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Brian the Electrician is the only character on the show who gets their own intro theme and jingle. Shows how important he really is.
ع.
I Think rilley needs one 😂👍
Well he isn’t getting paid. Editor probably felt bad.
Linus was probably too cheap to pay him well so they threw in his own intro :P
Riley singing the jingle is 100% the best. Need more of it.
*Linus trying selling his house someday*
Buyer: "So can I get a list of the renovations done to the property?"
Linus: "Sure." *sends text message*
Buyer: "Why are these just TH-cam links?"
the best kind of documentation
More like what are all these holes in the ceiling doing here
Rowan Paul Dennis
Yeah it might be easier to send this as an email🤣😳
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These “Brian the Electrician” episodes are like “This Old House” for computer nerds.
Yup, I agree with this comment fully.
And of course it's always fun to watch someone completely own Linus
Loved that show
For some reason, I'm getting "Home Improvement" / "Tim The Toolman Taylor" vibes. Not sure why.
Mostafa El Sakari “This Old House” is still on (different cast from the old Bob Vila days but hey). It’s the OG home improvement show. I often catch it when I’m flipping channels. It’s so chill. I always learn something. There’s no fake drama. It’s very wholesome programming.
As someone currently going to school to be an HVAC/R Technician, I love this. All I’ve ever seen is professionals that make everything seem so simple, it’s nice to see someone else who’s more of an amateur at best.
how many times did you cringe when watching this video
And as a professional I cringe at this video. But at least they went with cassettes.
Same, its hard to watch
@@derrick9605 that’s so funny because my instructor was talking about those type of systems recently, didn’t even think about that watching this
@@akinmovie6807 bout tree fiddy
"Let's do the kids room first it's the one I care least about"
Linus Dad Tips
Made me fucking laugh 😂
makes sense, any visible mistakes will be made there and hopefully sorted out in the rest of the house
@@amasterdaone2316 r/YourJokeButWorse ?!
4:20
Edit: just realised. That's a very nice timestamp
Why does anyone need AC in Canada? You don't see people in France or Britain crying for AC in their house. Be like Brian, man up :-]
Brian needs to start a TH-cam channel using the intro LTT made for him (I'm in to electronics and electrical installation so I _would_ watch)
Make one yourself, never late to start
Nah, he doesn't need to Linus pays him in water bottles and merch, way better than youtube can ever pay.
Look up Thomas Nagy, he is an electrician and films his installs...
@@killerkris14 I think he meant the one with Riley singing "Brian the electrician"
He does HVAC now
WHAT THE HELL - where is full "Brian the Electrician" Theme Song?!
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Here you go! th-cam.com/video/sG90GdrNEdM/w-d-xo.html EDIT: It doesn't seem like the full one :(
It was on their Twitter
Bager it might have been Riley’s
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Linus: Drops multiple things. Impales himself on roof nails.
Also Linus: "I'll be in charge of the torch!"
in an attic surrounded by dry wood at the proper angles to create a fire with plenty of space for air circulation for that fire, underneath all that plywood and wooden roof shingles ;) yeah, totally a good idea for him to use a 5 inch flame to make a piece of metal red-hot.
This video just showed me that if I ever get a house without ac, I’m definitely paying someone to install it 😂
@@bernicegardner9433 I just use window units.
the home improvement show i didnt know i needed, bearded linus and Brian the electrician
Definitely needs its own show
didn't think I'd see the god of ying yang spinny thangs on here, and yet here you are. What a small universe.
i dont wanna ruin your 69 likes XD
Wait wtf are you doing here Matt, or maybe Jaimie!?
Nevermind, forgot Matt is a nerd like me.
@@DatL24 Thought the same thing the first time I saw him comment on some AVE shit, then he started using his lingo.
The thing I really love about Linus is that he makes the Process enjoyable.. this is something many youtubers, even the likes of Mr Beast haven't been able to master.
Try the channel This Old Tony. Very funny.
He has a pro editing team thats probably why tho
@@nishanperera6874 An editing team can't help socially awkward people not be awkward.
Brian the Electrician is the best character in the Linus Cinematic Universe
Totally and absolutely correct
Didn't take long for this comment to be everywhere 20 million times
@@RGBeanie We are just saying how it should be :)
My fav is slick
2nd best, after Anthony
"Let's do the kids room. That's the one I care the least about"
_baby shark stops_
Yes bbbbbbbbb
Did he not say kitchen?
Wow, you REALLY are a boomer arent you? Baby shark hasnt been a thing for like a year now
@@joshuajefford3323 oh ok tell my 2 year old this info you have bc he shark nuts
@@FroobTubeLIVE I thought he did I was so confused
As a professional HVAC contractor I now know exactly how Linus felt while watching the verge build a pc.
Yeah...This was arguably the worst install I've ever seen...
Can you point out the mistakes. Would love to learn. Thanks!!!
thaitichi
1. You should flow nitrogen inside the piping while brazing in order to prevent oxidation on the inside of the pipe which can lead to problems later.
2. Could have swaged the copper lines to reduce the number of brazes and in turn make fewer potential leak joints.
3. Pulling vacuum through a manifold is potentially the slowest and least efficient way of pulling a vacuum.
4. I didn’t see a micron gauge being used so I will assume that he didn’t. A quality micron gauge is the only way to ensure that proper evacuation has been achieved.
5. Maybe it’s not available in his area; however, they sell preinsulated linesets rather than running copper and insulating it.
6. The flare fittings on the cassettes are technically supposed to be torqued to a specific torque spec. They sell torque wrenches specifically made for this.
7. An ac tech would have opened the service valves prior to turning the system on.
8. Those units are meant to be suspended by threaded rod so that you can adjust the height of the unit if necessary to take up any gaps between the face and the drywall on the ceiling.
All in all the job was done and the units were operational. Not knocking them at all, I just know how a professional would feel if watching an amateur like me trying to build a computer for the first time.
@@camronconlee944All these points make a lot of sense. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Yep and the threaded rod gives it a bit of movement to reduce stress, those solid mounts they made my end up breaking over time
brian : "yeah, especially when i get to play with fire"
linus : *heavily sweating "oh, what's the fire for ?"
im crying
8:05 Brian: "it's not going anywhere"
wood: *Snaps in half*
It is literally impossible to a man tide something up and don't say the words "this is not going anywhere"
It's OK - it's just a spacer. It's only gonna experience compression force, not any shearing force.
i like how nobody in this thread is acknowledging the bot "looking to get laid" :)
i noticed them im just laughing at how the bots chose their emojis🤣
I love how Brian is wearing Safety Boots, While Linus was wearing Sandals 😂
sandals with socks; hehe
its linus i mean come on lol now
Brian's just out here casually saving Linus 20 grand... legend
Don't forget providing cringy comedic relief to the video, as Linus makes "funny" comments.
@@OutsideDuhBox You say this but pretty sure Brian does this for a living and the publicity from being on this channel is worth as much if not more than he likely charged for this.
@@Kyrenthar I doubt there is much overlap between people who watch LTT, Live in the area, and need an electrician.
A good multizone (not senville) no matter the configuration will not be 20k.
Brian the butcher just cost linus 20k, stupid idiot has no idea what he is doing. He clearly has zero clue what he is doing
I'm digging this whole Linus DIY/Home Improvement thing
“figured out how this stupid thing works”
basically linus’s entire channel
@@neondemon5137 *Linus' but this is more of punctuation issue.
it’s a youtube comment section, i really could not care less abt my spelling/ punctuation
Ergograph | omg wow i put an extra s where it shouldn’t be, omgomgomg that’s so sad, help me please and say that i have bad spelling. grow tf up like damn
"DIY" so long as you have an Electrician who also has the requisite tools/knowledge to handle AC refrigerant.
To be fair I think this unit is actually DIYable if you don't end up having to extend the lines.
@@redsquirrelftw It depends on a region. In EU all work with F-gases (Freon-like) has to be done or supervised by someone with proper certificates. So DIY air cooling is forbidden here, unless you have a specialist, which will make it a PHTDIH (pay him to do it himself)
@@bartomiej9807same in Canada.
@@bartomiej9807 and thats why North America is a better country. We dont waste money on stupid stuff
@@abrahammc2125 What monument is closest to you? Biggest pile of dirt? Biggest pan? Biggest ball of wool?
You dont waste money you say.. You are investing in military and worldwide democracy :)
Only country who can trade democracy for oil..
You dont waste money on idiotic lawsuits neither.
Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?
Linus: "It will only take 20 minutes..."
Brian: *Laughs in Tradesman*
Linus: 😒
wtf
@@gatgettronik6645 somebody's bot broke o.O Reported them all...
'it will only take 20 mins'
that is me in the bedroom
Well to be fair the video only was about 20 minutes longs
I think the video took place over a 4 day period
Brian The Electrician is my favorite LTT Cinematic Universe character
LCU - Linus Cinematic Universe
@Zen Re: because that takes effort.
Favourite quote: "Ha, Haha,. Ehh maybe we will see" -Bryan
I heard Bryan is an awesome name
Brian Odinson the Electrician, snapped a tree in half with his bare hands... while Linus slowly bleeds to death because of a random ceiling nail
Those roofing nails are no joke. Been poked by them a few times, but luckily never had enough space in my attic to get much velocity for punctures. They are the reason I'm thinking of putting insulation on the rafters instead of the joists.
Odinson is a perfectly fitting surname for that guy! 😎
Linus: I’m not even gonna pay him!
Brian: *Nervous laughter*
Otherwise known as monkaLaugh
It's a gig for exposure (TM)
That was not nervous laughter. That was 'oh really?' laughter.
Linus Sebastian probably didn't pay him, but Linus Media Group probably did :D
@@DoctorWhom Linus was like. Hmm I really need a way to make adding AC to my room and the kids' room a business expense. I know I'll film it!
"How are going to mount this??"
"ifixit...."
ifixit . explosion
@@TheJohnstonWong I wish they did they sponsor spots like Jay does. The combination of way over the top excitement and terrible segues would be god mode.
@@insayno9959 Well LMG sort of matured into a more adult version. Whilst Jay's videos are technical but company being ran with fun in mind
"It's not going anywhere", *literally breaks in half* im busting my cereal out of my mouth
dads most overused sentence "it's not going anywhere"
@@adamez6885 and then he went to buy some milk and never returned
@@adamez6885 The load is not secure until you say it.
You cereal ... American dope boy.
"Thats not going anywhere"
*Immediately snaps in half*
Lmao
thats just the spacer (so the vent can hang lower) but brian snapped that 1 inch wood with no leverage 💀💀
famous last word of any engineer/techinician/machinist
4:25 that's the most dad thing I've ever heard from linus
#REALITY
#LIE_NUS
His real children are his computers
I laughed so hard when he said that 😂😂
@@connermanning5837 that's funny cause that's technically the truth
Wierdly it's more entertaining than most of the vlogging channels.
Good editing is a factor for sure.
I agree
Its good story progression, Objective >> Objective done.
I would have liked to see some before and after benchmarks with the sun running at full load.
in canada? lmao
@16:24 Nitrogen isn't "non-compressible". The term Brian meant was "non-CONDENSABLE".
r/iamverysmart
@@jemmajellybeanstreamhighli7149 r/ihavereddit
Thought the same thing but didnt know if it was some weird canadian term lmao
@@juanuzziel r/ihavereddit
r/shutthefuckup
Linus: The kinda guy that pays people in water bottles.
I was in a program in the mountains of montana that did that..
Trident Layers commercial, anyone?
Reading trough all the comments I have noticed there’s this spammer in all of these videos lmao
@@papapotato4546 dont bring attention to it, you'll make it more powerful lol
Linus: "How are we gonna mount this?"
Also linus: "IFIXIT'S MAHI DRIVER KIT..."
Was scralling way too far down for this. Up to the top!
Only on LTT, "I ordered the wrong things twice"
I like how this series is called DIY when he literally would have been screwed without Brian. Should have been DIWB.
Brian : So how much am i getting paid?
Linus : A LTT water bottle
Brian : Seems like a good deal to me
deel
You aware this is Linus play studio production house not his actual house that his family deliberately live in... right? 😩😷
@@AwesomeBlackDude umm no dude that definitely his actual house lol. That set they made that looks like a house is in the ltt warehouse
@@AwesomeBlackDude It's literally his house, his kids, his wife, they all live there.
Omg that "Brian the electician" music clip got me again, so funny
Why the fuck was it cut short? The guy deserves the full theme
@@rackneh agreed
is your profile picture from mortal kombat?
Pretty sure Riley sang it, Can't we get a Riley full Music Video
Do I hear a part 3 of this series? Also, I really love it when Linus does side projects like these! It's different and interesting!
Part 3. Repairing mistakes. LOL
Part 4. I decided to switch my job
Love you guys videos and as a professional refrigeration engineer really enjoyed seeing you working with ac (loved the A/C cooled pc video too). You guys did a great job considering you had never done it before. I know guys that do it for a living that wouldve struggled 😅. Just fyi:
the insulated drainage cuffs are for attaching to 22mm poly pipe usually. There’s normally a rubber reducer with the cassettes which are used instead when connecting to flexible tubes and hoses etc.
The the bag of fittings that you found and had no idea what purpose they served were the drainage kit for the condensing unit. If you run the unit in heating mode condensate forms on the condenser coil rather than at the evaporator. Those fittings mean you can run that condensate away if you need to rather than it dripping on the floor.
The cassette template is mainly for showing where the fixing brackets are and the dimensions of the cassette itself. This is so you can get all the fixings etc prepared and correct so the cassette only has to lifted into position once. However Some will state the minimum size of the hole required to accommodate the cassette around the outer edges.
But yeah great job guys!
"Little does he know, I'm not paying him."
Come on, Linus. You know that's not true. You're paying him in exposure
thats exactly what every local electrician needs. exposure and pr to anyone but locals xD
That and a LTT water bottle.
As a musician who has been paid in 'exposure/experience' plenty I feel attacked, lol.
he's paying him with an LTT water bottle
But his work is worth 15000 cad
At this point you should just stop calling him "Brian the Electrician", and start calling him Brian the Do-It-All Handyman.
He will literally take on any home or office handywork, regardless of the difficulty or scale of the project.
They said on the WAN show he's actually not an electrician by trade any more, he's an HVAC technician full time now which is why they got him in for this video. Fairly sure he's still certified though
@@Sammie1053 To be fair, all of this stuff you could do yourself.. so long as you're handy and know enough to know what you probably don't know so you can look it up.
I've done tons of DIY stuff like this from replacing the ceiling in my bathroom to installing a dishwasher to completely re-doing the electrical in my house (1939 house, had only 3 groups and hardly any grounding lol!).
Installing airconditioning (1 outside unit, 1 condenser in living room and 1 condenser in master bedroom) is next on my list :D
Luckily I won't have to actually go through ceilings and attics and shit though.
@@ayporos I think you mean evaporators in living room and in master bedroom :). Condensers go outside. Goodluck and Godspeed!
From electric to HVAC now
@@ayporos It's more than being able to do the work. Lots of places require an certified electrician and hvac technician for the install to be legal if anything where to happen. Also you can't just walk into a wholesaler and get refrigerant without being certified with the proper training to handle it. Where I am no one will even sell to you unless you're certified. So no you can't just go out and do this stuff yourself.
Finally is their house as cold as they say their warehouse is
Bruh
This video just showed me that if I ever get a house without ac, I’m definitely paying someone to install it 😂
why it's ez? I get if u make alot of money but if u have to work many hours to get the money for install it's waste. u dont need to pump nitrogen and vacuum just make sure u connected it tight, most AC outdoor units are pre-filled with gas for lines up to atleast 4 meters back and forth. Electrical install for wires are in the manual no problem. Buy one on sale and save big, good luck :)
Been living without air conditioning all my life. Not necessary
@@olanordamann5123 No need to vacuum? You need to get your facts checked. Don't spread misinformation that will cause damage to people's systems.
@@JudeTheTH-camPoopersubscribe "not necessary" welcome to 46 c temps
@@_solaris_4057 i live in the uk mate its like 22c/72f most of the summer. sometimes it will be like 95f for a few days. not needed atm lol. we have our heating on for half of the year
"Let's do the kids room first, it's the one I care least about."
Linus Sebastian - Father of the year 2020
4:24 he really said that. I thought he said kitchen, that would make more sense 😅
More like "it's a kids room, it's going to be messy and probably end up with a couple of holes in the wall anyway. we're also rearranging it in the near future so it's whatever".
@@hat477 I thought he said kitchen too.
@1Me Seems to be common. Heard the same here.
@@m8onethousand your interpretation makes it a lot better
15:00 I love this brian guy
Linus: I'm going to DIY install an AC system!
Also Linus: here to help is a professional electrician!
And a HVAC tech
also aparantly they did some work on a sunday, so it apeares this was off the book.
i wander, why is it called "DIY"? because he assembled it? well then i have "DIY" computer
@@Uterr Linus probably needed some with a license to get the permits, so in case that he sells his house he won't have to pay extra $$$ for a contractor to do the job "right."
@@Uterr Also, the nightmare you are going to have in the comments section when Linus actually did this by himself would be a disaster.
Linus: "I'm working."
Brian: "Work faster." *giggles*
Linus: *spends 5-7 grand to save money DIYing with an electrician friend*
Brian: *Charges 10 grand bill*
would still be cheaper.
Even 15k-17k, still saving 8k-10k...
He can presumably write it off as a business expense since he's making a video of it, then the video generates revenue.
Well it really depends how many hours it took. I can assume 4 days, 10 hours a day. So 40 hours at about $120 an hour or so, so about 5k
Don't forget about Linus's loss of his own income whilst he was doing this instead of his own job too, well if he were an employee that is
I would like to formally request the extended Brian the electrician intro from last episode in every upload hes in from here on out. Its perfect.
Brian proceeds to give Linus a bill for $29,999
He would have charged only $10,000 if Linus hadn't helped.
@@meloD30 yeah.... true bro..
If Linus had to pay that then I'm sure he'd prefer to give it to Brian than some random jagoffs that might have over-quoted him so they could skimp for profit.
He works for store credit at LTT store
Well brian screwed up and he shouldn't charge him at all. WOW so many butchers in our industry.
"This was so much more work" - makes ya appreciate what that $20K quote was about, right?
100k for 15 days work seems like a pretty sweet deal
@@jacobgame2757 Time to become an A/C installer!
the word ductless is HUGE ,,, , he was overprices also though,,, im not exactly sure of the size of the house though , that might be a large house
@@CuthbertNibbles smart
I agree. if he has the money he should have paid a pro to do it. people pay $20-$40k to renovate their kitchens. $20k isn't that bad to cool your entire house.
I know Linus' attic better than my own...
Then he had to put the insulation back.
That's sad
I just found my kitchen after weeks of searching 🕵️♂️
Same with me......
Linus: "Oh yeah, I think we Should be good."
*Drilling screw fails*
Brian: Chuckles
Linus looking at the camera knowing he fail immediately.
It's a crime to not hear that full "Brian the Electrician!" song
I love the chemistry between Brian and Linus. I've been watching this video a couple of times now and I want more of these !!
"How are we going to mount it?"
*iFixit ad plays*
It's like watching Linus helping his dad with DIY 🤣🤣
@Khaffit 😱 It makes sense as to why he got his own theme tune 😱
Is Linus a pain addict?
- Uses himself as a heatsink.
- Electically attaches a headphone jack to his hand.
- Rams self into a "wall of needles".
Good lord... xD
ElectroBoom
Then Linus is a masochist lol
Yep the word is masochist for a person who enjoys pain
Wait wait wait... "- Electically attaches a headphone jack to his hand." Which video was that please?
@@josephyang3260 I read that as _the world is a masochist for a person who enjoys pain._ I guess it would make the world a sadist. 🤔
Love these videos with Brian, I am from Europe and I like to see the differences in how things are done. And Brian is also great at explaining the basics of what he's doing.
5:40 Here we witness Linus perform the rare "inverse drop"
We NEED more videos with Brian the Electrician or he needs to start his own channel. I would 100% sub to that
But he definitely needs some other talkative co-host :D
Brian is a horrible hvac tech and screwed this basic install up on so many levels.
@@zack9912000 Well that's probably because he isn't an HVAC tech. He is just an electrician friend who Linus asked to help him install the DIY kit. If you're going to shit talk someone at least get your facts straight.
Brian Electrician Tips.
Solar panels and a home battery?
"DIY" **Hires Certified Electrician and HVAC Tech**
the cost saving over hiring a com. to come out and do it is massive. Even after the 2 or 3 grand to pay him, linus is still saving 50% over what the normal cost would be.
@@matthewp7667 but it's not really DIY if you have a pro helping
@@RealKangarooFlu think of it in terms of a whole team of professionals with corporate fees thrown in, vs one professional and one handyman.
@@RealKangarooFlu you can always do it yourself just might go horribly wrong. Or just look up every step on youtube
@@matthewp7667 the labor costs for this job are WAY more than 3 grand. WAY more.
when the electrician started talking about brazing joints, i was curious what was going on, then i saw that he was extending the lines but then i noticed something very interesting, he brazed those joints without flowing nitrogen through the lineset. That may cause carbon buildup in the lineset and the refrigerant acts like a detergent which washes away the carbon on to the txv causing it to get clogged up which will create issues in the future.
Another guy said the same
@@lewissmith5759 I think all the HVAC pros were cringing at that part
@@miguelh2481 im curious ae you a HVAC professional? If so how would you go about rigging up an english/europian brick concrete house?
@@lewissmith5759 as far as the lineset goes, I would still run it like they did, the only difference is that I would use flare fittings and keep the torched away.
@@miguelh2481 At first I was gonna be like "but bulk tubing doesn't have the flange" then I remembered that it really doesn't take much to make a flange...
Hey Linus...I need help installing an air conditioner...please don't come over.
Noice.
Brian can come
I would love to see a follow up to this in a couple months or as a "summary after summer" after living with the AC for a while
Well, it’s also a heat pump, so eventually the reduction in heating costs compared to most peoples old gas furnace or fuel-oil boiler will pay the system costs off. If my guess is correct, he’s under $6k into this system, and it’ll save him probably in the range of $400-700 a year in heating costs. It will last longer than 15 years if it’s a good brand and was installed correctly, so there you have it. The AC that pays for itself by heating more efficiently than the world’s best furnace.
I agree a follow up after living with it for awhile would be nice. Not really interested in the cost savings side of it more the quality of life improvements side of it.
@@myid9876543 he had electric baseboard up there so even worse than those two
@@myid9876543 Don't know what is the best in canada but here solid fuel heating such as peat is pretty much the cheapest. The pump becomes less efficient because it will always work against the grain. In canada winter can literally mean a 50 celsius difference between inside and outside.
chuckley54494 for costs yes but electric resistive is 100% efficient while furnaces can be 80% and my water heater is 67% right now
Brian: "Which one do you wanna do first?"
Linus: "The kids' room first, that's the one I care least about."
Didn't he say the kitchen?
@@Ck87JF Subs show kitchen, but he said kid's room and next scene is in kid's room.
@@Ck87JF I heard kitchen
When Linus backed into the roof nails... I felt that. I have done that a couple times working in crawl spaces and attics. His reaction pretty much sums up how it feels haha.
Not to mention that you might want to see if your Tetanus shots are up todate.
"My lovely assistant, Brian the electrician." Uh...Linus..I think you're the assistant in this one, my man.
wooooooooooooosh
When you press f to pay respects, but when you do that it goes full screen so you can watch Linus get a DIY lobotomy in HD.
One month from now....Yvonne: "I'm warm, can you turn on the air conditioner"
Linus opens a window
Legendary
I love brian so much, his laugh gives me life. I think he actually has yt potential.
Let me be real - I am literally never going to do this. I watched every minute of it intently.
This just made me realize that having a completely new AC system installed in a house is totally worth $20,000.
I learned I will not be DIYing my AC
I mean, yeah it was a lot of work, but uuh, its like 1/4 the price for ac in the whole fckin house... Id totally do it.
Imagine air cooling your house instead of using an aio custom loop. What is this, 2010?
I still think they should revisit whole-house water cooling, but for their work computers.
Bloody hell, does no one understand how air conditioners work?
@@ka-i it's a joke...
Tyler Coates I forgot about that! Damn that was so long ago
That actually exists. It's called radiant cooling.
12:17 father and son moment
Its funny because at first Linus was all excited to do the project. Then after a few days you could hear how irritated he was. Linus, that's how things go man. Makes you appreciate the office jobs all that much more when you are done.
"this was so much more work than I thought...." aaaaaaand now you know why you got the quotes you did 😅
@@QuantumS1ngularity it appears that he bought the cheapest units he could find online. There's a good chance that they aren't even legal in Canada. (we have extremely strict laws. For better or worse.) A big brand name would have been far more expensive. In this case it matters, the big brands just have better units with better warranties. Working in an attic in the middle of the summer really sucks, although they should have used fans to ventilate better. It still sucks, and you pay more just because of that. Labour here is very expensive and attic access slow things down a lot.
Installing these here are still a bit of a niche, unfortunately. That also increases the price. They know that the alternative is to install ductwork which is even more expensive.
All in all, the quotes were probably a few grand more than I would have charged. Depending on the brand, it probably would have been in the 10-15k range.
There were also a number of mistakes in the installation, but it saved him money, so he can spend it later. 🤷♂️
@@SuperS05 IDK if big brands = better units, that is not always the case in so many other cases besides AC. There are a lot of starting business with quality control that may surpass the "we always did that way" kind of guys....
Unfortunately you will pay for the name of the company in your unit... Warranties can be the same... What could be a problem is some maintenance inside the unit can get a little tricky because there's fewer technicians available, but with those prices you can buy a new one and still be a lot under the quoted value.
And it's my understanding that people will price gouge when they can... Oh the owner spending 15k on the units, lets make a 50/50 distribution with the labor... So...30k?
I'd focus on the quality of materials of the units, if it's comparable with other brands, I'd be interested in using them for less than a half of the cost.
@@macvirii I'm only talking about vrf/mini splits. In this case brands do make a difference. Mitsubishi being top of the game. Fujitsu is right on their tails. Daikin is targeting the mid range with less features but still a decent unit. I've installed Amazon specials before. It's generally a Chinese knock off with poor installation and/or serviceability design choices. They are completely disposable, usually with no parts available, and the warranties aren't worth the paper they are printed on. This is still an emerging sub-field where innovation is still a big factor.
@@SuperS05 I agree, some knock offs are pure garbage. I don't have any experience with the Senville units that Linus installed, but they seem to be reasonable in quality and price... Also the company is Canadian, so good for Linus I guess.
I just browsed their site and it has even parts to buy directly... It may not be top of the line (only 21.5 seer rating), but it's not chinese clones of really poor quality.
@@QuantumS1ngularity we have radically different regulations then other parts of the world. BC and Ontario laws are some of the strictest out there. You pay for that, even if it's not a line item on the sheet. You can't just convert currencies. $6k would have been a low ball even as a side job and a general labourer helper. I would expect a residential company to charge at least $10k for this. Commercial companies would be +$15k. Add an extra few $k for a brand name unit. The +$20k quotes tells me that they were out of their comfort zone and didn't really want the job, or they were higher end Mitsubishi /fujitsu models, at a more expensive company. (higher wages attracts the better talent. It's very unlikely to find people like Brian at any lower wage level. That's even with the fact that he's still an apprentice, or Jr mechanic.)
I love seeing Linus out of his element like this, it really breaks that tough tech expert exterior he has in the office
He’s just so keen!
There are a lot of episode where he just randomly improvises in the middle
I'm pretty sure Brian's voice only comes out my subwoofer
What sub do you have?
I am pretty sure too xD
That moment when you see the Indoor air conditioners Linus was using prior to this install, and then you remember the "Technology Connections" video about how AWFULLY inefficient those units are compared to standard window units....poor Linus... he never even knew. But glad he's got this dope ass Linus-Style "Central Air System" for AC. Also, at the end of this video: Linus finds out why central air installs are so expensive
Ya say that, but I've seen licensed pros make similar mistakes, sadly.
Linus: casually saws a huge hole into his ceiling
Me: Has to drill through 15cm of concrete just to pass a wire through
US paper house.
@@slavenskazajednica7912 Linus is Canadian...
@@howtoguro Oh ok... Canadian paper house then....
15 cm concrete through walls, 35cm through the ceiling here.
Huge PITA to run just one ethernet cable.
@@MazeFrame You probably live in Europe, don't you? I feel your pain.
This is like an episode of Home Improvement with Linus as Tim Taylor and Brian as Al Borland.
*Canadian Home Improvement* Like the Red Green Show and H.I. had international relations.
haha... one of my favourite shows in the mid 90's. :)) "i dont think so, tim." (or in german: " das glaub ich nicht, tim." ;) )
I love how Linus and Brian is like a child helping his dad lmfao I don’t even need to specify which one is the child/dad
Proud of you Linus. Awesome to see you step out of your comfort zone and get some diy looking good in your home. Kudos
We need a setup tour of Brian the electrician’s truck 👏🏼👏🏼
YES
8:03
Brian: It's not going anywhere
*snap*
He went beast mode on it xD
I literally died
Linus: "Just cutting these to get my cable management strappydoodles on"
Me: why does this seem like it's going to be a problem later?
Probably followed what they did on the outside lines on part 1. There it kinda made sense to cut the insulation a bit, so the pipes don't slide on the wall, but I'd still tied most of it down with insulation. In the attic there's no force moving them, perfectly fine to just loosely loop over the insulation to keep them in place, would have saved so much puddy.
22:23
Can't believe I just went through this same Senville install with all the DIY suffering only to discover Linus used the exact same unit. Wow. I finally have heat in my house, sooooo thankful. Only been 12 years without
lmao, DIY = i know a world-class hvac guy to help me along.
These long form videos are some of my favorite videos you do. Even more then the usual tech demo, review or showcase. The diy stuff and off the wall tech stuff are my favorite. I still like the usual videos just not as much as your multi-part videos.
19:42 INTEL ENGINEERS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO SELL 4c/4t cpus for $999
BRIAN?!......I just gotta say, your voice and your youthfulness is a mixmatch ! AND you need to be a tv show announcer ! Brian do you know how many women that just faint when they hear you talk? and finally i gotta say............you made the show ! thanks LTT ! :)
At 17:56 when he said “But first...” I legit thought he was gonna transition into a sponsor. I have been conditioned by LTT to always expect a sponsor
Ha! Conditioned.
I think he did that on purpose!
You can even hear him hesistate for a brief moment...^^
We used this kind of ac type in malls here in the Philippines, that drain hose i think is low quality We used pvc pipes for that. Even the insulation on the copper pipes is sketchy. You should have used wall split type for residential used which is easier to maintain than this.
J Perez he said he didn’t like those because they look like big mouths. Just Linus extravagances
there actualy more primium. but used like that they probebly brake. u can push it togather but insulation is way more effecent. then again i woulden bye unisolated pies for air con way more work
@@adanedsstudio he actually said big warts. Which is even more stupid 😂
But this is recessed. Traditional split systems are ugly who those big units just mounted to the wall into the room.
Brian: "You're a long-time friend Linus, I'll give you a discount on the fee for my services."
Brian's invoice: C$ 30,000.00
Daily Challenge for someone that apparently worth 25mil, he definitely is
being cheap lets him make contents
@@OutsideDuhBox but where the fun in watching that?
@@OutsideDuhBox Stop being such a whiny leftist, he's worked really hard to get where he is, he can use his money however he likes. I bet you do nothing but throw bricks at the Portland Police all night
@@OutsideDuhBox I don't think you understand Linus. Yeah sure it's cheaper to DIY his AC, but he's really doing it, cause he's interested in doing shit like this himself. Its fun for him, its where his interest is.
Also, why does him being cheap bother you so much?
I love this so much - Linus staff never talk back so much.
I'm glad to see that Linus swear as much as me when doing any type of manual labor. And that's coming from someone who was raised on construction sites.
Surprised Linus did put "Watercooling a HOUSE!?!"
They actually did that a long time ago and connected everyone's pc to copper piping throughout the place. It got nasty from growth and such in it
wouldn't it be air cooling
17:51 when the edibles kicked in
XD
LOL
Was just about to make the exact same comment, just as well I checked here first.
"That's not gonna go anywhere"
_goes anywhere_