I have no problem with how much you're charging, you're knowledge and the skills that you have gained over your lifetime are priceless. I like the way you do business.
For the $3000 price tag it almost sounds like they practically quoted to replace the entire furnace unit. Where I live I just helped a friend replace his forced air furnace. The 2 local heating contractors quoted him $4100 and $4450 respectively which I thought was fairly inline with current prices but he decided to replace it himself and he bought a new unit for $2200 and we were able to swap it out over the course of about 3-4 hours.
Good job Handy! You are truly a Jack of all Trades. A man after my own heart. 😎 HVAC is an industry that is famous for overcharging and shady dealing. An honest HVAC company can make bank.
keep in mind the pricing will vary quite a bit depending on where you are located and your clientele. I am in iowa and 1500 would be on the high side but still not extreme.
What kind of handyman wears a Rolex to work on an AC unit? A good one that knows what he is doing. Also when you had that fan running without it in the unit. All I could think of is places not to stick your well lets say fingers LOL.
I had a problem with 3K, not so much with $1,500. You have travel time and I doubt you knew exactly how long it was going to take to fix so you have to factor that in along with all the other expenses that go along with being self employed which have all skyrocketed along with everything else.
I used to do this work back in the 90s commercially and can tell you a residential smoker is nothing compared to a bar or restaurant where smoking was common back in the day. Combine the smoke, tar, grease and food odors all built up in the duct work with mold growing on top of it. Horrible especially some of the taverns that had been around since the 70s.
in Kentucky our HVAC company is called expensive and we would do it for $337-700 , depending on the cost of the blower wheel ...... and like others have said , that wheel was destroyed by something very hard getting sucked into the furnace (probably due to lack of filter) ....dust/dirt isnt gonna dent and destroy a wheel like that
@@MsckMattof that what the “company” you work for is charging, they must be paying you minimum wage lol….that’s why you get no input on pricing, because you’d be out of business before you started line the company you are soon to be laid off from.
@remodz6385 Sorry to disappoint you. Successfully ran an HVAC company for 30 years. $1500.00 is way to much for a $100 part and 30 minutes labor. Add another hour. Even $200/hour labor double the part. Do the math. If you pad it by $200 your @ $700.00. Now that I ran the numbers $600 would be fair.
The only problem I had was my anxiety as you were moving the unit around with no gloves or long sleeves. One slip and that sheet metal slices easily - PPE is cheaper to buy and wear than going to the hospital for stitches!
I love your videos, I do. Been watching them for a few years. But $1,500 seems a touch high. Maybe 30 min drive time to and from customer location = 1 hr. 3 hours to diagnose, troubleshoot, help customer pick new fan, install it. That's 4 hours. $1,500 ÷ 4 hours = $375. That seems kinda steep to me. Love your channel. Cheers from Kansas.
Irrelevant of the 'crimp' connections from the blade to the wheel something was obvious;e dropped into the blades to cause the failure. What was that? I don't buy the filter excuse, that looks more like a screwdriver was dropped from above.
All markets are different. It’s $3000 in this market to get the biggest hvac company in town (I’m guessing they have 100 trucks) to replace the whole furnace.
3M furnace filters and shark bites are the poop! I have a 25x5x5” furnace filter, 3M filters cost $50 + 🇨🇦ian, but last 12 months, sweetness! I’ve also replaced all bathrooms plumbing and copper pipe in a ‘79 built home with 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2+4 piece, and 1+3 piece bathrooms with shark bites and pex pipe, no leaks, not one worry for 15+ years
The man is worthy of his labor. Don't judge others on your own pocket. People have the money; they don't want the problem. This was a problem; he fixed and got paid.. learn from him.
People don’t understand supply and demand and a business owner. $1500 is a great deal. Same day HVAC service in the dead of summer and 100* days. They are booked up for months and months. Supply and demand. Your price is what you’re best customers are willing to pay.
my price would have been $1000.00 :) Only because that's the State Trade Law Maximum bid limit for a Handyman CO's here in Nevada (and that $1000.00 Maximum Limit - it MUST include all materials - No mater who purchases them)
Here in Canada, you not only pay $5,000- as a minimum show up fee to be applied to the work, but also get ribbed about needing an a/c at all. However, in summer, it gets hot here too. 40*C = 104*F. Also, if the client becomes a Karen, make or female, the price automatically doubles every 15 minutes until they stop, which is more than reasonable.
Damn, Im a big fan and I understand you need to make money in business, but I hope you were kidding about charging 3k. $170 in parts and an hour of labor? Im an hvac tech working for a smaller company, that would be a $500-$700 job all day every day even with all our overhead.
most states dont have an HVAC specific license, most technicians will have a gas/oil burner, electrical, refrigeration license. Contractors when hiring are interested in certifications and years in the field.
@@TheHandyman1 Interesting... one would think that since you are messing with the electrical wires (unhooking power to the motor, hooking back up) that it would require a competency certification or license or something lol. I learn something new everyday.
@@TheHandyman1 that’s wild. I talk to guys from all over the country and some of their prices are crazy. Not $3,000 for a blower wheel crazy, but crazy. $13k for a water heater? Must be a new hybrid heat pump in a high cost market, and possibly urgent replacement.
Not for same day service in the dead of summer and 100* days. They are booked up for months and months. Supply and demand. Your price is what you’re best customers are willing to pay.
For $3K, they can get a whole new unit, you thief...lol Hahaha!!!! But seriously though, there are A/C techs out there charging some serious coin for repairs like this...
@TheHandyman1 Yes, $1,500 for the repair..I get the price is the price is the price, but that's still astronomical in $ terms for what you did. It's @ max $500 + the part. Then again, I don't have a family to feed or large truck to service 🤷♂️.
Wow. All that simply for neglecting a filter. Imagine the nightmare that mechanics put up with fixing neglected cars every day. People who didn't keep their lives in order a few years ago are paying stratospheric prices now for nearly everything.
We usually charge cost of part plus $25 (to cover fuel and time) and around $100 for labor. So we would have done that job for around $300 . I have been an HVAC tech for about 20 years now and my employer has been in business for around 40 years. There is absolutely NO REASON to charge $1500 for changing a blower wheel. You should be ashamed of yourself.
Anyone saying ripoff; you don’t charge enough. I’m not in the business of losing money. People can shop around. Or go with the best reputation for a guaranteed fix.
I just got quoted 3700 to get my reversing valve replaced !!! Then they offered a whole new outside unit and furnace installed for 7500. !!! Like WTF!!! Are you anywhere near Louisville KY ?
I have no problem with how much you're charging, you're knowledge and the skills that you have gained over your lifetime are priceless. I like the way you do business.
"The louder the noise the more expensive the repair job". Good one Handy.
For the $3000 price tag it almost sounds like they practically quoted to replace the entire furnace unit. Where I live I just helped a friend replace his forced air furnace. The 2 local heating contractors quoted him $4100 and $4450 respectively which I thought was fairly inline with current prices but he decided to replace it himself and he bought a new unit for $2200 and we were able to swap it out over the course of about 3-4 hours.
Good job Handy! You are truly a Jack of all Trades. A man after my own heart. 😎 HVAC is an industry that is famous for overcharging and shady dealing. An honest HVAC company can make bank.
I bet for 3000 you could get a lifetime supply of little squirrels 🐿️ to run around that cage to keep them cool 😎 It’s just 🥜 !!! 😂
Go Handy Go!
Lucky people they are when they call you handyman! You are the Best!
keep in mind the pricing will vary quite a bit depending on where you are located and your clientele. I am in iowa and 1500 would be on the high side but still not extreme.
Business is good for hvac tech. Rocking his Rolex
Damn that's a $300 labor job for me.
I’m a licensed HVACR guy in Florida. Good for you sir. I am slammed, charge reasonable prices and make a decent living.
Handy we need the Mexican resteraunt music over the work footage
What kind of handyman wears a Rolex to work on an AC unit? A good one that knows what he is doing. Also when you had that fan running without it in the unit. All I could think of is places not to stick your well lets say fingers LOL.
Damn, I charged 1500 for a family friend to change his evaporator coil. That took the whole damn day too.
I had a problem with 3K, not so much with $1,500. You have travel time and I doubt you knew exactly how long it was going to take to fix so you have to factor that in along with all the other expenses that go along with being self employed which have all skyrocketed along with everything else.
Worked on a house that had decades of smoker tar build up inside HVAC, was a terrible day. Ashtray smell haunts me. Bet it took days off my life.
Especially if you live in commiefornia
I will not take jobs for interior smokers, and i wont work in any room that cats or litterboxes are kept
I used to do this work back in the 90s commercially and can tell you a residential smoker is nothing compared to a bar or restaurant where smoking was common back in the day. Combine the smoke, tar, grease and food odors all built up in the duct work with mold growing on top of it. Horrible especially some of the taverns that had been around since the 70s.
5:38 reminded me of Johnny Utah's face getting pushed into that old timey lawnmower in Point Break 🤣💕👏👍
PS- Gooood byeeee! 😄
you rock bro !!!!!!! that was a very cool fix $1500 grate price grate service
I took mine out about a month ago, to clean the blades they had a lot of caked on dirt. Now It blows more air well at least it feels like it 😂
in Kentucky our HVAC company is called expensive and we would do it for $337-700 , depending on the cost of the blower wheel ...... and like others have said , that wheel was destroyed by something very hard getting sucked into the furnace (probably due to lack of filter) ....dust/dirt isnt gonna dent and destroy a wheel like that
Almost left the video, watched an ad for Nanosparkle paint fix, but ultimately decided to stay with you.
Maximum today is $500.00 to $700.00 depending upon travel time to retrieve the part. Don't need OEM part.
The place I work at would quote around $500 all said and done for this exact same job.
@@MsckMattof that what the “company” you work for is charging, they must be paying you minimum wage lol….that’s why you get no input on pricing, because you’d be out of business before you started line the company you are soon to be laid off from.
@remodz6385 Sorry to disappoint you. Successfully ran an HVAC company for 30 years. $1500.00 is way to much for a $100 part and 30 minutes labor. Add another hour. Even $200/hour labor
double the part. Do the math. If you pad it by $200 your @ $700.00. Now that I ran the numbers $600 would be fair.
Nice watch.
“The louder the sound, the more expensive the repair!!!!!”
Glad to see theres capitalist still in the great state of CA
Nice! Love the new hairdo Handy!
The only problem I had was my anxiety as you were moving the unit around with no gloves or long sleeves. One slip and that sheet metal slices easily - PPE is cheaper to buy and wear than going to the hospital for stitches!
I love your videos, I do. Been watching them for a few years. But $1,500 seems a touch high.
Maybe 30 min drive time to and from customer location = 1 hr.
3 hours to diagnose, troubleshoot, help customer pick new fan, install it.
That's 4 hours.
$1,500 ÷ 4 hours = $375. That seems kinda steep to me.
Love your channel.
Cheers from Kansas.
How much to have that table you scratched up refinished? Call it even?
Irrelevant of the 'crimp' connections from the blade to the wheel something was obvious;e dropped into the blades to cause the failure. What was that? I don't buy the filter excuse, that looks more like a screwdriver was dropped from above.
Yeah blades werent caked with dirt at all
All markets are different. It’s $3000 in this market to get the biggest hvac company in town (I’m guessing they have 100 trucks) to replace the whole furnace.
Nice bike
Thanks ✌️
Customers pay for your knowledge/training/experience what have you, not the time it takes you to do the job.
1500$ is a reasonable price for a skilled tech for a irregular repair in the dungeon with special order parts in a metropolitan area
Exactly.....not a walk in conditioned basement for a buddy. That blower wheel is $200 shipped....and new furnace $3k shipped.
Nice work Handy. Folks will pay for AC around here in the Deep South. HandyOn!
3M furnace filters and shark bites are the poop! I have a 25x5x5” furnace filter, 3M filters cost $50 + 🇨🇦ian, but last 12 months, sweetness!
I’ve also replaced all bathrooms plumbing and copper pipe in a ‘79 built home with 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2+4 piece, and 1+3 piece bathrooms with shark bites and pex pipe, no leaks, not one worry for 15+ years
Dam i spent 4200$ and it was new a/c and a 90% furnace installed with removel of old furnace never had a/c what market are you in?
Do you need hvac license to do that job?
The business video is now live. ua-cam.com/video/yhaF89p3e-U/v-deo.html
Three thousand is cheap. I couldn’t get an air conditioner repair guy for any price. Everyone wanted to in install one.
True that, first instinct - "you need a new unit".
Is it though? A new unit would be $8k
If I charged 400 for that I'd blush
$1500 you got to be kidding me. How much was the fan part? I might have done it for nothing if he paid for the part or maybe $100 bucks.
Good thing you don't run a business. Every aspect is way more expensive than you expect.
You must not run a business.
LOL....exactly. That's a $150 part....maybe $200 shipped. At an hour of labor he's at $1,300/hr.
The man is worthy of his labor. Don't judge others on your own pocket. People have the money; they don't want the problem. This was a problem; he fixed and got paid.. learn from him.
@@moorefab8192he needs that Rolex money
It’s more exciting when this happens to a 5 foot diameter fan wheel.
Can you work on hvac equipment as a handy man?
Business is business
People don’t understand supply and demand and a business owner. $1500 is a great deal.
Same day HVAC service in the dead of summer and 100* days. They are booked up for months and months. Supply and demand. Your price is what you’re best customers are willing to pay.
Are you required to be a licensed HVAC contractor in your state?
Not to replace a fan.
For new installs you have to work under a License number but the technician does not require any sort of license.
I can’t even buy a fan without the EPA certs.
What does the EPA have to do with a fan?
I have no idea! I ask that every time I do one. I’m a GC. But I do a lot of things like you. I have many subs help me get things done.
my price would have been $1000.00
:) Only because that's the State Trade Law Maximum bid limit for a Handyman CO's here in Nevada
(and that $1000.00 Maximum Limit - it MUST include all materials - No mater who purchases them)
Clearly most of you didn’t watch this video until the very end.
Here in Canada, you not only pay $5,000- as a minimum show up fee to be applied to the work, but also get ribbed about needing an a/c at all. However, in summer, it gets hot here too. 40*C = 104*F. Also, if the client becomes a Karen, make or female, the price automatically doubles every 15 minutes until they stop, which is more than reasonable.
3000 ? for a 800 dollar repair, what did the wheel cost 90. bucks? is that the owners table you're using as a work bench?
The wheel cost $172
@@TheHandyman1 Aftermarket, that is probably better quality than OEM, less than a 100. in the southeast
Damn, Im a big fan and I understand you need to make money in business, but I hope you were kidding about charging 3k. $170 in parts and an hour of labor? Im an hvac tech working for a smaller company, that would be a $500-$700 job all day every day even with all our overhead.
Watch the video to the end, there he will tell you the real price
@@kongypas I love when people make comments that show they clearly did not watch the video.
Does this repair require an HVAC license in most states?
most states dont have an HVAC specific license, most technicians will have a gas/oil burner, electrical, refrigeration license.
Contractors when hiring are interested in certifications and years in the field.
No
@@TheHandyman1 Interesting... one would think that since you are messing with the electrical wires (unhooking power to the motor, hooking back up) that it would require a competency certification or license or something lol. I learn something new everyday.
@@davidraulinaitis3477 Right, I should have said most "counties" as a lot of states don't have any requirements at the state level.
Your price is more than fair.
The wheels are like $130, takes about 20 minutes to replace. Thats $600 here
$3,000 for same day service here. Its $13,000 for a water heater now too.
13k for a water heater is honestly sad. I just got quoted 2k for a new one and install
Just google $13,000 water heater and you will find the news article. My next business video goes into that news story.
@@TheHandyman1 that’s wild. I talk to guys from all over the country and some of their prices are crazy. Not $3,000 for a blower wheel crazy, but crazy. $13k for a water heater? Must be a new hybrid heat pump in a high cost market, and possibly urgent replacement.
It was a 40 gallon gas water heater. Tomorrows business video will include my take on the news story.
3 grand is a little much come on
Not for same day service in the dead of summer and 100* days. They are booked up for months and months. Supply and demand. Your price is what you’re best customers are willing to pay.
Would you charge $1500 to replace a customer supplied receptacle or switch?
$500 each.
@@TheHandyman1 Is that your minimum charge?
It depends.
I'd pay $1,500 for that fix. Especially if I heard you correctly say "a couple mill" house. $1,500 is nothing.
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For $3K, they can get a whole new unit, you thief...lol Hahaha!!!! But seriously though, there are A/C techs out there charging some serious coin for repairs like this...
And you called out the plumber for charging $13,000 for a new water heater. You are part of the problem.
If they are willing to pay it, then let them pay it
I get you did a good job, but that just sounds like a price that guarantees payment today but never hearing from the customer again. 🤷♂️
did you watch the the full video? I gave them a 50% discount from what their other estimate was.
@TheHandyman1 Yes, $1,500 for the repair..I get the price is the price is the price, but that's still astronomical in $ terms for what you did. It's @ max $500 + the part. Then again, I don't have a family to feed or large truck to service 🤷♂️.
oh ok
Highway robbery for a licensed contractor, wtf for a "handyman"
This is a symptom of too much static pressure handy man. Or too many 🐴 power.
I agree. I asked them if they messed with the fan speed. They also had a lot of vents close to get more cold air up to the top floor.
3000 bucks? Come on!
It was $1500
Wow. All that simply for neglecting a filter. Imagine the nightmare that mechanics put up with fixing neglected cars every day. People who didn't keep their lives in order a few years ago are paying stratospheric prices now for nearly everything.
Why didn't you watch the video?
It wasnt from the filters
5k to 7 k for a high efficiency furnace brand new
Charge what you want Handyman!
But I don't to hear your crying when the Mexican repair man comes along and charges 1/4 of what your charging!!
We usually charge cost of part plus $25 (to cover fuel and time) and around $100 for labor. So we would have done that job for around $300 . I have been an HVAC tech for about 20 years now and my employer has been in business for around 40 years. There is absolutely NO REASON to charge $1500 for changing a blower wheel. You should be ashamed of yourself.
I would do it for 2999 dollars 😊
Anyone saying ripoff; you don’t charge enough. I’m not in the business of losing money. People can shop around. Or go with the best reputation for a guaranteed fix.
if your charging 3000 to do that work, your ripping them off, that is not 3000 dollars, dont know what your smoking or if your joking
Unbelievable,rip off
As an HVAC tech.... watching homeowners and diyers make repairs is cringe AF.
Handyman... was vaseline used?....
Well, the end of the video says the it was used.
3000 BS points!
Again, going around robbing people and bragging about it. Aren't you worried about your reputation?
Makes me sick !
I just got quoted 3700 to get my reversing valve replaced !!! Then they offered a whole new outside unit and furnace installed for 7500. !!! Like WTF!!!
Are you anywhere near Louisville KY ?
Dang, I charged 1500 for a family friend to change his evaporator coil. That took the whole damn day too.