What YOU Need To Know BEFORE Getting In The HVAC Trade!!

The amount of time I’ve cut my fingers is ridiculous, make sure to get some tight silicone gloves

TLDR from my experience: this trade sucks. Home warranty has ruined this trade. You can do commercial but if you enjoy talking to people, don't do HVAC.

music to my ears

Good job. I Agree with all that you've said! Keep up the valuable videos. 😊 😎

Joined school but no hands on just learn from book and many company’s require ssn so can’t get any practice basically 😐

Describe what your doing through the whole process.

You’re making me love installs! Really love how clean the first one is! 👌🏼

Bruh I thought hvac was working on furnaces and air conditioners but this guy is drilling holes on a residential roof?? The amount of things to learn in this trade seems to be never ending, endless amount of things to know. And you don’t get paid good unless you know it all. Otherwise you’ll be paid minimum wage and be a helper forever. Driving an hour and a half to the city and have to pay for parking a mile away. Getting a parking tickets from cops. Spending hundreds on tools. Never being home. It’s a joke.

ive been interested in a lot of different trades but theres 2 things that concern me.
1. starting work at 6am
2. ladder work. im not good with heights and most trades require them.

On the tools thing, I also think it is important to not get too hung up on that. I have seen a lot of newer techs run out and buy Milwaukee everything day 1 (over priced in my opinion) and end up with a lot of stuff they paid a lot for that they rarely use. The stuff you use a lot, get good one, the stuff you rarely use you can get away with harbor freight.

Im learning now. I already know how to do duct work. Properly too. I never see anyone do it right. With the right glues right amount of tape and squeegeed , then pasted. Hence why ducts are always rotting off etc.. now im learning the actual unit. MAINLY bc my AC broke down ac guy came out and did literally nothing and bam charged 500. Just to tie it from the breaker it was on into the existing 1. Fast forward it broke again thought it just needed freon cuz it froze up bad.. mind you new ducts. And cleaned the coils really good hosed it out.. it was actually a fan motor ecm... cost 1000 bucks.. so yeah. I alrwady know alot and havwnt went to school yet.. good luck yall and thanks

Absolutely about the tools. Starting out I went bought a bunch of milwakee and when those got stolen off the job site somehow. I went and bought some tools from walmart(hypertough) and have been using for a bit now to save back up to make a investment on some better tools. It’s good enough to get by!

Great tips!

I can change my own toliet flapper. Am I qualified to make $200k in the HVAC industry with no experience?

By the way, you got the crimps going the wrong way. On a hood vent you need to do the crimps pointing down with the crimp end opposite of air flow. The reason, it keeps the grease from building up on the joints and allows the grease to flow all the way back down the pipe.

One thing I will say is if I really want this I have to learn patience. Gotta learn to be in tune with the moment and forget about what’s going on an hour from now

HVAC does ducts for cooktops?

Your work on this field is very much similar to and airline pilot. I compare you with a captain of a Boeing 737-900 that has already been upgrade to a B-767-400 , or Boeing triple 7, or even to a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, with international routes to Europe. Really! You got the experience, know how, confidence , and operates state of the art tools. 777 and 787 are state of the the art American passenger planes… and you probably deal with different people, work issues, safety, and so on . Not different at all from a pilot. Great videos, great content, I like to watching them and I learn something different all the time . Thank you .

So many skills are needed for this type of work. I feel the pain.

I have been an installer for over a year now and one thing I learn is this trade is all about favoritism .. If the lead don’t like you they won’t train you and will wait for you to mess up .. They will tell you to ask questions but soon as you do they will get tired of you asking lol .. So good luck out there fellas .. I hope I give you good information

I live in central europe where there are concrete panel buildings. My problem with the trade would be hanging out of the 8th floor window, with a big a- hammer drill, fixing stuff to the walls. Google the buildings, and they would be your most frequent place of work.

I appreciate these videos your enthusiasm and dedication

Said it perfectly at the end of the video.

It’s something you can’t describe to someone and have them understand without experiencing it. It’s a love/hate relationship especially just started out in this trade and getting thrown in the fire, but if your cut out for it you sleep good at night cause your tired as shit and wake up wanting more punishment also know as”knowledge”

Thank you for time brother and hard work

Have a question for all you hvac guys out there. I’m a heavier set guy and want to get started in this trade but am concerned about my weight and size being a problem what do you guys think

I'm starting my new HVAC job in a few weeks. My program is giving me some money to buy my first set of tools. What would you recommend getting started as a service tech? I have a 2k budget.

What invoice system you current using?

Just curious, but doesn't the customer have to pay for all your filming? Do they agree to this?

Speaking of tough areas, I have a new attic unit, I have made my area very easy to access by flooring the attic, reinforcing the attic, and even cutting new holes that were difficult to access prior.

Hello, I’m looking to start my HVAC career after high school, I’m currently in my junior year. I’m enrolled in a career academy for HVAC, I’m gaining knowledge for this trade, this is a 2 year plan and I’m hoping to get an apprenticeship somewhere, do you have any recommendations for me starting out?

Im in the trade for 40 years I’ve worked on everything from ductwork to 800 chillers my body is getting stiff about 5 years left never been laid off since 1982 many 80 hr weeks. Millions of lazy people count on me

Been in the business about 4 months now and all I can say is that it’s a love hate relationship lol. It’s extremely rewarding at the end of the day and feels great when I can put a smile on a customers face. Crawl spaces and extremely cluttered attics are very hard to get used to. Living in South Carolina doesn’t help considering an average summer day can be over 100 degrees including humidity. I’m excited to get in my own van in a couple weeks and bust out maintenances, all I’m waiting for is the day I get to do repairs and bang out some coils all on my own!

Did I see it wrong? It looks like you started your pipe with the crimp on the elbow going backward, against the airflow. Then at the roof it looks like the crimp is facing down also. Isn’t the crimp supposed to to point toward the airflow. Same way with supply, return ductwork, and flues. Am I missing something?

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When unfamiliar with equipment you service contact your supplier/distributor and get all needed data so you can get work done right and gain a new happy customer.-

Thanks for sharing all this information currently I am a service technician for a property management company i service residential apartments helping me to level my skills. I like the HVAC trade its good however like you mention you have to be mentally ready you work in all type of weather conditions.

It’s a trade that will always be there and always hire my question is would I need to start as a apprentice ?

Watching Quality HVAC/R really inspires me ! Im also in trade for 3 years now and we face new obstacles each and everyday. Keep up the good GUYS ‼️ love the videos !

I feel you on running those two more calls on that Friday night!

Love the channel. Keep them coming...

How much sheet rock did you leave in that hood fan? Dude covered up next time

This was just a video of us watching you work 😂

Love your video's and content! They have been very benefical in this trade! Thank you for the motivation and encouragement! I couldn't agree more with your last tip-a lot of this is definitely mental.

It’s not for everyone BUT there is a fantastic feeling that comes with solving a problem that helps society thrive and flourish.

I'm 66 years old and am going into HVAC because there is a void of people who want to work or have technical knowledge. My background is motorcycle and automotive with all the electronics and computer technology related. My interest is service and diagnostics. Any comments are welcome: what do you think?

What is the name of this toolbelt ?

can anyone give me an idea of how much i can make as sub technician working with a contractor or a company? i live in the northeast region, we seem to work all year long

Service tech here from Chicago it’s pretty solid hours can suck though