As a new guy in this field, I really appreciate your videos. I think most of us new guys feel like they don't get enough time in the field with experienced techs and these videos are better than most of my ride-alongs.
I am the engineering manager for a factory that produces hundreds of thousands of threaded components a year and have 43 years machining experience. NPT threads when assembled will have a few thousands clearance between the major diameter of the male thread and the major diameter of the female. As well as lube and anti seize the sealant fills this small gap, and because the passage is so tiny it takes very high pressure to extrude the sealant through this passage and begin to leak.NPTF (fuel purpose) is the only designation that is designed to interfere completely and be able to create a dry seal without additives. I really enjoy learning about hvac repair watching your video's, thank you.
Ted what you say is Considered Constructive criticism and it's from a professional experience view point ment to help others in improving their quality of work. After 55 yrs in hvac I appreciate your quality of work and concern for others. Life is a learning process and when someone stops learning they are Dead. Thank you for sharing your videos.
Excellent job I love your work you are very knowledgeable about the hvac trade and it shows I’m thankful that guys like me can soak this knowledge in and put it to use on the job 👍👍
Thank you for taking the time to do this correctly so that there are no call back needed. Happy Client means a good word goes forth and you have a clear conscious and more future clients. Thank you Sir.
He’s not complaining just pointing out items that we as Hvac service techs should look out for and not to do when when we are out working. I’m enjoying his videos helps me when I’m out working taking pride in my work
Good old pipe dope.....I agree with you!! 34 years in the business and drag race myself..... 70 nova 6.40 1/8 mile small block........ good luck with the challenger buddy..... Looks great!!!!
I started in the field in 84 and I was taught it was an antiseize compound so I am in total agreement I've only been watching for a couple weeks now I live in illinois and rarely see a heat pump myself so I really enjoy the education I get from you thank you
I learned the same thing that pipe dope is a lubricant and the threads do the sealing. We were taught to cut pipe and threads and correct gas line piping and sizing.
When i served my Apprenticeship we used Hemp, Stag and back nuts to seal black pipe joins. Every tee or union was secured with a bracket each side and every 3 feet on a run. If I was ever caught doing something like that with a nail and a block of wood It would earn me a swift kick up the backside. We used a record thread machine to cut the threads on the pipes and the same machine was still being used 30 years later.
man hvac is addiction, I do the same job 12 hours a day 6 days a week and I watch this on my days off!!! PS you need to buy a rigid pipe wrench its leaps and bounds better than a husky
www.homedepot.ca/product/dahl-all-round-strapping-steel-22ga-1-2-inch-x-25-/1000115950 and a box of this in your truck would make it easy to secure capacitors and gas pipe!
Good job Ted, after being a owner, installer and service tech of my own business before retirement. The surprises and cobbled up messes you find during service and installs make you wonder and learn a whole new vocabulary of profanity! But I loved the craft.
Your commentary has helped me to ask better questions of my HVAC tech. I have a tech here to clean, nspect and service the AC in the spring, and furnace in the fall. I think the more I know the better job he does. Thank you!
@Will smith yep, I said just that as other comment about the same thing. that's generally some local codes, but I don't see it as good practice, if hard piped, only put a union outside the furnace below or past a shutoff
I bet i complain about installers at least 3 times daily. I really enjoy coming to a newer install with the installer whom of which boogered up the job and watching them work on their own work. So satisfying.....
Thats the difference between a ridgid pipe wrench and any other brand, normally we back the other side when tightening......less stress on the gas valve and other joints. Thanks for the videos....always informative
Ted is the Best Hints and Kinks man in the business especially when you show the item you are using so we can order them from Amazon. Especially that NEBO 1000 flashlight, it is great!
Guys...They make a high density thicker thread seal Teflon tape made for gas pipe. It’s usually grey or yellow in color. Tape first, than dope, and I’ve never had a leak. Up to 2” pipe. Little tip from the union.
I would have sprayed that coupling inside the furnace afterwards. You didn't separate the joints on either side of it, but you did put some stress on it when disassembling / reassembling. I just like to check everything in the area, just to be sure.
Totally agree. Every day is a school day. Be willing to see a different point. Some of the best things I’ve learned are from guys I didn’t get along with. But I could put that away to take their advice.
Another great job! Like how you go the extra mile to fix other problems associated with the job like securing the gas line! Do not like or trust that flex line though!
Definitely agree that they should have one piece going into furnace to CGV. I would have done it a lil different for install. Personally I would have done an elbow outside of furnace to a straight pipe over the vent and move the tee towards the camera. So flex and tee would be on this (camera) side of vent pipe. Then if have to change CGV only spin off pipe over vent with tee attached, then turn after elbow.
I so agree with on so many points in this video. That pipe dope shouldn't be the way to seal a fiting so many times ive repaired leaks that some just got the threads in and hoped the pipe dope would seal it or the tape now as well. Came across where guy used the gas version of Teflon and its a mess. Also you bring up a good point 0eople do complain about us mumbling re pair guys but until they be in our shoes they won't get it
Ted I enjoy watching your videos don’t let people intimidate you or were you over there comments of things that they don’t know about you’ve been in the business many of years and you have the experience that you need keep up all the good work enjoy what you’re doing. And I can keep on enjoying watching you as you do the job if you see the point that you can get more videos in a week that would be great.
Ted, i enjoy watching your videos even tho i'm not a HVAC tech well i've got friends from high school that got into HVAC and lets just say i got bit by the HVAC bug i'm actually thinking about a carrer change. I've learned a lot from your videos when you have had to troubleshoot a heating and cooling system in the past. Your videos saved my behind back when i lived in michigan and my former 26 year old goodman furnace went down during a cold michigan winter afternoon thankfully It was just a bad blower fan motor. Changed the blower fan out myself and we had heat again! Sadly that old goodman gave it up in March of 2020 heat exchanger finally went. But it was replaced by a brand new ICP/Comfortmaker system had my buddy who does HVAC install the system for me. Plus he owed me a favor after I fixed his computers for his HVAC company after a nasty virus took out there systems. That's right i'm a I.T. guy mainly but i like working on and learning all kinds of new stuff. Ever since I relocated to Florida i've been addicted to your videos but I like seeing the HVAC tech's point of view. Fun fact about me i'm 30 years old with high functioning autism. Your videos take me back to my shop class days back in high school.
ahh, the joys of drywall screws through dried lumber, near the edges. either predrill or run them in/out in short bursts letting them run way longer in reverse to hillbilly drill/burn it's way along LOL and I forgot to give criticism on your plastic pex hangers, last I seen IFGC still states metal hangers/strapping only. I also see those plastic pex clips break and split fairly fast on exposed work, so I don't like using them on anything ever. burnt too many times by them :)
I really enjoy listening to your conversations with the camera. I really don't know what the complainers that you are pointing out sound like but you really complain about them. lol😁 Even the name of your channel sounds like a complaint. Not to piss you off but just having a little fun with your videos. Thanks for all of the good information that you provide.
MR42960 below is absolutely right. I was for some years the safety supervisor in a big thermoelectric complex, where pipes carried oil, gases, steam, fresh water, marine water, chemicals. Knowledge is appreciated in the safety comunnity.
I find the difference in code allowances interesting for your area compared to mine. Here we are not allowed to have any couplings inside the furnace. The only joint allowed is the connection to the gas valve. We are also required to have the union on the pipe going into the cabinet
Original pipe thread lubricant was "white lead" which was a mixture of lead oxide and oil. It was also used for thread tapping. wonderful stuff but toxic as hell.
I think you do good work, I have worked on lots of different types of equipment in my life time. There"s always something new to learn from others in our field. Keep up the good video's.
Our favorite HVAC expert technician handles a real gaseous situation on a Comfortaker furnance. There is one plumber that calls pipe dope "fritz," as in "put some fritz on it momma," but I won't mention any names because he likes the blue stuff.
years ago i was babysitting my brothers kids when they were living in a huge new apartment building. my first time in there i swore i could smell gas so i went up/down hallways all 3 floors and tracked it down to the basement laundry room. door was locked had to use a steel flat kitchen spatula to pick the door lock (saw that on macgyver once) got in there and could barely breath. called the fire department they came with a sniffer & started yelling/screaming for everyone to get out. leak was that flex hose behind one of the clothes dryers
Mr. Cook first off really enjoy your suggestions constructive criticism and old school advice. I’ve truly learned a lot from your vids. One question why did you choose not to make the repair in the fashion you suggested durning removing the problem? Why put it back the wrong way according to you which I agree on btw.
I don’t think that. You do great work I’ve been a service tech for over 26 years, I learn something prob every day. I complain sometimes, but I think we all need to that every once in a while, keeps us sane.
I think to make life a little easier to reassemble and future work to add a union on outside of unit so that way you won’t have to take the drip leg and 90 off to service.
I have a 23 yr old heater inside the first floor. I bought the home recently and suddenly the elbow joints had loose rings and gas was coming out. I had had the home inspected before buying it. The man who fixed the gas heater said he had to tighten the ring all the way once around. How could a ring like that become loose so easily? Thanks!
The installer could have also extended the horizontal section of pipe, so that the drip leg and the elbo on the compression fitting were to the left of the flue pipe, and could turn freely.
Hi Ted good to see you go the extra mile to fix the jobs not like some that say I'm not being pay to do that. I see you use the botte and soapy water for gas leaks Ted you could try a lighted match to look for gas leaks do you think that's a good idea.
Good points Ted but if the manufactures made the HVAC world easier to troubleshoot then there would be no Ted Cook HVAC all the homeowners would do it themselves and we need more Ted Cooks working on our HVAC because you care and there are not many people in your trade like you left
Street elbows are not allowed in natural gas lines on Virginia. I think it became there not taper and don't tighten properly. They also have a smaller opening at male threaded end. I enjoy your videos. Take care.
As you know everyone is going g to have an opinion on what you do I for 1 think you do stuff the correct way and have a high moral ethic which is rare these days just keep doing you....
It appears the gas company in your area does not repair appliance leaks. After 40 years of gas utility work in California I can't count how many leaks I repaired in and around gas appliances.
I consider your narrative to be like Bob Ross as he makes a painting. Keep up your style. BTW, I am a DIYer who tunes in to get hints on doing the job right, so if you are truly Anti-DIY, you're actually feeding us bottom dwellers!
Personally I think the flex connectors are junk and would rather make the job look more professional by finishing with the black pipe and hard pipe the whole thing!
As long as you aren't the guy who thinks that putting a union by the gas main is the right place! Flex connectors work great for their intended purpose.
You're not planted in earthquake friendly, California. Back in the '90s, I decided to ride out a small shaker, laying on the livingroom sofa, in my single story stucco on wood frame, house. A point connecting the ceiling to the wall, appeared to oscillate 1 foot, on either side, of that point, for about 8-10 seconds. My house, having already been exposed to lessor events, showed no ill effects afterwards. The stovetop, water heater, oven, and furnace, all have a Los Angeles County code approved, gas company inspected, yellow flexible gas line, properly installed, just prior to the drip tube and appliance's gas control valve(s).
I like to use a Teflon based thread compound so it doesn’t harden later and make it a pain to remove. I had a plumber by trade also tell me that black iron gas pipe only needs the pipe dope as thread lubricant to allow the pipe to properly tighten together. So you are correct in your explanation. And thank you for not putting the pipe dope on the flare connection of the flex line. I see it all the time and it drives me crazy.
Don't worry about those people Ted, they just don't understand your humor. By the way I thought that pipe wrench was going to get the best of you. You where in my neighborhood brother.
I am old School also . I look forward to learning new things. I have been doing this for 30 years and still learning. Keep up the great work and the information.
As a new guy in this field, I really appreciate your videos. I think most of us new guys feel like they don't get enough time in the field with experienced techs and these videos are better than most of my ride-alongs.
I am the engineering manager for a factory that produces hundreds of thousands of threaded components a year and have 43 years machining experience. NPT threads when assembled will have a few thousands clearance between the major diameter of the male thread and the major diameter of the female. As well as lube and anti seize the sealant fills this small gap, and because the passage is so tiny it takes very high pressure to extrude the sealant through this passage and begin to leak.NPTF (fuel purpose) is the only designation that is designed to interfere completely and be able to create a dry seal without additives.
I really enjoy learning about hvac repair watching your video's, thank you.
I appreciate your attitude. I learn from your problem solving techniques. Always interesting to watch Ted.
Ted what you say is Considered Constructive criticism and it's from a professional experience view point ment to help others in improving their quality of work.
After 55 yrs in hvac I appreciate your quality of work and concern for others.
Life is a learning process and when someone stops learning they are Dead.
Thank you for sharing your videos.
Excellent job I love your work you are very knowledgeable about the hvac trade and it shows I’m thankful that guys like me can soak this knowledge in and put it to use on the job 👍👍
Thank you for taking the time to do this correctly so that there are no call back needed. Happy Client means a good word goes forth and you have a clear conscious and more future clients. Thank you Sir.
I appreciate your videos Learn so much watching a well seasoned pro like you. I especially like the thoroughness of your work.
Excellent complete repair. Nice fix on the supply pipe as well. As always, first class job Ted.
YOU ARE THE MAN, sloppy installs are just plain unacceptable and slack work!
He’s not complaining just pointing out items that we as Hvac service techs should look out for and not to do when when we are out working. I’m enjoying his videos helps me when I’m out working taking pride in my work
Good old pipe dope.....I agree with you!! 34 years in the business and drag race myself..... 70 nova 6.40 1/8 mile small block........ good luck with the challenger buddy..... Looks great!!!!
I started in the field in 84 and I was taught it was an antiseize compound so I am in total agreement I've only been watching for a couple weeks now I live in illinois and rarely see a heat pump myself so I really enjoy the education I get from you thank you
I learned the same thing that pipe dope is a lubricant and the threads do the sealing. We were taught to cut pipe and threads and correct gas line piping and sizing.
When i served my Apprenticeship we used Hemp, Stag and back nuts to seal black pipe joins. Every tee or union was secured with a bracket each side and every 3 feet on a run. If I was ever caught doing something like that with a nail and a block of wood It would earn me a swift kick up the backside. We used a record thread machine to cut the threads on the pipes and the same machine was still being used 30 years later.
man hvac is addiction, I do the same job 12 hours a day 6 days a week and I watch this on my days off!!! PS you need to buy a rigid pipe wrench its leaps and bounds better than a husky
www.homedepot.ca/product/dahl-all-round-strapping-steel-22ga-1-2-inch-x-25-/1000115950 and a box of this in your truck would make it easy to secure capacitors and gas pipe!
Good job Ted, after being a owner, installer and service tech of my own business before retirement. The surprises and cobbled up messes you find during service and installs make you wonder and learn a whole new vocabulary of profanity! But I loved the craft.
Your commentary has helped me to ask better questions of my HVAC tech. I have a tech here to clean, nspect and service the AC in the spring, and furnace in the fall. I think the more I know the better job he does. Thank you!
Usually where I'm from, that coupling inside the furnace is a union, for easy access to the gas valve.
@Will smith yep, I said just that as other comment about the same thing. that's generally some local codes, but I don't see it as good practice, if hard piped, only put a union outside the furnace below or past a shutoff
I bet i complain about installers at least 3 times daily. I really enjoy coming to a newer install with the installer whom of which boogered up the job and watching them work on their own work. So satisfying.....
Thats the difference between a ridgid pipe wrench and any other brand, normally we back the other side when tightening......less stress on the gas valve and other joints.
Thanks for the videos....always informative
Ted is the Best Hints and Kinks man in the business especially when you show the item you are using so we can order them from Amazon. Especially that NEBO 1000 flashlight, it is great!
Guys...They make a high density thicker thread seal Teflon tape made for gas pipe. It’s usually grey or yellow in color. Tape first, than dope, and I’ve never had a leak. Up to 2” pipe. Little tip from the union.
I would have sprayed that coupling inside the furnace afterwards. You didn't separate the joints on either side of it, but you did put some stress on it when disassembling / reassembling. I just like to check everything in the area, just to be sure.
and the side of tee :)
Totally agree. Every day is a school day. Be willing to see a different point. Some of the best things I’ve learned are from guys I didn’t get along with. But I could put that away to take their advice.
When you can always go the extra mile for the customer, they will remember you the next time something goes wrong, excellent video.
For any show to work you must come to like the characters ! I like your character !
I agree with Mr Cook and i learn a lot from Your videos and great work i like that fact you got extra mile for people
Very Nice Mr. Cook
Another great job! Like how you go the extra mile to fix other problems associated with the job like securing the gas line! Do not like or trust that flex line though!
Great job Ted! I like the way you think and the work you do. Your the man!
A nice attic...never heard those 2 words used together before.
Definitely agree that they should have one piece going into furnace to CGV. I would have done it a lil different for install.
Personally I would have done an elbow outside of furnace to a straight pipe over the vent and move the tee towards the camera. So flex and tee would be on this (camera) side of vent pipe.
Then if have to change CGV only spin off pipe over vent with tee attached, then turn after elbow.
I so agree with on so many points in this video. That pipe dope shouldn't be the way to seal a fiting so many times ive repaired leaks that some just got the threads in and hoped the pipe dope would seal it or the tape now as well. Came across where guy used the gas version of Teflon and its a mess. Also you bring up a good point 0eople do complain about us mumbling re pair guys but until they be in our shoes they won't get it
Ted I enjoy watching your videos don’t let people intimidate you or were you over there comments of things that they don’t know about you’ve been in the business many of years and you have the experience that you need keep up all the good work enjoy what you’re doing. And I can keep on enjoying watching you as you do the job if you see the point that you can get more videos in a week that would be great.
Ted, i enjoy watching your videos even tho i'm not a HVAC tech well i've got friends from high school that got into HVAC and lets just say i got bit by the HVAC bug i'm actually thinking about a carrer change. I've learned a lot from your videos when you have had to troubleshoot a heating and cooling system in the past. Your videos saved my behind back when i lived in michigan and my former 26 year old goodman furnace went down during a cold michigan winter afternoon thankfully It was just a bad blower fan motor. Changed the blower fan out myself and we had heat again! Sadly that old goodman gave it up in March of 2020 heat exchanger finally went. But it was replaced by a brand new ICP/Comfortmaker system had my buddy who does HVAC install the system for me. Plus he owed me a favor after I fixed his computers for his HVAC company after a nasty virus took out there systems. That's right i'm a I.T. guy mainly but i like working on and learning all kinds of new stuff. Ever since I relocated to Florida i've been addicted to your videos but I like seeing the HVAC tech's point of view. Fun fact about me i'm 30 years old with high functioning autism. Your videos take me back to my shop class days back in high school.
Definition of a nice attic. Attic is clean of clutter, well insulated, and HVAC equipment is easily accessible with ample light.
ahh, the joys of drywall screws through dried lumber, near the edges. either predrill or run them in/out in short bursts letting them run way longer in reverse to hillbilly drill/burn it's way along LOL
and I forgot to give criticism on your plastic pex hangers, last I seen IFGC still states metal hangers/strapping only.
I also see those plastic pex clips break and split fairly fast on exposed work, so I don't like using them on anything ever. burnt too many times by them :)
Ted you are always the consistent professional, nice attention to detail.
Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge ….
I really enjoy listening to your conversations with the camera. I really don't know what the complainers that you are pointing out sound like but you really complain about them. lol😁 Even the name of your channel sounds like a complaint. Not to piss you off but just having a little fun with your videos. Thanks for all of the good information that you provide.
And you got those that put dope on flare fittings
Ive seen this way too many times. Quick way to burn a house down, or yet blow it up
i dont know anything about being a arm chair warrior, but the Warriors was a good movie!
MR42960 below is absolutely right. I was for some years the safety supervisor in a big thermoelectric complex, where pipes carried oil, gases, steam, fresh water, marine water, chemicals. Knowledge is appreciated in the safety comunnity.
I always think of the service techs because I have to work on them also
I find the difference in code allowances interesting for your area compared to mine. Here we are not allowed to have any couplings inside the furnace. The only joint allowed is the connection to the gas valve. We are also required to have the union on the pipe going into the cabinet
Thats what I thought. I’m from Illinois and just got in the trade, and that’s one of the first things I learned. Also, that flex line is a bit no here
couplings or unions? I know many disallow unions and the obvious no flex lines or tubing entering. but never heard of any saying no couplings
Good job. A little extra effort to do it right. Not everyone does.
Look at that return cut right into the side of the furnace.
I wish You have a chat with some of these people that build cars and trucks. They could use some of Your advice, Bigtime!!!
Don't take it personal Ted, you know what they say about opinions..... keep up with the good work, one repair at a time.
Original pipe thread lubricant was "white lead" which was a mixture of lead oxide and oil. It was also used for thread tapping. wonderful stuff but toxic as hell.
As always, Mr Cook, You make it look easy.
I think you do good work, I have worked on lots of different types of equipment in my life time. There"s always something new to learn from others in our field. Keep up the good video's.
My philosophy is the same as yours. Ive learned from the young and old. Theirs many ways to do the same task.
Very good video! Always enjoy!
Your the best Ted. Love your videos !!!
Our favorite HVAC expert technician handles a real gaseous situation on a Comfortaker furnance. There is one plumber that calls pipe dope "fritz," as in "put some fritz on it momma," but I won't mention any names because he likes the blue stuff.
years ago i was babysitting my brothers kids when they were living in a huge new apartment building. my first time in there i swore i could smell gas so i went up/down hallways all 3 floors and tracked it down to the basement laundry room. door was locked had to use a steel flat kitchen spatula to pick the door lock (saw that on macgyver once) got in there and could barely breath. called the fire department they came with a sniffer & started yelling/screaming for everyone to get out. leak was that flex hose behind one of the clothes dryers
A new, coded gas flex line, that is sized to match its service needs when properly installed, will not leak.
Depending on where the bracing is on the truss, it may still be in use. The bracing keeps any part of the truss thats in compression from buckling.
Rectorseal number 5 is one of the best
I agree Ted, street ells are a pain. That gas piping was pretty bad.
Mr. Cook first off really enjoy your suggestions constructive criticism and old school advice. I’ve truly learned a lot from your vids. One question why did you choose not to make the repair in the fashion you suggested durning removing the problem? Why put it back the wrong way according to you which I agree on btw.
I don’t think that. You do great work I’ve been a service tech for over 26 years, I learn something prob every day. I complain sometimes, but I think we all need to that every once in a while, keeps us sane.
My theory has always been that installers should have to run service one or two weeks a year and visa versa
and engineers should be forced to do some field work under supervision before designing equipment.
You should use a back up wrench when fitting pipe!!
"It is all a scam." That's what I was told just a few days ago about our field by a DIY. I'm on a 400 days hiatus working in an office for my uncle.
I think to make life a little easier to reassemble and future work to add a union on outside of unit so that way you won’t have to take the drip leg and 90 off to service.
I know a lot of people don't trust them but a removable sharkbite type fitting wrapped in silicon tape would allow for easy servicing later.
I have a 23 yr old heater inside the first floor. I bought the home recently and suddenly the elbow joints had loose rings and gas was coming out. I had had the home inspected before buying it. The man who fixed the gas heater said he had to tighten the ring all the way once around. How could a ring like that become loose so easily? Thanks!
The installer could have also extended the horizontal section of pipe, so that the drip leg and the elbo on the compression fitting were to the left of the flue pipe, and could turn freely.
what a great hard pipe install, flapping in the breeze lol
Good job !.
Try a offset pipe wrench..👨🔧
I also always look for new ideas and to learn new things from anyone .. love your videos they are very satisfying and thank you for what you do
Hi Ted good to see you go the extra mile to fix the jobs not like some that say I'm not being pay to do that. I see you use the botte and soapy water for gas leaks Ted you could try a lighted match to look for gas leaks do you think that's a good idea.
Good points Ted but if the manufactures made the HVAC world easier to troubleshoot then there would be no Ted Cook HVAC all the homeowners would do it themselves and we need more Ted Cooks working on our HVAC because you care and there are not many people in your trade like you left
You can. Have fittings to the furnace just not flex line to the gas valve
Awesome video. Thank you
I’m taking an early retirement from my current job, and I’d really like to look into being a service tech. Any advice on getting started?
I have a Bacharach gas leak detector. I works really well.
Street elbows are not allowed in natural gas lines on Virginia. I think it became there not taper and don't tighten properly. They also have a smaller opening at male threaded end. I enjoy your videos. Take care.
As you know everyone is going g to have an opinion on what you do I for 1 think you do stuff the correct way and have a high moral ethic which is rare these days just keep doing you....
Be careful no elec wires wear added 2x4
Do you have any preferences regarding vertical or horizontal installation. My (3) air handlers were installed horizontal with ample height available.
Man, that video was "Dope" !
that gas piping is a joke there
It appears the gas company in your area does not repair appliance leaks. After 40 years of gas utility work in California I can't count how many leaks I repaired in and around gas appliances.
I consider your narrative to be like Bob Ross as he makes a painting. Keep up your style. BTW, I am a DIYer who tunes in to get hints on doing the job right, so if you are truly Anti-DIY, you're actually feeding us bottom dwellers!
The one that makes that comment are probably vehicle engineers and we know about working on new vehicles.
Personally I think the flex connectors are junk and would rather make the job look more professional by finishing with the black pipe and hard pipe the whole thing!
I've done it both ways but nothing wrong with flex connection on the west coast we have earth quakes
Flex connectors are there for a purpose.
As long as you aren't the guy who thinks that putting a union by the gas main is the right place! Flex connectors work great for their intended purpose.
You're not planted in earthquake friendly, California. Back in the '90s, I decided to ride out a small shaker, laying on the livingroom sofa, in my single story stucco on wood frame, house. A point connecting the ceiling to the wall, appeared to oscillate 1 foot, on either side, of that point, for about 8-10 seconds. My house, having already been exposed to lessor events, showed no ill effects afterwards. The stovetop, water heater, oven, and furnace, all have a Los Angeles County code approved, gas company inspected, yellow flexible gas line, properly installed, just prior to the drip tube and appliance's gas control valve(s).
Yep, a little virtue won't hurt you, folks.
Ted's way works for me.
Blu monster doesn’t harden that’s why I like it. Never had it leak yet
I like to use a Teflon based thread compound so it doesn’t harden later and make it a pain to remove. I had a plumber by trade also tell me that black iron gas pipe only needs the pipe dope as thread lubricant to allow the pipe to properly tighten together. So you are correct in your explanation. And thank you for not putting the pipe dope on the flare connection of the flex line. I see it all the time and it drives me crazy.
Don't worry about those people Ted, they just don't understand your humor. By the way I thought that pipe wrench was going to get the best of you. You where in my neighborhood brother.
We had always used The Blue Stuff.I have Never Seen Yellow Gas Pipe Lubricant or whatever You want to call it.
That's why where the Cpl is I put a Union
G'day Tedd dose the price go down if you only use one hand.
Hey Ted, do you have a contractor license
Ted, I'm a carpenter...you did ok...
Good one Ted.
Great job and video like always
I am old School also . I look forward to learning new things. I have been doing this for 30 years and still learning. Keep up the great work and the information.
Look like a DIY gas pipe install
My superiority complex has an inferiority complex....