Mission Accomplished: Impossible Central AC Replacement in Tight Crawlspace with Bosch Heat Pump

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  • Опубликовано: 26 янв 2025

Комментарии • 203

  • @nolarising504
    @nolarising504 7 месяцев назад +4

    This week i had one of the tightest under house jobs ive ever had. It was just 5 drops with hard pipe but i wanted to cry. Gotta love New Orleans houses

    • @PipeDoctor
      @PipeDoctor  7 месяцев назад

      Thanks for sharing

  • @kens.3729
    @kens.3729 7 месяцев назад +6

    It Pays and makes a Lot of Sense to have a very well Qualified and well Paid Team on your payroll. 👍🙏

  • @Eddy63
    @Eddy63 7 месяцев назад +3

    Thanks!

    • @PipeDoctor
      @PipeDoctor  7 месяцев назад +1

      Wow! Thank you very much for the love!

  • @joehernandez8208
    @joehernandez8208 7 месяцев назад +2

    I like the Bosch stuff as well. I install the Comfort Aire line. All made by the same parent company “Midea”. It sucks cause it’s Chinese, but it is a good product.

  • @swaterman08
    @swaterman08 7 месяцев назад +11

    I would normally love to be a HVAC Tech, until I see videos like this.

    • @gadflyofhumanity_6847
      @gadflyofhumanity_6847 7 месяцев назад +3

      Crawlspaces that size shouldn't be in code in my opinion.

    • @andygarcia8235
      @andygarcia8235 7 месяцев назад

      I agree

    • @jph77
      @jph77 7 месяцев назад

      ​​@@gadflyofhumanity_6847walk in attics is the way to go! That should be the only way to go.

    • @throttlebottle5906
      @throttlebottle5906 7 месяцев назад

      @@gadflyofhumanity_6847 that's a huge space compared to many I've been in. some a low profile car creeper is too high and your nose is hitting pipes and main beams, some times floor joists, have to lay flat and G.I. crawl. then climb overtop low pipes without breaking them. now you have to drag tools and materials in and out with. lol

  • @numchux2
    @numchux2 7 месяцев назад +7

    Gotta love HVAC cave exploration

  • @aperson9495
    @aperson9495 7 месяцев назад +1

    That pad was definitely very nice. It's not often you see a nice setup like that that's easy to keep leaves, snow and other junk away from.
    That ground clip looks like something you'd see/use on a metal box, not a painted cabinet as you mentioned.

  • @altyndom7039
    @altyndom7039 7 месяцев назад +4

    Wow hoarding all that refrigerant instead of giving back to the nature damn New Yorkers are a special breed.😂😂😂

  • @rollenschultz2707
    @rollenschultz2707 7 месяцев назад +3

    I commend you on getting into that crawl space most bosses would all sudden get a phone call and be heading the other way

    • @paulkenney5846
      @paulkenney5846 7 месяцев назад +1

      Most that I have worked with

    • @PipeDoctor
      @PipeDoctor  7 месяцев назад +2

      I’m always in the trenches with the team

  • @MichOutdoors
    @MichOutdoors 7 месяцев назад +2

    Great work, Mike and team. Keep up the hustle

    • @PipeDoctor
      @PipeDoctor  7 месяцев назад

      Thank you so much for the support and encouragement

  • @lolopete
    @lolopete 7 месяцев назад +2

    Another fine job, well done by the 3 musketeers.

  • @throttlebottle5906
    @throttlebottle5906 7 месяцев назад +2

    Mikey sounds like he's 9 months along and pushing out a baby in the crawlspace... 🤪🤪

  • @bruce8572
    @bruce8572 7 месяцев назад

    Beautiful job! Tough one for sure! Mikey did a LOT of grunting! Ha

  • @FullSendPrecision
    @FullSendPrecision 7 месяцев назад +4

    That raised platform is magnificent.

    • @PipeDoctor
      @PipeDoctor  7 месяцев назад +1

      I got a sweat I got I don’t want. I’d really start over OK?
      That platform is tits.

  • @jeffrodilley
    @jeffrodilley 7 месяцев назад

    Hi Mike been one year that we had are new air conditioner, heat pump kicks ass

  • @brikaf6001
    @brikaf6001 7 месяцев назад +2

    nice, very nice install, great vid!

  • @Farley445
    @Farley445 7 месяцев назад +1

    Behind you

  • @michaeltobias3524
    @michaeltobias3524 7 месяцев назад +4

    Mikey, I bought a similar one from Vevor, blue. I plugged in the power cord and the back of the chassis connector broke out. I opened the unit and wS able to plug it into the remainder of the connector to move on. My opinion is that even with the issue, it's still a good value.
    Watching the crawlspace video brings back bad memories. Very difficult conditions.

  • @Jersey-GT-F150
    @Jersey-GT-F150 7 месяцев назад +2

    I dig that watch bro

    • @PipeDoctor
      @PipeDoctor  7 месяцев назад

      Thank you very much

  • @ryanwoods4691
    @ryanwoods4691 7 месяцев назад +3

    Love the video Mike

    • @PipeDoctor
      @PipeDoctor  7 месяцев назад

      Thank you very much

  • @paulyanega2373
    @paulyanega2373 7 месяцев назад +3

    beautiful job again .. I'm would have had one of those boys shop vac that crawl space out before you had to lay down in there.. have a cold one you earned it

  • @SUPERVILLAINN
    @SUPERVILLAINN 7 месяцев назад +3

    Your reaction to the tiny piece of cardboard you waited half a day for 😂

  • @Tanneritefilledfido
    @Tanneritefilledfido 7 месяцев назад +2

    Yo Dchvac, we are hungry!! I saw daniel yesterday while i was driving to my next service call. cant miss that fancy billboard driving around

    • @PipeDoctor
      @PipeDoctor  7 месяцев назад +1

      I keep reminding him to post.

  • @guytaniguchi
    @guytaniguchi 7 месяцев назад +3

    Way to go Mr. Mikey, getting all down and dirty with your employees.

    • @PipeDoctor
      @PipeDoctor  7 месяцев назад +1

      Absolutely! I lead by example

  • @johnwalker890
    @johnwalker890 7 месяцев назад +1

    Good job Mike and crew, It's like the Blair Witches Project in that crawl space, or Salem's Lot in the dungeon, Vampires and bats..........

  • @edwardreilly8452
    @edwardreilly8452 7 месяцев назад +1

    Nice job on the install, looks like those panels on the condenser are the same size all around, you should swap them around so the logo is facing out.

  • @JohnSmith-cd8ch
    @JohnSmith-cd8ch 7 месяцев назад +2

    Can't imagine why anyone would build a crawl space that low

    • @PipeDoctor
      @PipeDoctor  7 месяцев назад +3

      It makes no sense. I totally agree.

  • @johnsilva8236
    @johnsilva8236 7 месяцев назад +1

    Mike, the yellow hose with the low loss fitting you are using on the discharge of the reclaim machine, is slowing the recovery process.

    • @PipeDoctor
      @PipeDoctor  7 месяцев назад +2

      Okay. Ty

    • @johnsilva8236
      @johnsilva8236 7 месяцев назад

      Mike, I love your videos. Keep up the great work you and your crew do.

    • @throttlebottle5906
      @throttlebottle5906 7 месяцев назад

      missed that, but yeah low loss fittings are bad all around, as well as going through gauges.
      probably wise to run a tee at the service port, hook gauge there and and plain hose to recovery machine then to tank. remove schrader valves too.

  • @scottvolage1752
    @scottvolage1752 7 месяцев назад

    Make the trades great again Mikey Pipes. #LoveBosch Smash that Like Button folks. Smash it for Daniel.

  • @antoniovallejo337
    @antoniovallejo337 7 месяцев назад +2

    Mikey can you do a video on how to troubleshoot the Bosh condenser board please 🙏

  • @Farley445
    @Farley445 7 месяцев назад

    Fight for the big money Mike

  • @vijuanridadmontchez2986
    @vijuanridadmontchez2986 7 месяцев назад

    Did you use the same line set?

  • @michaelsannuti270
    @michaelsannuti270 7 месяцев назад

    Great install. U should swap the panels on the condenser so the Bosch label is in the front.

    • @PipeDoctor
      @PipeDoctor  7 месяцев назад +2

      No, I thought of that we’re gonna keep it factory

  • @rollenschultz2707
    @rollenschultz2707 7 месяцев назад +2

    Mike is stalling by the van so he catch his breath

  • @peter-pg5yc
    @peter-pg5yc 7 месяцев назад

    In houston attic had ac and heater, no access large enough gotta open ceiling.

  • @jaymarking7854
    @jaymarking7854 7 месяцев назад

    What''s upwith the the furnace exhast going across the house?

  • @Hunleygarage
    @Hunleygarage 7 месяцев назад

    Where were you able to put the air filter, can’t believe they stuffed the unit in there like that, lol. Do you have to tilt the ahu like the Bosch furnace to drain the condensate? Like your videos.

    • @PipeDoctor
      @PipeDoctor  7 месяцев назад

      There’s a filter grill on the ceiling for the zone

  • @joshuaseaton7002
    @joshuaseaton7002 7 месяцев назад +1

    Just waiting for the new cold climate units. I'm guessing spring of 2025. Meantime I've been installing 2 or 3 M20 and M18's a week. Life is good.

  • @zacharypalczynski8450
    @zacharypalczynski8450 7 месяцев назад +2

    100% a yellow jacket knock off..but seems nice for the buck.but does it pay off to have in field or just sick with the better Field piece or NAVAC

  • @kat2641
    @kat2641 7 месяцев назад +3

    😂😂😂 never question the boss 🤪🤪 toooo many years of experience ❤❤ and?? Copper clamps always look more sexy 👍

  • @Farley445
    @Farley445 7 месяцев назад

    I never get a overheated issue with my phone

  • @joelmorales9369
    @joelmorales9369 7 месяцев назад +4

    Yea I don't miss messing around in crawl spaces and attics. Lol

    • @PipeDoctor
      @PipeDoctor  7 месяцев назад +1

      Yeah, tomorrow is the attic part two

    • @joelmorales9369
      @joelmorales9369 7 месяцев назад

      Stay hydrated today fellas!

  • @rollenschultz2707
    @rollenschultz2707 7 месяцев назад +2

    The original contractor that placed that unit must have said let's get it as far from the entry point as possible

  • @robertsmith2956
    @robertsmith2956 7 месяцев назад +3

    I thought I had it had it bad just running network cable and water lines in a tight crawl space like that.
    That is ridiculous.

    • @PipeDoctor
      @PipeDoctor  7 месяцев назад

      Yeah, part one of this two day install was kind of ridiculous but tomorrow will be God willing much better and then we can finish out this project for the two Bosch systems for 2024 for this client

  • @jimmyni8136
    @jimmyni8136 7 месяцев назад +3

    I wanna guess 88 micron. There is no way it’s under that.

  • @Bdubyaful
    @Bdubyaful 7 месяцев назад +4

    Rule #1. NEVER bet the boss.😂

    • @PipeDoctor
      @PipeDoctor  7 месяцев назад +5

      Oh, that’s a good rule, but we did not disconnect the water filter and it slid right in there

    • @Bdubyaful
      @Bdubyaful 7 месяцев назад

      @@PipeDoctor I watch you daily Mikey, love the content and your way of thinking. God bless and good day sir 👍

  • @myHVAClife
    @myHVAClife 7 месяцев назад

    42:43 , Noticed he is weighing the charge in with the Fieldpiece scales. Why not the Vevor scales? LMAO They suck.

  • @alanr585
    @alanr585 7 месяцев назад

    Surely you can get those guys bluetooth mics so we can hear conversations and not just you Mike?

  • @everettstevenson2111
    @everettstevenson2111 7 месяцев назад

    Hey Peter and Danilel of Mikey Pipes Plumbing, we back on VOX again or Baby VOX.

  • @TemperatureProfessionals
    @TemperatureProfessionals 7 месяцев назад

    66 Microns was my guess. Not cheating. I use the JB mega Flow kit though. So that would probably be the measure for those hoses.

  • @issacrobertson
    @issacrobertson 7 месяцев назад +3

    60 is my guess

  • @swaterman08
    @swaterman08 7 месяцев назад +2

    not hating, but you guys covered the window, the origonal 3 had a gap for the window.

    • @PipeDoctor
      @PipeDoctor  7 месяцев назад

      Who gives a flying fuck do you see the difference between the unit and the house? We have 2 1/2 feet there it’s good.

    • @swaterman08
      @swaterman08 7 месяцев назад +3

      @@PipeDoctor I just mean if you are in the house looking out you don't see the AC unit

  • @Farley445
    @Farley445 7 месяцев назад

    Not bad

  • @samke5473
    @samke5473 7 месяцев назад +2

    I would say 140 Microns.

    • @PipeDoctor
      @PipeDoctor  7 месяцев назад +1

      Good guess but not too close

  • @Hvac-dude
    @Hvac-dude 7 месяцев назад +1

    Heck yess😎😎

  • @mattl643
    @mattl643 7 месяцев назад +2

    That install was TITS!!!

  • @everettstevenson2111
    @everettstevenson2111 7 месяцев назад

    By the way, the EPA is planning too change that 5% factor on those cooling system, 100% leaks free, from the factory to the new install. again this will be good for business all around for every one.

  • @harrygilbert4593
    @harrygilbert4593 7 месяцев назад +1

    Thanks for ruining my Sunday. Nice to see you in the trenches. So many shit installs this season. Have fun and be safe this season. Are you moving the second floor AHU to fit Bosch line set?

  • @earlestes8649
    @earlestes8649 7 месяцев назад

    Now knock the bucket over so you can get all wet like I did today 😊, and was wondering why my legs were feeling wet!. Ugh is all I can say! Rrrr!

  • @Timberjagi
    @Timberjagi 7 месяцев назад

    Damn, is the water there so bad and hard that you need 2 of those monsters of filters...

    • @PipeDoctor
      @PipeDoctor  7 месяцев назад

      One’s a pre-filter

  • @myHVAClife
    @myHVAClife 7 месяцев назад

    Vevor sent me that crap, Recovery machine is a good back up at best. The scales are the same as Elitech, same scale different sticker.

  • @jackl9922
    @jackl9922 7 месяцев назад

    Vevor can work for DIY, but I would fire a pro using one. Some things okay, but not for a high priced pro.

  • @chuckq54
    @chuckq54 7 месяцев назад +2

    The audio is like a ‘70’s porn flick in a filthy theater (so I’m told🤷‍♂️🤣)

    • @PipeDoctor
      @PipeDoctor  7 месяцев назад +2

      Wow, you’re the only one who seems to complain about porn flicks in the 1970s

    • @chuckq54
      @chuckq54 7 месяцев назад

      @@PipeDoctor 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Nothing better that a nasty theater at night 👍👍

  • @michaeltobias3524
    @michaeltobias3524 7 месяцев назад +2

    It's not a leak until you leave 😂

  • @grasscutter1963
    @grasscutter1963 5 месяцев назад

    I just noticed your watch cover. It’s pretty ironic that you use red and blue for heating and cooling.

    • @PipeDoctor
      @PipeDoctor  5 месяцев назад

      Thanks for watching

    • @grasscutter1963
      @grasscutter1963 5 месяцев назад

      Actually I think it looks pretty cool!

  • @roqueherrera8471
    @roqueherrera8471 7 месяцев назад

    Is this your apprentice who is always late🤔

  • @mikekolczynski5665
    @mikekolczynski5665 7 месяцев назад +2

    Get some new drop cloths. You bring a rug to wipe your feet, then whip out those stained drop cloths.

    • @PipeDoctor
      @PipeDoctor  7 месяцев назад +1

      Relax, the drop cloths are clean. They go to the cleaners once a week that they wash machine place they’re clean.

    • @mikekolczynski5665
      @mikekolczynski5665 7 месяцев назад +1

      Looks bad. Chuck in a truck quality. Not a high-end quality company justifying the $400 contactor type of calls,as you stated, the other day.

    • @throttlebottle5906
      @throttlebottle5906 7 месяцев назад

      @@mikekolczynski5665 have you priced those drops? he could use new drops per job, charge the customer for them and leave them, if they want them. LOL

  • @DevinHVACInc
    @DevinHVACInc 7 месяцев назад +2

    Savage. 😂😂

  • @paulkenney5846
    @paulkenney5846 7 месяцев назад +1

    Mike I’m surprised you didn’t clean all the shit off the floor so you wouldn’t have to crawl through it

    • @PipeDoctor
      @PipeDoctor  7 месяцев назад +1

      What do I look like a housekeeper?

    • @paulkenney5846
      @paulkenney5846 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@PipeDoctor I am not being a troll it was just a suggestion.

    • @throttlebottle5906
      @throttlebottle5906 7 месяцев назад

      yeah, 10 minutes with a long hose shop vac and it's all nice and clean. who wants to crawl over debris, nails, staples, chunks of wood, dirt, probably glass and metal slivers from ducts.

  • @scottmaz4063
    @scottmaz4063 7 месяцев назад +3

    Daniel doesn't look happy

  • @jph77
    @jph77 7 месяцев назад +2

    Looked liked Mikey was going caving in that crawl space.

  • @myHVAClife
    @myHVAClife 7 месяцев назад

    Best Variable speed system is Trane XV, BOSCH BLOWS ASS.

  • @thomasshelbyjr183
    @thomasshelbyjr183 7 месяцев назад +3

    It’s not cement, it’s concrete. Cement is an ingredient in concrete.

    • @PipeDoctor
      @PipeDoctor  7 месяцев назад

      Thanks for the clarification. I always wanted to know the difference.

    • @thomasshelbyjr183
      @thomasshelbyjr183 7 месяцев назад

      I hope that didn’t come off as rude, I was just saying… I love the content and have learned ALOT from watching yous guys!!!

  • @alanporter3767
    @alanporter3767 7 месяцев назад +3

    My guess is 210

    • @PipeDoctor
      @PipeDoctor  7 месяцев назад +1

      That’s a good guess you know what I like this. I think you’re genuine in your answer and email me Mike at Mikey pipes.com and I will send you some free stickers.

  • @MarkNehemiah
    @MarkNehemiah 7 месяцев назад +5

    I am very skeptical of Vevor. They’re literally making everything from landscape cloth, car lifts, now vacuum pumps 😂 vevor has been known as the cheap Chinese Amazon brand for several years.

    • @PipeDoctor
      @PipeDoctor  7 месяцев назад +4

      Yeah, listen it’s it’s cheap stuff. Is it gonna last forever no but will you cover your overhead with it probably

    • @MarkNehemiah
      @MarkNehemiah 7 месяцев назад

      @@PipeDoctor we need to get your son with the car lot to get vevor to send him a lift

    • @zachmiller821
      @zachmiller821 7 месяцев назад

      In 9 minutes the microns will be 525

  • @ninnghhizziddha
    @ninnghhizziddha 7 месяцев назад +1

    Good stuff 🤙

  • @keithN6
    @keithN6 7 месяцев назад +2

    62 microns.

  • @Vic323LA
    @Vic323LA 7 месяцев назад

    You asked what we think, so don't get all but hurt....you charged the customer an arm and a leg, and you have a high-end system installed, but you're not going to change the entire line set when that old copper may be all corroded and ready to burst a leak in the next year or two....I don't know Mike. I think for the price, the customer deserves an entire complete system and that my friend includes a new line set.

    • @PipeDoctor
      @PipeDoctor  7 месяцев назад

      what price? care to tell me what the price was??

  • @mattyb7607
    @mattyb7607 7 месяцев назад +3

    Oy Vey

    • @PipeDoctor
      @PipeDoctor  7 месяцев назад +1

      Yeah, this one wasn’t easy, but it got done regardless

  • @happybearinc.9083
    @happybearinc.9083 7 месяцев назад +2

    I would stay away from these nasty jobs

    • @PipeDoctor
      @PipeDoctor  7 месяцев назад +1

      I do them and get paid for exceptional jobs

  • @yerm5606
    @yerm5606 7 месяцев назад +2

    387 microns

    • @PipeDoctor
      @PipeDoctor  7 месяцев назад +2

      Not even close I’m sorry

  • @neilcvids2583
    @neilcvids2583 7 месяцев назад +1

    whatever they paid you was not enough,
    Efin crawlspace

  • @1337woody
    @1337woody 7 месяцев назад +2

    That’s one of those jobs that gets the bullshit tax applied. If you want to pay it my day is going to suck but I’m going to make some money.

    • @PipeDoctor
      @PipeDoctor  7 месяцев назад

      Yeah, I didn’t calculate it that way but I did calculate we were doing two jobs and two days so hard work money earned

  • @BuffaloChicken
    @BuffaloChicken 7 месяцев назад +1

    130 microns.

  • @randywebber419
    @randywebber419 7 месяцев назад +2

    109 microns

    • @PipeDoctor
      @PipeDoctor  7 месяцев назад

      Not even close

    • @randywebber419
      @randywebber419 7 месяцев назад

      @@PipeDoctor hey after decay I was the closest lol

  • @stevendzupin2592
    @stevendzupin2592 7 месяцев назад

    1,800. Microns

  • @DevinHVACInc
    @DevinHVACInc 7 месяцев назад +2

    60 microns

  • @kurtismeier1712
    @kurtismeier1712 7 месяцев назад +1

    249 microns

    • @PipeDoctor
      @PipeDoctor  7 месяцев назад

      Not even close, but thank you for guessing

  • @joehernandez8208
    @joehernandez8208 7 месяцев назад +2

    Mikes grunts and groans sound like he’s giving birth.
    Rule number 1
    Cover customers flooring and cardboard in the crawlspace lowest seniority has spider web clean out.

  • @bobcritelli8583
    @bobcritelli8583 7 месяцев назад +1

    650 microns

  • @kevin441
    @kevin441 7 месяцев назад +1

    700 mrcor

    • @PipeDoctor
      @PipeDoctor  7 месяцев назад +1

      You didn’t even try to guess

  • @dkinfishing
    @dkinfishing 7 месяцев назад +1

    69 is the number of course 😂

    • @PipeDoctor
      @PipeDoctor  7 месяцев назад +2

      Very close very very close

    • @dkinfishing
      @dkinfishing 7 месяцев назад

      @@PipeDoctor you dirty man 🤣

  • @schfiftyfive661
    @schfiftyfive661 7 месяцев назад +2

    247

    • @PipeDoctor
      @PipeDoctor  7 месяцев назад

      Come on is that even a guess?

  • @drewanwander4863
    @drewanwander4863 7 месяцев назад

    My guess is 154 microns

  • @everettstevenson2111
    @everettstevenson2111 7 месяцев назад

    Hey Mikey, of Mikey Pipes Plumbing not easy being cheesy. I like your podcast/social media, looking thru some comments/reply?. When you were young, did you and your friends had eaten pizza at Chuck E Cheese. Or did you go out hunting with a man like Dick Chenney. Do you still have a back bone made of steel. If so, then you still might have some "Big Dick" Chenney qualities. Love you buddy, you be safe out there.

  • @Killer96z
    @Killer96z 7 месяцев назад

    185 microns

    • @PipeDoctor
      @PipeDoctor  7 месяцев назад +1

      Did you even try?

  • @allynwithay
    @allynwithay 7 месяцев назад +1

    59

  • @elone1748
    @elone1748 7 месяцев назад +1

    139 microns

    • @PipeDoctor
      @PipeDoctor  7 месяцев назад +1

      Close but also no cigar

  • @Farley445
    @Farley445 7 месяцев назад

    95 pounds

  • @patrickmcgraw5865
    @patrickmcgraw5865 7 месяцев назад +1

    101

    • @PipeDoctor
      @PipeDoctor  7 месяцев назад

      Closer

    • @patrickmcgraw5865
      @patrickmcgraw5865 7 месяцев назад

      @@PipeDoctor ive already watched the whole video. I dont want to spoil it for someone else