Whenever I swap a heat exchanger I always find high CO when initially running the unit. Usually takes at least 30 mins to burn off the manufacturing and shipping oils. Rare occasions have come back the next day after she's been burning a while to find much lower combustion results. In my experience it seems to help to give her some time to settle in before taking a reading. Gotta love that new furnace smell
Happy new year from germany ! - To the printer mentioned in the end of the video: Cause it is a thermal printer, which means it needs special thermal paper and prints just with generating heat at the print head, it is normal that fresh batteries will fix issues with printing, because fresh batteries also mean more heat generation possible... (Some testo printers have the ability to change the contrast setting also, which sends more power to the printhead for better print results (but of course shorter battery life).
Also the paper can be bad sometimes. Fresh power and a fresh roll of paper will generally solve most issues with thermal printers. We use them at work.. people don't load the paper correctly sometimes, good enough to feed but it doesn't lay flat so the print comes out light on one side or maybe nothing at all.
Happy New Year Steve. Thanks for letting me (and all of us here) hang around with you over the last year and enjoy the banter and the knowledge. May 2022 bring a great year and more excellent videos!
Hey there Steven I've been in the same business you have for probably 30 years but you never too old to learn something I've learned a lot from watching your videos keep up the good work man I know who wears the shoes over in your house Miss Molly
Always amazed what you manage to pull off as a one man show Steve. Keep up the good work! Also love that your still able to use them ancient turbo shears. If it ain't broke don't fix it! Happy new year to you and yours
@@dosgos Well, in all honesty you hired the job out for something you were unable to do or refused. Steve cuts the tank up and hauls them out in pieces.
@@mph5896 Joe Homeowner here can't be expected to remove and dispose of a huge fuel oil tank. The firm that replaced the tank was professional but it was a tough job regardless. The point was that Steve is doing tough work solo that typically requires a team.
Steve’s lucky because the supply house delivers his equipment directly to the customer’s house and the driver helps unload the equipment. I have never heard of a HVAC supply house offering that sort of delivery service in my area. In my state, if a supply house delivers equipment/materials to your address and the contractor fails to pay the supply house, the supply house can put a lien on the house at the delivery address.
Good job Steve, She needs a new electric service or breaker panel, too. Maybe you can get one of your friends to help her out with that too, electric fires are scary to some, and Happy New Years, too. Give Miss Molly an extra dog treat.
In Kentucky if we replace a furnace that is venting in a chimney then we have to run a chimney liner down the chimney and re-run the water heater vent and the new furnace vent into that. So much more hassle and work..
Hi Steve and happy new year. I want to share a great idea that I've been using for years when it comes to fabricating transition or extensions to plenums. I will try to attach a diagram... First get a supply of Pittsburgh joints. You can use them in place of S cleats or as you say S lock. Pry open the offset part and slide new metal into that piece as you would a cleat. The advantage is that you now can use it like a normal Pittsburgh joint. After you slide in the metal secure it with metal screws and you don't need to use foil tape because it's air tight. Now introduce the connecting metal piece and just simply hammer the Pittsburgh like normal. It works great.
That's the way my shop does it, although we do it all in-house. The end product just looks a lot cleaner and professional than a bunch of s-cleat and tape in my opinion. I'm primarily a service guy, but I learned install and sheetmetal. It takes some experience to know when to add an 1/8" or subtract a 1/4" to a dimension to make things fit without as much of a fight, while at the same time not leaving a massive gap. Edit: not ripping on the in-the-field style of sheetmetal work at all, sometimes its just called for.
That fuse panel made me have flash backs to my parents house.( I loved the packaging they came in) I am 51 and the other day at work(FD) we were just going over electrical panels and these came up in training and the young kids now a days never saw them. LOL. We even had an old pancake boiler. Happy Healthy new years
Hey Steve, long time subscriber here - Im getting a new furnace - 90 btu single stage, 80% - Trying to figure out if I just go with piston or txv for the condenser. Thanks Anthony-
Nice Install Steve ... I always like your video's before I even watch them !I .. and I like your process on Tin knocking the new Plenum transition ... just installed an Aprilaire bypass humidifier on my Goodman today (retired builder.carpenter) went well, working great, but I'm not as fast as I use to be ; ) ... ran Pex from a hot water line and put in a good ball valve and 1/4 copper to the solenoid valve, tossed the piercing saddle valve as they always leak ... nothing is ever perfectly plumb or level so your tin process makes it fool proof, the sign of a skilled professional .... I'm sure the customer was pleased, and pleased to get heat back .... Have a Happy New Year and give Ms. Molly a treat from us !
Awesome video brother I'm in the South I noticed there was no coil I wonder what she did for air. And you taught me something new on ductwork mine has been getting better but that was a little easier than the way I do it thanks bro
Do you not use PVC for exhaust there ? I always tape around the filter housing so it seals up good we also have to use red letter tape for hot/cold to pass code in Michigan….
Hey Steve I'm new to the channel. Do you mind if I ask what instruments you use for measuring Co2 and in another video, I noticed a cool digital manometer. Thanks, we work on paint booths down here in Florida. Some direct fire and some junk indirect fire into a heat exchanger.
that’s a sharp looking installation and a nice instructional on sheet metal work. That 80+ is perfect for the customer. No crazy complexity just a good furnace that will last and if it needs repairs they arent too bad usually. very nice and happy new year to you two!
Just watched a very similar video you did back in 2013 I looked like you used those same sheet metal cutters must be good to last so long. Always enjoy your videos happy new year
Just curious Steve, how long did this job take? Also, what is the purpose of the x-bend? Is that just for strength? I enjoy watching every video you and Miss Molly make. Very informative thank you for sharing!
You are a RUUD man, I have Goodman in some rentals and, Lennox in my home over 20 years old dual stage furnace changed out the board, induce fan, changed out condensation line going out of the unit not enough fall maybe a flame sensor too .
Nice work. I use a stiff blade putty knife to open up s- lock. Doesn’t dent it all up. Thanks for your content. It’s helped me with fuel oil service in the Midwest. They’re getting rare here.
I have an old 'n crusty Amana 80 furnace and AC that I plan on replacing/upgrading in probably 2023. AC blows cool in the summer, but putting your hand over the condenser while it's running feels no different than ambient temps, so it's probably low on R-22 (thank you Steve - I always learn something from you) and nobody here in Michigan wants to touch that anymore. And yes, I keep it clean. So if it lasts one more season, out with the old, in with the new, and the new R-454 refrigerant too. Going to go with Carrier; they're always on the "good" list for reliability, etc.
You should check out all of the bad Carrier heat exchanger replacement videos before you make a final decision. I personally like the Rheem 80% furnace in this video but none of the supply houses in my area had a 21” 5 ton coil to fit in my utility closet so I went with a Goodman 80% GMVC furnace and coil which have performed well so far.
@@picklerix6162 I checked Google to see what came up and Carrier did have a service bulletin on the secondary exchangers, but that bulletin was way back in 2014. Not finding anything too recent on the negative side for them. Don't tell Steve, but I was going to do the Infinity system (highest efficiency heat pump and 98.5% furnace combo). A work colleague has that, but has their straight AC instead of a heat pump and loves the system. I have solar here so the goal with a heat pump is to reduce my gas consumption and swing it over to electric for the more moderate days.
If 80% furnaces are phased out in 2030, is there anything that prevents me from buying an 80% furnace prior to that date and just keeping it on hand in a box until I need to replace mine?
Federal Pacific electric panel, I replaced mine 20 years ago....they're all good til your house burns down....p.s. nevermind, that's a fuse box not a breaker box, they may be ok.
How on earth you post such quality, lengthy content and so often makes me wonder how, how how🤔. Some TV channels could learn a thing or two. Happy New year to one and all.
i am dedicated to posting quaility videos .. or o wont post anything .so i spend lots of time editing my videos to make the worth to be watched .. i see some guy post stuff on youtube i say wtf i cant watch that trash . i keep trying to stop it to edit the crap out.. holy shit videos .most of my videos take 3 - 4 hours to put together
Holy crap, not many circuits in that fuse panel. Not gonna run too many electric heaters off of that old setup . I have 58 circuits total in my house. 3 panels, running 7 separate 20 amp outlets in just the kitchen, so I can run lots of cooking appliances all at once.
Whenever I swap a heat exchanger I always find high CO when initially running the unit. Usually takes at least 30 mins to burn off the manufacturing and shipping oils. Rare occasions have come back the next day after she's been burning a while to find much lower combustion results. In my experience it seems to help to give her some time to settle in before taking a reading. Gotta love that new furnace smell
Happy new year from germany ! - To the printer mentioned in the end of the video: Cause it is a thermal printer, which means it needs special thermal paper and prints just with generating heat at the print head, it is normal that fresh batteries will fix issues with printing, because fresh batteries also mean more heat generation possible... (Some testo printers have the ability to change the contrast setting also, which sends more power to the printhead for better print results (but of course shorter battery life).
Also the paper can be bad sometimes. Fresh power and a fresh roll of paper will generally solve most issues with thermal printers. We use them at work.. people don't load the paper correctly sometimes, good enough to feed but it doesn't lay flat so the print comes out light on one side or maybe nothing at all.
I invented thermal printer you are both wrong
If you installed a furnace like that in my house I’d have you autograph it!
Happy New Year Steve. Thanks for letting me (and all of us here) hang around with you over the last year and enjoy the banter and the knowledge. May 2022 bring a great year and more excellent videos!
Thanks for a full year of solid entertainment.
Hey there Steven I've been in the same business you have for probably 30 years but you never too old to learn something I've learned a lot from watching your videos keep up the good work man I know who wears the shoes over in your house Miss Molly
MISS MOLLY IS SPECIAL SHE GETS WHAT EVER SHE WANTS .. I TRY TO GIVE HER THE BEST LIFE POSSIBLE
Always amazed what you manage to pull off as a one man show Steve. Keep up the good work!
Also love that your still able to use them ancient turbo shears. If it ain't broke don't fix it! Happy new year to you and yours
Took 4 young guys to move the fuel oil tank out of our house, and they were complaining. Steve does that solo in half the time.
@@dosgos Steve is an inspiration. Im 47 and dont know how he does it sometimes. Just the filming and editing would tire me out. Lol
@@dosgos Well, in all honesty you hired the job out for something you were unable to do or refused. Steve cuts the tank up and hauls them out in pieces.
@@mph5896 Joe Homeowner here can't be expected to remove and dispose of a huge fuel oil tank. The firm that replaced the tank was professional but it was a tough job regardless. The point was that Steve is doing tough work solo that typically requires a team.
Steve’s lucky because the supply house delivers his equipment directly to the customer’s house and the driver helps unload the equipment. I have never heard of a HVAC supply house offering that sort of delivery service in my area. In my state, if a supply house delivers equipment/materials to your address and the contractor fails to pay the supply house, the supply house can put a lien on the house at the delivery address.
Love it brother.. Wish everyone in this trade was like you.
Love seeing more sheet metal work/ your doing excellent work on the duct work/ she’s lucky she called you! Bub
Nice install Steve. I learned a nice trick when building a plenum. Thanks!
Nice job Steve thanks for sharing your skill ! Happy new year 🎊
Nice, clean job Steve. Happy New Year to you and Miss Molly!
Good job Steve, She needs a new electric service or breaker panel, too. Maybe you can get one of your friends to help her out with that too, electric fires are scary to some, and Happy New Years, too. Give Miss Molly an extra dog treat.
Happy New Years from Nova Scotia Steve and Molly. Your videos are very relaxing to watch!
That Lesto cutter is great, Cuts like butter. Always love your sheet metal work. Nice install
I worked at General Electric. We always said GE!! Good Enough for this place. Customer heard usone time and we had to say it was the GE Motto.
Nice work! One man wrecking crew. God bless. Happy New Year!
Happy new year!
Wonderful sheetmetal work Steve. Happy new year!
thanks
Great video, thanks! what brand furnace, BTW??
In Kentucky if we replace a furnace that is venting in a chimney then we have to run a chimney liner down the chimney and re-run the water heater vent and the new furnace vent into that. So much more hassle and work..
Hi Steve and happy new year. I want to share a great idea that I've been using for years when it comes to fabricating transition or extensions to plenums. I will try to attach a diagram...
First get a supply of Pittsburgh joints. You can use them in place of S cleats or as you say S lock. Pry open the offset part and slide new metal into that piece as you would a cleat. The advantage is that you now can use it like a normal Pittsburgh joint. After you slide in the metal secure it with metal screws and you don't need to use foil tape because it's air tight. Now introduce the connecting metal piece and just simply hammer the Pittsburgh like normal. It works great.
I wish my old boss did plenums that way. He always had us measure and shop
Make them. Always off a little and a pain in the butt to install.
Nice job!
That's the way my shop does it, although we do it all in-house. The end product just looks a lot cleaner and professional than a bunch of s-cleat and tape in my opinion. I'm primarily a service guy, but I learned install and sheetmetal. It takes some experience to know when to add an 1/8" or subtract a 1/4" to a dimension to make things fit without as much of a fight, while at the same time not leaving a massive gap.
Edit: not ripping on the in-the-field style of sheetmetal work at all, sometimes its just called for.
Keep up the Great Work Lav happy new year buddy Stay Safe !
That new furnace smell sure does stink till burns off.. Great job Steve we appreciate the videos. God Bless and Happy New Year
Steve , you and Molly have a great New Year !
happy new year
Thx for the vid. Best wishes for 2022. Keep it between the fenceposts tonight. Amateur night. :)
That fuse panel made me have flash backs to my parents house.( I loved the packaging they came in) I am 51 and the other day at work(FD) we were just going over electrical panels and these came up in training and the young kids now a days never saw them. LOL. We even had an old pancake boiler. Happy Healthy new years
Some of your best work Steve! Excellent job
Hey Steve, long time subscriber here -
Im getting a new furnace - 90 btu single stage, 80% - Trying to figure out if I just go with piston or txv for the condenser. Thanks Anthony-
Nice Install Steve ... I always like your video's before I even watch them !I .. and I like your process on Tin knocking the new Plenum transition ... just installed an Aprilaire bypass humidifier on my Goodman today (retired builder.carpenter) went well, working great, but I'm not as fast as I use to be ; ) ... ran Pex from a hot water line and put in a good ball valve and 1/4 copper to the solenoid valve, tossed the piercing saddle valve as they always leak ... nothing is ever perfectly plumb or level so your tin process makes it fool proof, the sign of a skilled professional .... I'm sure the customer was pleased, and pleased to get heat back .... Have a Happy New Year and give Ms. Molly a treat from us !
Steve you cut that sheet metal like a surgeon
. Keep up the good work
Nice install Steve, happy new year to you & Molly
So B-Vent pipe isn't code where you are? Here in Maryland you have to use b-vent pipe and put a liner down the chimney.
b vent if in the actic this chimney has a clay liner
Hey Steve, where did you get those filter racks? Love your videos man, good stuff.
Awesome video brother I'm in the South I noticed there was no coil I wonder what she did for air. And you taught me something new on ductwork mine has been getting better but that was a little easier than the way I do it thanks bro
Window ac or just fans used to be the norm in the north, at least before climate change started causing more 85°F days every summer.
Was there a flu liner already in the masonry chimney RGE makes us install a liner and Bvent No single wall flue pipe
WOW Steve, I was impressed at how straight a cut you are able to get free-hand with those metal shears.
One Man Wrecking Crew making Ma. warm , one 80+ Gas Furnace at a time ... Lol ... Thx for sharing ...
Nice work Steve! Wishing you and the family a Happy, Healthy New Year!
Do you not use PVC for exhaust there ? I always tape around the filter housing so it seals up good we also have to use red letter tape for hot/cold to pass code in Michigan….
its a 80+ furnace ...it has to be smoke pipe ... 90+ you cold use pvc for exast vent
Happy new year!!!
Thanks for all the videos love them!!
Hi Steven! Have a Happy, Healthy and prosperous New Year!
happy new year
Happy new year!
Great job Steve
Keep up the good work Steve! Happy New Year!
Hey Steve I'm new to the channel. Do you mind if I ask what instruments you use for measuring Co2 and in another video, I noticed a cool digital manometer. Thanks, we work on paint booths down here in Florida. Some direct fire and some junk indirect fire into a heat exchanger.
I find it amazing that that furnace lasted 50 years. The new ones don't run that long do they? YEEHA Steve! Another great video!
Clean install, very nice.
that’s a sharp looking installation and a nice instructional on sheet metal work. That 80+ is perfect for the customer. No crazy complexity just a good furnace that will last and if it needs repairs they arent too bad usually. very nice and happy new year to you two!
Hello from the great state of Michigan. Happy new year to you and Miss Molly love the video.
Great video Steven, happy New Year 🎉
You do some fine work Steve!!! Happy New Year!!!!!
Just watched a very similar video you did back in 2013 I looked like you used those same sheet metal cutters must be good to last so long. Always enjoy your videos happy new year
the sheet metal cutter works great
Just curious Steve, how long did this job take? Also, what is the purpose of the x-bend? Is that just for strength? I enjoy watching every video you and Miss Molly make. Very informative thank you for sharing!
I love Rheem/Rudd 80% furnace. That furnace will be in that house for the next 30 years. K.I.S.S. Good job!
Sorry it won’t 15 at best new stuff is made shitty
Those Rheem 80% furnaces will last a lot longer than a 90+ high efficiency furnace. I would expect it to last at least 20 years.
You are a RUUD man, I have Goodman in some rentals and, Lennox in my home over 20 years old dual stage furnace changed out the board, induce fan, changed out condensation line going out of the unit not enough fall maybe a flame sensor too .
Nice install Steven!!!
Where do you order those yellow tags you placed on furnace?
i have them custom made at local print shop
Looks good Steve. Happy New Year!
Wow fed pac breaker! That furnace looks a lot like the sears models I've seen 1960s maybe
Great job Happy New year Steve.
Nice work brother.
Excellent Video
👀👀👀 fuses?! I haven't seen those since I was about 6 years old that was 40 years ago They built that stuff the last 💪🏿
The sheet metal cutter you're using looks like it may be older that you. It does the job well too!
Those electric shears are the way to go! So nice to a real duct work install instead of flex duct draped everywhere.
Happy new 2022 Steve. Neckleo 😂👍🎉🎉🥂
you nailed it "ACE"...txs for sharing
i like to get the furnace temp rise (35-70) as hot as possible also. a good hot air to heat quickly.
Happy New Year MaMa.
Whats the purpose of the crossbreak.
Must be nice to still be able to get mid-efficiency equipment...up here in Kanada it's only hi-efficiency...
Nice Job Steve. Your a good person.
Damn work of art :)
What was the quote around? Just a curious customer
Steve thanks for showing the ti-end. As always great work!
Steve, do you prefer 1" filters or 4"?
Nice work. I use a stiff blade putty knife to open up s- lock. Doesn’t dent it all up. Thanks for your content. It’s helped me with fuel oil service in the Midwest. They’re getting rare here.
i will try the putty knife and see how it does
Happy New year Steve
happy new year
Nice clean job as always
Holy smokes! Screw in fuses!
Nice job, enjoyed the sheet metal work!
Your a animal steve, I look forward to watching your new videos every day after work!
Thanks Steven for the great explanation on the sheet metal work.
Glad it was helpful!
Wow...fuses? I haven't seen those glass fuses in years.
In California we have the ultra low nox you can’t see the flame anymore. Nothing but problems.
That house will be nice and warm now and more efficient on energy.
I have an old 'n crusty Amana 80 furnace and AC that I plan on replacing/upgrading in probably 2023. AC blows cool in the summer, but putting your hand over the condenser while it's running feels no different than ambient temps, so it's probably low on R-22 (thank you Steve - I always learn something from you) and nobody here in Michigan wants to touch that anymore. And yes, I keep it clean. So if it lasts one more season, out with the old, in with the new, and the new R-454 refrigerant too. Going to go with Carrier; they're always on the "good" list for reliability, etc.
You should check out all of the bad Carrier heat exchanger replacement videos before you make a final decision. I personally like the Rheem 80% furnace in this video but none of the supply houses in my area had a 21” 5 ton coil to fit in my utility closet so I went with a Goodman 80% GMVC furnace and coil which have performed well so far.
@@picklerix6162 I checked Google to see what came up and Carrier did have a service bulletin on the secondary exchangers, but that bulletin was way back in 2014. Not finding anything too recent on the negative side for them. Don't tell Steve, but I was going to do the Infinity system (highest efficiency heat pump and 98.5% furnace combo). A work colleague has that, but has their straight AC instead of a heat pump and loves the system. I have solar here so the goal with a heat pump is to reduce my gas consumption and swing it over to electric for the more moderate days.
Awesome job as usual!!!!
So good to see it completely
Nice install. Enjoy you videos
Not in the trade but am going to buy one of those Henslers benders next time I need to make some custom flashings.
If 80% furnaces are phased out in 2030, is there anything that prevents me from buying an 80% furnace prior to that date and just keeping it on hand in a box until I need to replace mine?
Pacific electric r known fire starters. U should recommend that she Change that panel out ASAP.
Federal Pacific electric panel, I replaced mine 20 years ago....they're all good til your house burns down....p.s. nevermind, that's a fuse box not a breaker box, they may be ok.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How old was that
Probably 60 years old
It looked funky but it gotta go up
How on earth you post such quality, lengthy content and so often makes me wonder how, how how🤔. Some TV channels could learn a thing or two. Happy New year to one and all.
He must have the Bluon app.
i am dedicated to posting quaility videos .. or o wont post anything .so i spend lots of time editing my videos to make the worth to be watched .. i see some guy post stuff on youtube i say wtf i cant watch that trash . i keep trying to stop it to edit the crap out.. holy shit videos .most of my videos take 3 - 4 hours to put together
@@stevenlavimoniere Your extreme efforts are greatly appreciated by all!!! Many Thanks!!!
Ductwork,
A little over my head Mama!
Wow that truly was a old beast! Lol
Holy crap, not many circuits in that fuse panel. Not gonna run too many electric heaters off of that old setup . I have 58 circuits total in my house. 3 panels, running 7 separate 20 amp outlets in just the kitchen, so I can run lots of cooking appliances all at once.