
    @WitchidWitchid 5 років тому +5

    Hi. I love that New England / Massachusettes scenery in winter. I've been interested in furnaces, boilers, and heating systems since I was a kid. Your videos are quite interesting and informative. And I agree, why change the filters if they don't need to be changed.

    • @seanmckay3392
      @seanmckay3392 Рік тому

      dude i knew he sounded so new england boston-ish

  • @50clint85
    @50clint85 Рік тому

    This guy and his chickens I love customers they make me smile inside sometimes anyway sounds like a very sweet old man

  • @spower1412
    @spower1412 5 років тому

    Great video ...Happy St Patrick’s day !

  • @Sctronic209
    @Sctronic209 5 років тому

    Great video Steve and Moly

  • @aaronsweet8032
    @aaronsweet8032 4 роки тому

    Great video, learned a lot and successfully serviced my furnace today... Good thing I did too, I was tracking a soot problem and found my chimney nearly completely plugged. So between my mom and wife complaining and your video, a dangerous situation was averted... I still got to replace the nozzle but it's a lot better than it was... Thanks!

  • @Sctronic209
    @Sctronic209 5 років тому +24

    What a nice old man.

    • @spyrocete11
      @spyrocete11 4 роки тому +3

      ikr I was thinking the same thing. I love old people like that.

  • @uxwbill
    @uxwbill 5 років тому +5

    That is an impressive arc coming off of that transformer!

  • @DynamicSeq
    @DynamicSeq 4 роки тому +2

    Absolutely love the accent..

  • @maninthevan53
    @maninthevan53 2 роки тому

    NICE JOB, I just put in a new furnace one year ago and now getting black dust

  • @jamesa6272
    @jamesa6272 4 роки тому +23

    I pushed the button 3 times (which is really 10 times). It didn’t start up thats when I called you oh do you sell eggs.....???

  • @raynulife3569
    @raynulife3569 5 років тому +1

    Steven just a note from the U. K. We have to use double skin plastic tanks with the outlet two inches up on the side to stop all the crud blocking every thing up. Never seen a oil tank inside all ours are outside.

    • @erikj.2066
      @erikj.2066 5 років тому +3

      Most tanks around here are indoors to keep the fuel from turning to gel when it gets really cold out.
      We have plastic lined Roth tanks here too, which have the oil drawn from a line that goes in from the top. They are considerably more money, so most stick with the standard bare steel tank.

  • @williamdyckman9704
    @williamdyckman9704 5 років тому +1

    Steve, good video on that boiler, very good tech tip on the filters. Thanks !

  • @travisbruno1988
    @travisbruno1988 2 роки тому

    I like when you dig deeper into the units the more the merrier for me

  • @toddberner9198
    @toddberner9198 3 роки тому

    Good job done!

  • @anthonygasparini1734
    @anthonygasparini1734 5 років тому +1

    Lmao, your comment "these snotty ass little kids living in Momma's basement" your right on target Steve..Love Miss Molly's pink sweater!

  • @Artisan.HVACR1
    @Artisan.HVACR1 4 роки тому

    Good work!!

  • @danyo1972
    @danyo1972 Рік тому

    Great video. Real world experience.

  • @MAD1450
    @MAD1450 9 місяців тому

    Thanks for the info !!!

  • @kenkroll5642
    @kenkroll5642 3 роки тому

    Steve I enjoy watching your videos I am ex serviceman from Long Island

  • @petergriffin1546
    @petergriffin1546 3 роки тому

    Changing the filters all depends on what you charged for that service call. But great work getting him going......I would have also put screws in the vent pipe (not sure if you did) and changed the pump/tank filter.

  • @kevindowling9270
    @kevindowling9270 4 роки тому

    Hi Steve you're videos are great mate I love your dog so cute

  • @lisacourt7269
    @lisacourt7269 3 роки тому +5

    Filter flow is not linear with regards to trapped particulates. If the filter is 70% clogged, there won't be much reduction in flow. By the time the burner locks out, the filter is 100% plugged.

  • @mlee81
    @mlee81 3 роки тому

    Appreciate the vids keep em coming

  • @stepheneggert7388
    @stepheneggert7388 4 роки тому

    My dad was the same way a good flow no need to change filter. .your right in the 50s and 60s 70s dirty oil..dif today..im retierd..boiler guy.from chicago..my dad was the same. But a heating co..50 s 60 s 70 80s..

  • @danield.manziuc3860
    @danield.manziuc3860 3 роки тому

    As soon as I established aquastat L8148E trsnsformer was good, I simply put a wire from R contact of the BR high limit and installed onto spark ignition module! DONE!

  • @robertbegley6858
    @robertbegley6858 5 років тому +2

    Good morning Steve and moly

  • @alanwinemiller9858
    @alanwinemiller9858 4 роки тому +1

    My hats off to you, I worked on a few of those, can still smell that fuel oil and soot, can’t wash it off!!!!

  • @mikefromuniontown3809
    @mikefromuniontown3809 2 роки тому

    Good Golly Miss Mollie I sure like her coat!!!! woooh!

  • @xX_Kryptis_Xx
    @xX_Kryptis_Xx 5 років тому

    You got a better chance of being hit by lightning then winning the lotto. Great fix as always..

  • @danield.manziuc3860
    @danield.manziuc3860 3 роки тому

    I work most of my jobs on gas fired appliances and dual fuel combustion appliances ( NG and oil), as hospitals have, power backup oil fired generators.

  • @danield.manziuc3860
    @danield.manziuc3860 3 роки тому

    So I search the web to see if similar conditions setvice techs encountered and saw an interesting site heating wall where a technician says he had tons of exact heating calls due to loose wires on B1-B2 contacts! But to take the controller apart and solder would've been for me big hussle as house was getting colder and colder by the hour..

  • @petergriffin1546
    @petergriffin1546 3 роки тому

    great videos...how often do you need to open the boiler door (clean vac) and doesnt the soot fall to bottom when rod?

  • @josephzapata4279
    @josephzapata4279 3 роки тому

    Good job

  • @SovereignTroll
    @SovereignTroll 5 років тому +3

    My two cents...The fact you check oil flow and it is good shows the oil tank and the supplier is good too so unless they change who they buy oil from the situation probably won't change. Love your series.

  • @robert1745
    @robert1745 5 років тому +11

    One time my dad was cleaning out the ol oil burner boiler and grabbed the wrong shop vac with no filter in it. Boy was that a mess...

    • @Shadow-n-Light
      @Shadow-n-Light 3 роки тому +1

      I'm cleaning up the mess from a cleaning four days ago and I am not near finished. Looking for ways to get the best results to clean up soot all over everything, even the cat!

  • @bg147
    @bg147 3 роки тому

    Nice man.

  • @ThePete2432
    @ThePete2432 5 років тому

    Steve has a fan

  • @ednadeau7384
    @ednadeau7384 Рік тому

    Hi. thanks S.L. .with respect to filter changes : big temp changes can make a storage tank breathe ,, water comes in, . Thanks again Steve Lavimoniere

  • @pete2076
    @pete2076 4 роки тому +2

    " aarp, they send me shit all the time" it kills me. he is a dieing breed

  • @georgewgayiii1891
    @georgewgayiii1891 3 роки тому +1

    The amount that guy talks is the reason I strictly do commercial. Everyone just leaves me alone to my machine rooms

  • @jasonzwart2316
    @jasonzwart2316 3 роки тому

    Hey Steve what kind of vacuum is best when cleaning boiler

  • @jfrancis98
    @jfrancis98 4 роки тому +2

    I don’t miss doing oil burners one bit.
    You can have my Z gauge. Looks like you need one...lol

  • @coldfreon2077
    @coldfreon2077 6 місяців тому

    I dont like dealing with it, but hits the button 3-4 times, lol. He makes everyone nervous

  • @skeedebug
    @skeedebug 5 років тому

    Excellent job cleaning er up!

  • @franciscovargas4225
    @franciscovargas4225 3 роки тому

    Steve, do you always use the testo 320 when doing yearly boiler/furnace tuneups

  • @chuckquinn8026
    @chuckquinn8026 5 років тому +1

    As much as I miss my long haired Chi, I’m glad you have yours...she’s so gorgeous! She loves her daddy!

  • @dgpuig45
    @dgpuig45 5 років тому +1

    Miss Molly sure is getting her long coat. It takes up to 3 years in some cases for them to get a full coat.
    I know that the old guy didn't put all that soot in there with just 3 resets.

  • @jcampbell52790
    @jcampbell52790 3 роки тому

    Commentary is priceless lol

  • @johnr2872
    @johnr2872 4 роки тому +4

    I’m in California and yes she is choked, good one not much oil here but love the video. Tempture today was about 74 with high taxes 😏

  • @Eddy63
    @Eddy63 5 років тому +3

    Stevie Boy got him a UA-cam fan ... You ain't gonna go all Hollywood on us are ya , driving with them 20" Chrome rims on the Lav Mobile and a hair stylist for Miss Molly riding to each job ... Just don't forget us little people ... Lol ... Good vid as usual ...

  • @JohnDoe-dn9yo
    @JohnDoe-dn9yo 2 роки тому

    Do you clean the fire chamber as well if cleaning the soot from the top doesn't work and soot is still blowing out? I ask because i have the same exact boiler and if i showed you pictures you would say Oh mama! Lol... but I'm having issues with soot blowing out

  • @1baja1977
    @1baja1977 7 місяців тому

    Question for you Steve. Have you ever run across a choked power venter? Do they need occasional cleaning as well as the furnace? Thanks.

  • @Footrotflats251
    @Footrotflats251 5 років тому +2

    I know this is a boiler and not a Common rail diesel but for the price and the time it takes to change the filter I think it’s just worth doing regardless - because as you know filters can disintegrate and cause issues further down the line

    • @zerodegrees8
      @zerodegrees8 4 роки тому +1

      Yup, preventative maintenance but hey then again if he does change it he doesn’t get the next service call for a clogged filter. = lost income

    • @CL-ty6wp
      @CL-ty6wp 2 роки тому

      @@zerodegrees8 sad but true. Nozzle and filter always changed. What another 10$ at a minimal 75$ service fee.

  • @johnerway7255
    @johnerway7255 5 років тому

    Steve the Monday morning quarterbacks second guess you, lol I like your style. I worked on large oil and gas fired boilers 75,000 lbs/hour, had five of them and I see you are doing a great service, it's called Skill.

  • @carlosmorgan8123
    @carlosmorgan8123 4 роки тому

    Nice job lets me asking somethings do you put a bridge wires or make short with something I can't see what's wires do you bridges or short why do you use that please can explain me ?

  • @davyg7883
    @davyg7883 4 роки тому

    Do you not replace the seals when changing your filters?

  • @coaleozzyconnor
    @coaleozzyconnor 8 місяців тому

    I need your guidance having lockout issues

  • @ghostridergr8259
    @ghostridergr8259 3 роки тому

    Hi happy new year

  • @pakcom-vl9kd
    @pakcom-vl9kd 3 роки тому

    my electrode cable seems to have gone bad, can i use spark plug cable thanks

  • @jbpost52
    @jbpost52 5 років тому +3

    Steve, I was a HVAC technician years ago and only spent a few months with an oil service company. What I do remember was many of the tanks being old had accumulations of sludge in the bottom of the tank which I guess may contribute to filters becoming clogged or dirty. We did have a policy of changing the filters and nozzles on yearly cleanings. I was wondering if the newer fuels effect the sludge present in the tanks, that is with the detergents and low sulfer, will it effect sludge deposits already present there?

    • @octane4life683
      @octane4life683 4 роки тому

      #2 is #2 duder

    • @50clint85
      @50clint85 Рік тому

      I've been servicing oil burners for 15 years you need to change the oil filter every time as a good rule of thumb a 2 to $5 expense will save you a call back with dirty filters no one ever gets them serviced every year it seems like they always like to get their money's worth out of you I think it's time HVAC text started getting our money's worth out of the customer

  • @boopernator
    @boopernator 5 років тому

    If it aint broke don't fix it. good to see the cleaning of the boiler, and I never knew about the baffles . I work on natural gas boilers and furnaces.

  • @rtoweprojects9072
    @rtoweprojects9072 5 років тому +6

    😂 Don't call it a furnace!! 😂

  • @johnnysaltyaircrabcake8030
    @johnnysaltyaircrabcake8030 4 роки тому

    Holy Be J Steve put a mask on ... when doing the bushing... they must have pushed it 2 or 3 hundred times

  • @sirhc07
    @sirhc07 5 років тому

    Great job steven I'd do the same with those baffles

  • @chipper442
    @chipper442 4 роки тому

    Steve, love the videos. Quick question. When the furnace first starts, and the transformer sends the spark, does the spark stop once the CAD cell recognizes flame?
    My oil furnace short cycles. It has been cleaned, new oil filter, nozzle, transformer, and it still does the same thing.
    I thought the “arc” stops, once the flame is recognized.
    I’m thinking it’s my thermostat or the controller on the furnace. Thank you.

    • @octane4life683
      @octane4life683 4 роки тому

      If its interrupted ignition the spark will stop. Short cycling is about the unit over heating

  • @bparker86
    @bparker86 3 роки тому

    Gotta love living in the northeast. These guys definitely sound the part lol nice guys tho for sure

  • @toddberner9198
    @toddberner9198 3 роки тому +1

    "This is a BOI-ler....... "lol

  • @kevhen5557
    @kevhen5557 5 років тому +3

    Hi Steve, I was wondering what you do with the oil from cleaning and testing the oil flow.

  • @johnnysaltyaircrabcake8030
    @johnnysaltyaircrabcake8030 4 роки тому

    OMG that's why I work on machines LOL they don't conversation... Im a mechanic that likes to get in do some Good stuff perfect as I could make it.. leave with a smile to the customer...bang out as many calls as I can to help people with no heat

  • @brandonrutt2898
    @brandonrutt2898 5 років тому +2

    The sheep have their fur cut 😂

  • @toddberner9198
    @toddberner9198 3 роки тому

    Good to replace the NAWZLE....cool shit!!

  • @mescanto89
    @mescanto89 2 роки тому

    Don’t you need to vacuum the fire box after brushing the top. But I know that fireproof material is very delicate in the box and can’t be altered.

  • @andrewscheuermann1890
    @andrewscheuermann1890 4 роки тому

    I change the oil filter every year,and clean the pump screen

  • @frankcrowley2602
    @frankcrowley2602 2 роки тому +1

    you should change all filters while your there to prevent future probblems its not all about job security when you go back to charge the customer next time do it right the first time

  • @Papalegba22
    @Papalegba22 5 місяців тому

    This home owner needs to go upstairs!!!!!

  • @dconlan69
    @dconlan69 4 роки тому +1

    I agree Steve. Friggin know it alls. Yuppie type. Filters last a long time. Plus its a home owner deal. Who the hell calls out a licenced plumber to change their oil filter? Its called maintenance people.

  • @lindylindex5
    @lindylindex5 4 роки тому +1

    Id like to see u work with an old valliant....aint seen to many of them and there really common up re in Maine

    • @octane4life683
      @octane4life683 4 роки тому

      An excellent boiler, usually find af2 burners with HLX heads

    • @olivergilcreest5941
      @olivergilcreest5941 2 роки тому

      Check out heating geeks video on oldest combi on UA-cam. It's a vaillant boiler in the UK

  • @thomascoolberth2648
    @thomascoolberth2648 5 років тому +2

    HVAC student here ... on the filter issue .. I guess I'll just defer to what the supervisor says. I'm hearing that introducing percentages of biofuel into an old system will clog things up good. Too many variables with this customer playing with things, calling a different tech.

    • @octane4life683
      @octane4life683 4 роки тому

      Biofuel requires different filters and gaskets due to it being less viscous.

  • @johnnysaltyaircrabcake8030
    @johnnysaltyaircrabcake8030 4 роки тому

    call me on my day off as I told customers.. lets have a Pepsi... (LOL)

  • @danield.manziuc3860
    @danield.manziuc3860 3 роки тому

    You mentioned in this video when you measured overfire draft that 1"wc suffice..but you had measured at boiler inspection window..shouldn't be measured at the inlet of barometric damper instead? Or that location would give you same reading?

    • @sabbath7081
      @sabbath7081 2 роки тому

      That's a totally different measurement, the heat exchanger which he ran the brush through is a restriction before the exhaust, so he's making sure there's enough draft in the firebox, not after the heat exchanger in the chimney pipe, that draft should be .02

  • @cheskybaba4864
    @cheskybaba4864 2 роки тому

    Why didn't you use the gauge to readjust the electrodes??

  • @qzorn4440
    @qzorn4440 3 роки тому

    boiler work is going to the dogs and trying to cat--up in cold weather...Mmmm thanks a lot...:) great stuff and the smart guy goes for cleaner air to breath...*v*

  • @cfonvip5151
    @cfonvip5151 4 роки тому +1

    Oh man!!! Good Job and good listener LOL
    Bad marriage person that needs to be eared!!!
    Those kind of clients that wont make you feel guilty to over charge them, OBNOXIOUS!!!!!!!!!

  • @ureasmith3049
    @ureasmith3049 2 роки тому

    He cleans the parts with the heating fuel?

  • @JLamond219
    @JLamond219 5 років тому +2

    I only hit the button 5 times in the last 5 minutes. lol..Good Job Steve.....Steve I think the old guy just wanted someone to chat with..

  • @JamesLee-oe7mt
    @JamesLee-oe7mt 5 років тому

    What happens if you touch the leads of that transformer?