What an awesome guy. The HVAC industry needs WAY more guys like this. That want to improve the industry and improve peoples health and comfort. Far too many are just sales men looking to up sale and oversize everything.
I once had my AC go out. 3 quotes: $2500, for doing the bare minimum. $5000, for including a furnace. $10K, for the same overall type of system as the $5K except with better thought to design, gear, installation. I went with the latter and afterwards considered it the best feature of the house.
Every HVAC contractor and technician needs to listen to this entire video. As a former employer, I can say that it is VERY difficult to convince an owner he can grow a business without the "box sales" mentality. That's because the typical consumer is not educated enough. Until we educate home owners, this will always be an uphill battle. But in every market, there are educated home owners that do research. Be the contractor those owners gravitate to. Let the walmart customers go to the walmart contractors. Dustin and Genry Garcia are 2 people to follow on social media.
So glad to have friends like Dustin. I learn and grow in the trade everyday because of such amazing people in my sphere. What a great conversation. Thanks Corbett and Dustin!!!
Dustin has an amazing attitude not only about HVAC but life in general. Now I just need to convince him to make a road trip out to Houston when I build!
Absolutely phenomenal video! Dustin is a natural on camera and the ideology and methodology of his HVAC game sounds second to none. Keep doing great things.
CLEVELAND! Ohio - we NEED someone like Justin ASAP - i am an Environmental Health Science consultant, with specialty in Building Science (nec'y to find and solve problems of health) - and it is IMPOSSIBLE to find an HVAC company owner who has the philosophy expressed in this video by Justin - Thanks!
1. Can just running the fan on be sufficient enough info to calculate pressures? 2. You should really get in touch with Destin from the channel Smarter Every Day. I'm sure he would find the science of comfort cooling to be useful if not interesting especially since he lives in Huntsville AL. If there's an episode on comfort cooling it will be good for everyone except the charlatans. 3. I'd really love more standardization in the industry rather than the "In my experience" kind of training you get on the job (not everyone can afford the college route) and this is a step in that direction. Thank both of you!
Great video. Dustin know there's inertia in the trades, but that results are what sell themselves. Meanwhile, the crew who added a 2nd floor system to our drafty, 83-yr old place left extra flex duct, thermo wire spool, and a water bottle up in our attic. And that's only what I've seen so far. I can reuse the spare thermo wire in my doorbell project.
I've been in too many attics with empty bottles, extra materials and beer cans. Some of that is the company working their people too hard and not giving them support and some of it is tradesmen that don't care enough.
Excellent video. Wish I could some how express how great this conversation is. Hope this video spreads like wildfire for you guys. Great video. Grace and Peace Slick
How would a technician like myself find a company to go to work for that has the standards that I’m trying to achieve and be part of. Lots of companies will say their all about quality and doing things the right way but far too often it’s just not that way once ya get in and start working with them and seeing how they really are.
Move to southern Ohio. 😉 You also may have to give the company a little grace, it's not easy turning a ship, so sometimes it may take a while to get to where they're heading, and may take you to help try and steer them in the right direction.
I'm gonna get a shirt made. Yes I know, No I'm not. I had a lady shout out at lunch today in the restaurant when I walked in" Oh my I thought you were Johnny Depp" which resulted in everyone else looking up and staring awkwardly for a bit.
@@gsabic That's an interesting conclusion not supported by the evidence. Dustin's company literally makes good money. It's what this video was all about: getting sales by not targeting sales. Must be magic?
It's tough. I found a decent company, decent price. Most here in Central just know how to switch out a machine. I am challenging the company redoing my hvac to look into this channel and others.
Question for you. Does a ventilation system that operates in a window exist? I have a friend with an apartment where the air quality isn't very good. Voc's are very high around 2.7 micrograms per cubic meter. I haven't seen anything so I have thought about inventing a small system that will bring in and mix fresh, filtered air with inside air and add a portable dehumidifier. This is in Florida so latent loads though...any ideas since you can't modify an apartment?
How do I find a contractor in my area that knows and practices this stuff? My home desperately needs duct balancing work, but I've never seen an HVAC contractor whip out a manometer.
I have a hrv in a MN house i bought. It hasn’t been on in years. Is the forced air furnace (or at least central hvac fan) supposed to turn on when the hrv turns on during the winter?
There are many ways to set these up, Andrew- you’d need to know what the plan was to proceed with fixing it, or you could just test everything and start with a new plan
This can be tricky at times, primarily installation. The sensor should be high & or at the fan and IMO needs to be set 60+% to reduce false activation which may increase moisture in the room from infiltration causing continuous fan operation resulting in a runaway train of it trying to remove the moisture it is creating
@Dustin Cole location definitely helps. I have mine set high and at the door. It does glitch sometimes. You gotta find that fine line of adjustments appropriate to your bathroom. Small things like a towel hanging on a wall hook or a closet door can change its effectiveness. But... it's still better than none. Especially when people refuse to turn on the fan during a bath. Bonus is it can be set to stay on after occupant exits.
@@edwardjanowiak He think is better than every other contractor you solve 1 customer issue and your book is full jumper ducts ciost lots of money and are ineficient. say to a customer cut a door make you zero money as a contractor (this is why he chose that) every HVAC contractor "SAYS" focus on solving issues, and end up upselling unnessesary things nobody ever install 2 5ton unist in a home that needs 1 2ton customers never call about odors, humidity... 99%+ of customer call you about a unit not working. all those things are upsales after the repair
@@gsabic I know Cole, I see him showing confidence, and for someone who usually locks up in front of people or on camera, this was quite good. I've spent a bit of time with him in the last 4 years to know that he doesn't think he's better than anybody else. He has created a successful path to help him and his business. It came from hard work and trying things that other contractors for whatever reason were unwilling to do. I think you missed his sarcasm on the 2/5 ton units, but I've seen many successful projects over the years where other contractors were throwing capacity at houses when in reality they had infiltration and either positive or negative pressure problems and a smaller unit along with air sealing and or duct sealing was the way to correct the problems. The biggest take away for me from this video was Coles offer to help anybody, and for free. I've seen this a handful of times in my years and every time these types of people are genuine when they make that offer. When you make your actual competition more fiscally competitive it raises the bar for those willing to do things right. I don't know if I can change your mind or not but I do appreciate you actually sharing your thoughts after your initial comment.
@@edwardjanowiak I am sure Cole is a great guy that has lots of knwledge, I am a retired HVAC contractor, but if I wasent and need HVAC work and have lots of money to burn I may call him and hope his technician knows something about HVAC
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Dustin came out to do an estimate on our home and I've not meet a more knowledgeable person who seemed to sincerely enjoy his profession!
Thank you Roger!
What an awesome guy. The HVAC industry needs WAY more guys like this. That want to improve the industry and improve peoples health and comfort. Far too many are just sales men looking to up sale and oversize everything.
Dustin is the man! We wouldn't be where we're at without him and him being a phone call away at any hour.
Don't sale yourself short, your a Rockstar Mark!
I had the pleasure of meeting Dustin a couple weeks back at the symposium in Florida. Super nice and smart fella. 👍👏
I once had my AC go out. 3 quotes: $2500, for doing the bare minimum. $5000, for including a furnace. $10K, for the same overall type of system as the $5K except with better thought to design, gear, installation. I went with the latter and afterwards considered it the best feature of the house.
Every HVAC contractor and technician needs to listen to this entire video. As a former employer, I can say that it is VERY difficult to convince an owner he can grow a business without the "box sales" mentality. That's because the typical consumer is not educated enough. Until we educate home owners, this will always be an uphill battle. But in every market, there are educated home owners that do research. Be the contractor those owners gravitate to. Let the walmart customers go to the walmart contractors.
Dustin and Genry Garcia are 2 people to follow on social media.
Glad to see his website actually shows the capabilities.
Website is one of the first things I check before a phone call.
So glad to have friends like Dustin. I learn and grow in the trade everyday because of such amazing people in my sphere. What a great conversation. Thanks Corbett and Dustin!!!
Proud to call you my friend, it's a pleasure each year catching up with you and Craig
Dustin has an amazing attitude not only about HVAC but life in general. Now I just need to convince him to make a road trip out to Houston when I build!
The only HVAC guy who won’t be terrified of you
@@HomePerformance am I really that scary? I’m a teddy bear.
Well I know that, but a bear nonetheless
Absolutely phenomenal video! Dustin is a natural on camera and the ideology and methodology of his HVAC game sounds second to none. Keep doing great things.
Man, this channel just keeps getting better and better ...
Aw thx Ken
CLEVELAND! Ohio - we NEED someone like Justin ASAP - i am an Environmental Health Science consultant, with specialty in Building Science (nec'y to find and solve problems of health) - and it is IMPOSSIBLE to find an HVAC company owner who has the philosophy expressed in this video by Justin - Thanks!
1. Can just running the fan on be sufficient enough info to calculate pressures? 2. You should really get in touch with Destin from the channel Smarter Every Day. I'm sure he would find the science of comfort cooling to be useful if not interesting especially since he lives in Huntsville AL. If there's an episode on comfort cooling it will be good for everyone except the charlatans. 3. I'd really love more standardization in the industry rather than the "In my experience" kind of training you get on the job (not everyone can afford the college route) and this is a step in that direction. Thank both of you!
Dustin sets the bar in how to conduct ourselves no matter what you'r'e trade is. Great discussion and thank you!
Great video. Dustin know there's inertia in the trades, but that results are what sell themselves. Meanwhile, the crew who added a 2nd floor system to our drafty, 83-yr old place left extra flex duct, thermo wire spool, and a water bottle up in our attic. And that's only what I've seen so far. I can reuse the spare thermo wire in my doorbell project.
I've been in too many attics with empty bottles, extra materials and beer cans. Some of that is the company working their people too hard and not giving them support and some of it is tradesmen that don't care enough.
Excellent points about doing the right thing, Dustin!
Excellent video. Wish I could some how express how great this conversation is.
Hope this video spreads like wildfire for you guys. Great video.
Grace and Peace
Slick
Thanks Slick!
What a great testimonial to the value of being informed.
Dustin! Animal house 2023!
What a great HVAC contractor! I wish that I could find one like this in Northern NJ.
Quickly becoming one of top RUclips channels
😊
I live in Iberville Parish. I'll be in touch!!
Connections made. Love it.
Love it! Need more people like Dustin ❤️
How would a technician like myself find a company to go to work for that has the standards that I’m trying to achieve and be part of. Lots of companies will say their all about quality and doing things the right way but far too often it’s just not that way once ya get in and start working with them and seeing how they really are.
Move to southern Ohio. 😉 You also may have to give the company a little grace, it's not easy turning a ship, so sometimes it may take a while to get to where they're heading, and may take you to help try and steer them in the right direction.
@@mhoush hopefully I’ll find a place like that in the Tulsa Oklahoma area.
I may just have to break out and be that one place myself
Find an NCI Contractor. Talk to David Richardson at NCI.
Thought you were interviewing Johnny Depp for a second. 😉
I believe he was 🙂
I'm gonna get a shirt made. Yes I know, No I'm not.
I had a lady shout out at lunch today in the restaurant when I walked in" Oh my I thought you were Johnny Depp" which resulted in everyone else looking up and staring awkwardly for a bit.
@@dustincole2625 😂
If only I got the Jack Sparrow run on video
@@jessicaeagan3165 lol there's always next time
Excellent interview! I'm going to share the video with a family member who owns an HVAC company.
Thanks for sharing Bill my man
If he follow this advise will probably go broke...
@@gsabic That's an interesting conclusion not supported by the evidence. Dustin's company literally makes good money. It's what this video was all about: getting sales by not targeting sales. Must be magic?
@@thenexthobby my conclusion is 100% supported in evidence, I retired as an HVAC contractor unlike your conclusions after a 10 minutes video.
@gsabic I can show you several HVAC Contractors that follow similar models and are far from broke
I need a company like Cole air in the central Florida area.
Great to hear from someone in the industry with that much care for the job.
It's tough. I found a decent company, decent price. Most here in Central just know how to switch out a machine.
I am challenging the company redoing my hvac to look into this channel and others.
James, please try Honey Home Services (small company run by a Mastermind student of mine), or Kalos Services, both of whom are legit like this.
@@HomePerformance Thank you very much.
Where in central Florida? There is a great company in central Florida called Kalos.
@@HomePerformance
You should have a list on your site ( if you already dont) of companies educated by your class.
Great video!!! Where do I find someone like him on the treasure coast of Florida?!
This made me very happy.
I’m hiring you for a LI project buddy. You’re next. Call you soon.
I’m gonna shut the doors right now and see if my house is positive or negative!
Well, the system was pulling air into the house. With bed and bath doors open it was pretty much neutral.
Happy Testing John
Great video!
I would like to meet some new contractors. I am currently working towards my NC HVAC H-3 and H-2 LICENSE
Question for you. Does a ventilation system that operates in a window exist? I have a friend with an apartment where the air quality isn't very good. Voc's are very high around 2.7 micrograms per cubic meter. I haven't seen anything so I have thought about inventing a small system that will bring in and mix fresh, filtered air with inside air and add a portable dehumidifier. This is in Florida so latent loads though...any ideas since you can't modify an apartment?
I worked in my family business with this mindset.
I spent so much time duct sealing and insulating ductwork. Because we did it right to Begin with
How do I find someone like this!? Finding good HVAC service is tough
What area are you located?
Honestly.. commenting here might be a good start. Because if they are watching this.. they are a step in the right direction.
Indicate your area.
I’m in Wilmington NC
I’m in Washington DC !
I’m in Tulsa Oklahoma
How do I find a contractor in my area that knows and practices this stuff? My home desperately needs duct balancing work, but I've never seen an HVAC contractor whip out a manometer.
Try this:
homediagnosis.tv/pro
Can I use my fieldpiece manometer? For zonal pressure testing
Not precise enough probably, if it’s built for IWC
I have a hrv in a MN house i bought. It hasn’t been on in years. Is the forced air furnace (or at least central hvac fan) supposed to turn on when the hrv turns on during the winter?
There are many ways to set these up, Andrew- you’d need to know what the plan was to proceed with fixing it, or you could just test everything and start with a new plan
so basically you're doing a blower door test (energy audit)
You need to fix the patreon link to not include the ')' at the end. FWIW.
Thanks Houshasasystem! Fixed! And thanks so much for joining buddy.
Love this video!
Any companies doing training in Sacramento ca
Dustinnnnnn
Bath fans.. put them on auto sensor.
This can be tricky at times, primarily installation. The sensor should be high & or at the fan and IMO needs to be set 60+% to reduce false activation which may increase moisture in the room from infiltration causing continuous fan operation resulting in a runaway train of it trying to remove the moisture it is creating
@Dustin Cole location definitely helps.
I have mine set high and at the door. It does glitch sometimes. You gotta find that fine line of adjustments appropriate to your bathroom.
Small things like a towel hanging on a wall hook or a closet door can change its effectiveness.
But... it's still better than none. Especially when people refuse to turn on the fan during a bath. Bonus is it can be set to stay on after occupant exits.
this is BS.
Which part?
@@edwardjanowiak He think is better than every other contractor
you solve 1 customer issue and your book is full
jumper ducts ciost lots of money and are ineficient. say to a customer cut a door make you zero money as a contractor (this is why he chose that)
every HVAC contractor "SAYS" focus on solving issues, and end up upselling unnessesary things
nobody ever install 2 5ton unist in a home that needs 1 2ton
customers never call about odors, humidity... 99%+ of customer call you about a unit not working. all those things are upsales after the repair
@@gsabic I know Cole, I see him showing confidence, and for someone who usually locks up in front of people or on camera, this was quite good. I've spent a bit of time with him in the last 4 years to know that he doesn't think he's better than anybody else. He has created a successful path to help him and his business. It came from hard work and trying things that other contractors for whatever reason were unwilling to do. I think you missed his sarcasm on the 2/5 ton units, but I've seen many successful projects over the years where other contractors were throwing capacity at houses when in reality they had infiltration and either positive or negative pressure problems and a smaller unit along with air sealing and or duct sealing was the way to correct the problems. The biggest take away for me from this video was Coles offer to help anybody, and for free. I've seen this a handful of times in my years and every time these types of people are genuine when they make that offer. When you make your actual competition more fiscally competitive it raises the bar for those willing to do things right. I don't know if I can change your mind or not but I do appreciate you actually sharing your thoughts after your initial comment.
@@edwardjanowiak I am sure Cole is a great guy that has lots of knwledge,
I am a retired HVAC contractor, but if I wasent and need HVAC work and have lots of money to burn I may call him and hope his technician knows something about HVAC
Very true Building Science 👷♂️ 👌
That’s my Bois. My go to for cooling and onion rings.