Top 5 Calls I Get as a Plumber
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- As a plumber, and plumbing/HVAC company owner I get a lot of calls. Here are the top 5 plumbing/HVAC maintenance calls that I seem to get over and over again. So if you’re thinking about becoming a plumber or HVAC tech then be prepared to fix these problems often.
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1)Pressure on the hot water is low
2)Drain issues famous question do you recommend draino to clean the pipes
3) leak inside the cabinet
4) faucet cartridges
5) water leak from pressure relief valve
bioclean is what i’d recommend draino is very harmful for your fittings and piping and just nasty stuff
Replacing galvanized/castiron . Rebuild Old faucets/valves. Sloan valve rebuilds . Tankless error codes.
I work on the historic houses of Austin so it's pretty complicated with extra permits etc.
FYI Volume is super low
Same here got volume full Blast with antinoise on. 🤪
Lol and I’m over here thinking I got dirt in my speaker crawling under a house today
@@Mycobro well...you survived that adventure so that's all that counts. 😉👍
So sorry guys! Wish there was a way to fix it after being uploaded. Thanks for letting me know 🤜🏻
Works fine for me
I live in south west Florida Cape Coral Florida I work for Gator drain and plumbing.
Number one is well systems anything from water conditioning equipment, pressure switches pressure tanks
2) water heater
3)shower Cartridges/Faucets
4) angle stops
5)toilet issues.
I would love to have you come down and train us on your leak detection equipment 🎉
Water heater, Well pumps, pressure tanks, water softener.
Very good examples of typical service calls here to
Home owner here... Currently my water has been shut off by the local water dept since Aug 1. It took a month to get anyone out here to do the leak detection. If that same company did the repair, it would be another month before they had time to do the repair. They referred me to another plumbing company that might be able to do the repair in the next couple days.
Lol, I did a 6 year tank today, the kids didn’t know how to fire it, I lit the pilot , cycled it twice to Make sure she was going to stay lit but I told the homeowner that if it does become a problem that it should be replaced due to the age, and the fact that the hot water had a tinge of yellow to it telling me that there was some rot inside the tank. Then yesterday I had a call where I was rootcutting a sewer open. These are common calls. In my area a real all the time call is copper drain pipes that rot out and need replaced.
Yesterday I got a call for a broken flapper so that was pretty cool
I aint never had to open up brick, but some places i work at they got these little tiny 4” anti freeze bibs inside the wall cause the house is on a slab. And on the other side of the way its waynes coating. Those bibs we usually use rebuild kits for instead of tearing up there walls.
Water heaters, leaks, toilet leaks, back-ups, sewer smell
Typical day of a plumber
Water heater are the easiest to sell but trouble shooting modern water heaters that shows a code sucks ass. That’s when I go by the hourly rate to charge the customer while I’m talking with tech support to make sure the important expensive parts are still in warranty
Can you explain the process of a sewer water test? They pressurize your sewer line to check it for leaks?
Typically, at least in my area, a ball specific for this purpose is inserted into the main sewer line and inflated to basically cause a plug and then we fill as much of the line as we can, sometimes done on multiple lines, if the water drops it most likely has a leak, after that we always sent a sewer inspection camera down the lines.
Great video like always Roger.
Glad you enjoyed it
I get lots of tap repair/replacement calls
Replacing Sloan diaphragms and rebuilding Chicago\Zurn faucets
Also make sure your frost free has a slight angle t
I didn't finish my comment lol, but you need a slope going toward the water outlet/handle end of your frost free to ensure water drains out of the frost free hydrant, if you don't water can remain inside freeze and bust the pipe inside the wall, also another good idea is to wrap, or sleeve the pipe where it's entering the house, water moving causes slight vibration and concrete foundation have a habit of grinding holes in metallic pipe
I get mostly drain leak calls
Always get no water call typically from a bad well pump
Hi. Awesome videos, educational and interesting. What’s “The trade talk”? And where do I find it?
Thanks
Ivan
Looks like a familiar patch on the shelf
Mr. Wakefield in your opinion what brand is the best leak detector
Watchdog is a pretty solid brand
I use a general wire at work I'm usually spot on. I like the general wire leak detector. I know there are better options out there. We have some young kids that can't or won't learn what a leak sounds like I'll admit when it's echoing through the headers it will throw you off but if you can hear it in the headers it's past that point idk why they can't comprehend that. I saw an advertisement a while back that the closer you get to the leak the higher the dail goes on a iPad was wondering if anyone know what that brand was and is it any count
I use LeakPro
@@RogerWakefield I would like to pick you brain I've been on a leak detection on a 12 bath with irrigation,pool,and a lake also it's on a hill going going to lake and I'm having trouble
recent buy a new washer but it vibrates bad spinning dry , it send low vibrations to wall and near gas pipe to dryer an back washer metal hose connected to water pipes should i get rid of the new washer? or call lowe's to come back put a vibration pad on or do something = call plumber? to see if have to buy something or do something to stop low vibrations going into our meter rm wall?
My water heater is 20 years old still working I have never flushed it
1: your car warranty is expiring
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3: your google listing is out of date
4: we can make your phone ring 40% more
5: we've preapproved you for a hundred thousand dollar loan.
Came home from the hospital, gone for 5 months. Upstairs toilet dry but lots of residues. Can I try dawn and warm water first? Afraid to do anything!!
Go to a plumbing supply house and get bowl buster; it will get rid of all the calcium and residue
@@truetexasoutdoors9564 Thank you. Do I go ahead and let the tank fill and flush first?
I don't know about dawn, but I agree bowl buster works, if you're too unsure at least get some cleaning vinegar and dump into tank and bowl, the cleaning vinegar is a little more acidic but not terrible
@@alphaphoenix1938 Thanks, I have that on hand.
the volume is way too low. had to up the volume and then it was way to loud on everything else, like other YT videos
So sorry about that, thank you for the feedback.
How can we be in 2022 and still have all these archaic sewer systems? Water heaters that last only 6 years, seriously? The plumbing industry sounds like a scam. No offense to the plumbers.
It's not plumbing industry, it's manufacturing and the need to meet a consumers buy in price. 6 year $500, 9 year $800, 12 year $1200..........nobody buying long term anymore. Everything purchased by financing or credit card. There are issues WAY beyond the plumbing industry.
bad audio.
so not bad work for just a realtor. but do a bad job for any Property manager's lol. hopefully they cancel the next contract with the company. that you the plumber are working for 😂😂😂
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