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That's is what we maintenance guy are...... every person heck sometime I am a nurse too. Great video lex and yes i saw your response on the last video that would be cool man 👍👍
ur channel pretty much a blessing, just got hired @ apt complex tech job ocala fl, value ur vids, not strong on ac, just basics good to go on rest, daily tools to carry can be a hassle, sharing 2 golf carts 4 people, trash out from 2nd floor are rough....learning,and turning
Lex I'm a super in New YorK City (manhattan) and there are management companies always looking for guys with your experience! free apt ,Union wages (40 dollars a hour) and several porters and handymen . You would make a killing down here!.
Wow right on! The winters there though would do me in. From Florida to New York would be a big step. 👍😂👍 Thank you so much for watching Ray! www.DirtyMaintenanceNation.com
Cracked me up when you used the chopstick, I did that last month for the first time also and will continue down that path in the future. I think I’m gonna try golf tees as well.
On the door as mentioned earlier golf tees work great, I have also used those large screw in metal anchors if the frame or door is ripped out too big for tees!
Every time a vendor leaves a vacant I turned, I go in & see what they messed up to make repairs. Drives me nuts! Thank you so much for watching DC! www.DirtyMaintenanceNation.com
Great video as always big fan!! I would like to piggyback on the ac leak to help out the new guys. Make sure you check the shrader valves too when doing your leak check easy to miss or skip when you're checking your pressures speaking from experience...
To this very day, the unit is still good & holding. May have a huffer on my property or something. 👍😂👍Thank you so much for watching Chad! www.DirtyMaintenanceNation.com
For the door hinge I just stuffed it with peices of shims or sometimes I slap a anchor in there, all in all it's pretty much the same concept. Great repair.
I was an industrial maintenanceman in a slaughterhouse. My regular work orders consisted of changing out bolts that had rusted through, greasing bearings, replacing orbit motors, fixing hydraulic hoses that were leaking oil onto the belts, and re-welding whatever cleanup broke when they were cleaning. Sometimes I'd replace motors in the cooling units, sometimes re-wire machines that had electrical problems because cleanup would stand there and spray high-pressure hot water directly at the electrical boxes and the previous person who worked on the unit didn't close the boxes correctly. Occasionally fix blood pumps, that one was pretty dirty. I would jump at the chance to do electrical work, unless it was replacing the lights on the ceilings. I flat out did not do that; not because I couldn't or because I was scared of heights, I wasn't. I just didn't want to get on a rickety fucking extension ladder and climb my ass 17 feet in the air. Might make me sound like an asshole but I don't care; someone ELSE could do that. I'll work on 240v machines live because we can't find the breaker, but I will not climb that far up on a ladder.
@@LexVance Oh, I could tell stories, believe you me. You know companies say "Safety is our primary concern"? Well at this place it was "Production is priority 1. Production is priority 2. Safety is... well, just try not to get hurt".
Sorry to hear that man. Ive done that too but wasn't let go. Sounds like a terrible company. Oh well, there's plenty of apartments in this world. You'll be back at it quickly I'm sure. Thank you so much for watching Cheney! www.DirtyMaintenanceNation.com
Skid real question for you. You’re defrost board trick. Would that work on all heat pumps or just the Goodman’s? I work on 5 ton and up and they’re carrier heat pumps
I usually use wedges but the chop sticks seem perfect. Might try some glue next time though. Great work as usual, thanks for sharing. Almost forgot the question I had, do you need to be certified to charge the units?
I sure did. I bubbled everything & got nothing. I popped the top on the condenser & probed all inside it too. I got nothing! Very, very rare that I don't find anything. Thank you so much for watching Officer! www.DirtyMaintenanceNation.com
I don't know why they didn't do LED's when they built the place. Didn't want to spend the money I guess. Thank you so much for watching Hank! www.DirtyMaintenanceNation.com
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Great tip on that door
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Worrying doesn't take away tomorrow's trouble it only take away today's peace.
Wise man
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“Worrying doesn’t take away tomorrow’s troubles it only takes away today’s peace.”
Zen and the art of Maintenance
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That's is what we maintenance guy are...... every person heck sometime I am a nurse too. Great video lex and yes i saw your response on the last video that would be cool man 👍👍
Lol. Both of u guys rock
@@51-FS Thanks Bart ❤❤
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I used to carry packs golf tees. they worked great for stripped door screw holes. One time I went to the yard and picked up sticks.
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Love this channel. Learn a lot from you. Keep up the good work skid!
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Nice tech tip on the door Sir Lex-A-Lot as well as the lights ... This really helps the new guys as well as the older ones ...
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Chopstick/toothpick trick is amazing!!! I never had this problem, but I am prepared now!!
Right on! Thank you so much for watching C Bretz!
ur channel pretty much a blessing, just got hired @ apt complex tech job ocala fl, value ur vids,
not strong on ac, just basics good to go on rest, daily tools to carry can be a hassle, sharing 2 golf carts 4 people, trash out from 2nd floor are rough....learning,and turning
Right on man! I'm up in Tallahassee. Thank you so much for watching Jesse!
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Golf tees also work a charm for stripped out holes. Always keep them in the truck.
Right on! Thank you so much for watching Mitchell!
Glad to have found your video’s Man. I’m a subscriber n watching all your moves” skidder on” my brother 😎✊🏻
Awesome! Thank you so much for watching Rafael!
Lex I'm a super in New YorK City (manhattan) and there are management companies always looking for guys
with your experience! free apt ,Union wages (40 dollars a hour) and several porters and handymen . You would make a killing down here!.
Wow right on! The winters there though would do me in. From Florida to New York would be a big step. 👍😂👍 Thank you so much for watching Ray!
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Dude, love your problem solving abilities! This is so educational, thanks man!!
Right on Jose! Thank you so much for watching!
All I ever use for the doors is chop sticks! Just shove em in and break em off. Grabs nice and tight skid!
Right on! Thank you so much for watching Alex!
Cracked me up when you used the chopstick, I did that last month for the first time also and will continue down that path in the future. I think I’m gonna try golf tees as well.
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Golf Tees work on them holes in the jamb ....add a dab of glue!
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On the door as mentioned earlier golf tees work great, I have also used those large screw in metal anchors if the frame or door is ripped out too big for tees!
Lex the best thing for hinges is use golf tees.
Glad to see someone can up with a good use for slip joint pliers
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Them damn flooring vendors, use to grind my gears messing doors up. Taking sliding closet doors off and not putting them back.
Every time a vendor leaves a vacant I turned, I go in & see what they messed up to make repairs. Drives me nuts! Thank you so much for watching DC!
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Wooden golf tees work great for the doors. I carry a few in my tool bag always.
Right on! I got some golf tees. Thank you so much for watching Joe!
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Lex, I use golf Tee’s to fill holes.
Right on. Thank you so much for watching Robert!
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Nice Lex, reminds me of some of my busy days as a Maintenance man/Handyman. Cheers man.
Cheers Harry! Thank you so much for watching man!
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All in a days work right Adrain BROdy. Keep up the good work skid
👍😂👍 Good one BROtato chip. Thank you so much for watching Paul!
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Great video as always big fan!! I would like to piggyback on the ac leak to help out the new guys. Make sure you check the shrader valves too when doing your leak check easy to miss or skip when you're checking your pressures speaking from experience...
Oh yea, I checked the shraders too. Thank you so much for watching Matt!
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Great idea with the chop sticks thanx skid Get it , Go , Gone
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Gotta check the coils the a coil in the air handler/furnace and the condenser unit. Other then that good job.
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Shoot in some leak stop and use those metal screw in wall anchors for those holes
To this very day, the unit is still good & holding. May have a huffer on my property or something.
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You should change those lights to led
Try wall dog screws for those hinges. Hdsupply carries them. Quick. Cheap. Never fails.
I'll check'em out! Thank you so much for watching specialist!
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Jack of all! Enjoyed the video. Especially the @10:45 tip. Toothpicks!
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Dawn dish detergent mixed with water in a pump sprayer is a good cheap way to kill wasps if you don’t have any Enforcer 👍🏻
Oh right on. Thank you for the wisdom! And Thank you so much for watching Neil!
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Nice work skid.
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410A is hard to detect. Thats why i pressurize to 400 PSI and use an H10 leak detector. Or hell, do a pressure isolation test.
I love my H10. Thank you so much for watching Stuck!
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My property is throwing away tons of those fixtures. We're going led and I think it's a huge waste too. Good job Lex.
For the door hinge I just stuffed it with peices of shims or sometimes I slap a anchor in there, all in all it's pretty much the same concept. Great repair.
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With chop sticks you get free egg roll....lol. Love the channel.
👍😆👍 thank you so much for watching Dee!
Good video! I'm liking that wasp spray! I haven't seen that kind before.
Its wonderful. Thank you so much for watching TP!
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Good work lex
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I use tooth picks too. I shoot a bit of wood glue on 'em too. Just because I suppose. I'm sure that they'll be fine without it too.
Right on. Thank you so much for watching Marc!
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Awesome bro learning a lot from you thanks !
You're welcome Raymond! Thank you so much for watching!
You grabbed that 2nd chop stick by the tip that time ya quick learner lol !!
👍😂👍 The first one flew so far I almost didn't find it. Thank you so much for watching Eddie!
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I was an industrial maintenanceman in a slaughterhouse. My regular work orders consisted of changing out bolts that had rusted through, greasing bearings, replacing orbit motors, fixing hydraulic hoses that were leaking oil onto the belts, and re-welding whatever cleanup broke when they were cleaning. Sometimes I'd replace motors in the cooling units, sometimes re-wire machines that had electrical problems because cleanup would stand there and spray high-pressure hot water directly at the electrical boxes and the previous person who worked on the unit didn't close the boxes correctly. Occasionally fix blood pumps, that one was pretty dirty.
I would jump at the chance to do electrical work, unless it was replacing the lights on the ceilings. I flat out did not do that; not because I couldn't or because I was scared of heights, I wasn't. I just didn't want to get on a rickety fucking extension ladder and climb my ass 17 feet in the air. Might make me sound like an asshole but I don't care; someone ELSE could do that. I'll work on 240v machines live because we can't find the breaker, but I will not climb that far up on a ladder.
Holy smoke! 😆 You're out there making memories Corto!
@@LexVance Oh, I could tell stories, believe you me. You know companies say "Safety is our primary concern"? Well at this place it was "Production is priority 1. Production is priority 2. Safety is... well, just try not to get hurt".
New subscriber l feel your pain life of maintenance tech, good work,
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my secret instead of toothpicks are golf ball tees works great
I like that! I'll try that. Thank you so much for watching Dan!
Put some spring hinges on that laundry room door.
Right on! Thank you so much for watching letslockit!
Oh ya skid bro, get some!!!!!🤘🤣🤘🤣⚡️⚡️
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love your skills skid im just a master plumber happy easter
Happy Easter James! Thank you so much for watching man!
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You are located on a major highway, that sucks for people that live there, too much traffic noise.
I know right! They get a discount on rent though.
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Must be a fairly old building or not code in your state but i am surprised there is no stranded THHN wire.
Yea, non of that here. Thank you so much for watching Matthew!
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Nice work, Rookie!
PS: it's Gregory
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Man I miss w.o.'s left keys in apartment was let go 😖
Sorry to hear that man. Ive done that too but wasn't let go. Sounds like a terrible company. Oh well, there's plenty of apartments in this world. You'll be back at it quickly I'm sure. Thank you so much for watching Cheney!
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Well the lady said she was out of town and she's single what if she was attacked or worse what were they gonna do about it. So yea
You da kid skid! Still 😍 on the channel. Keep it up.
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Skid real question for you. You’re defrost board trick. Would that work on all heat pumps or just the Goodman’s? I work on 5 ton and up and they’re carrier heat pumps
All we have are Goodman heat pumps & straight cool units with aqua therm heating so I'm not sure about other heat pumps.
I usually use wedges but the chop sticks seem perfect. Might try some glue next time though. Great work as usual, thanks for sharing. Almost forgot the question I had, do you need to be certified to charge the units?
Yes. I got certified 14 years ago. Thank you so much for watching Kevin!
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Lex, when you removed your hvac gauges did you put the leak check solution on the Schrader valves?
I sure did. I bubbled everything & got nothing. I popped the top on the condenser & probed all inside it too. I got nothing! Very, very rare that I don't find anything. Thank you so much for watching Officer!
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Looks like one light had a bad ballast.
Thank you so much for watching!
Just make it a slow blow breaker and zip tie the other breaker and the popping one together problem solved 👍 im only kidding great job lex
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why you still running florescent lights, not LEDS?
I don't know why they didn't do LED's when they built the place. Didn't want to spend the money I guess. Thank you so much for watching Hank!
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Chopstick carpentry, sometime you have to improvise.
No doubt. 👍😂👍 Thank you so much for watching Brian!
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Oh mama she's a leakier, she's a leakier!
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every tool has a hammer end.
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Willll u can do all u can 👍
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@@LexVance the good news is you're a manager I don't think it's a female and not psychotic or delusional...lal
New subscriber here can you help us with a video on some tips for the epa test for hvac
I took the epa test 15 years ago. All I really remember is that it's mostly laws about venting refrigerant & nothing much about actual HVAC work. It could've changed. I wrote about it on my websites blog. Thank you so much for watching Armando!
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Lex Vance thank you
More daliy vlogs
Right on. Thank you so much for watching surge!
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Golf tees
Oh Yea right on! Thank you so much for watching Thomas!
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Where are the testo gauges skid??
I still got them. I use analogues for quick checks. Thank you so much for watching Zach!
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Lex Vance ahhh I gotcha! Enjoyed this video, reminded me of my maintenance days before going to hvac full time. Rock on brother👍🏼
No snakes?
We have a ton of snakes since the property is right by a lake. Thank you so much for watching asd!
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I hate those light nothing but problems.
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Another leaky FC coil
👍😆👍 yep! Just making memories.
You need a Instagram account bro
I've been hearing that a lot. I think I'll start one. Thank you so much for watching 9-5!
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